“Great players want to be coached.
It's not a form of punishment to instill discipline, accountability, and work ethic.
It's a great gift. It's the right way to develop young people,” Dan Hurley
Discipline is choosing standards over comfort.
Kelvin Sampson GOLD 🥇
“Passive-aggressive coaches are usually afraid to hold kids accountable. They rationalize.”
Leadership = Accountability.
Clear. Direct. Honest.
Your culture depends on it.
Blake Griffen on the difference in player development in USA and Europe
"Europe does a great job of teaching basketball. The game of basketball. How you play, how you space, how you win, how you move. Im a little bit frustrated when I got watch younger teams, its 5 out and playing zone"
SARK ON CULTURE
"It's not a sign in your building. It's not a t-shirt you wear. It's not breaking the team down & saying Culture on 3 ... Who you are some of the time is who you are all of the time."
Culture is lived out on a daily basis.
📹via @BobBallouSports
This is a great sound bite from Jon Scheyer
“The importance of the 98% – the rebounding, defense, and next-play mentality that truly impacts winning”
(Via @chathamjournal 🎥)
As a college coach, the guys we recruit are a reflection of us. So, if I recruit a guy, that means I am willing to bet my livelihood on him. You need to be coachable, high character, give effort, be a team player, and be a STUDENT-athlete. We're building men, not just athletes.