Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:35 pm
[quote=""rams80""]College coaches, for the most part, are not hacks.[/quote]
Quote from the media world: "It's not the Xs and Os, it's the Jimmies and Joes." Recruiting determines your fate. NBA coaches complain that they have to teach skills. AAU probably teaches more skills.
[quote=""rams80""]Season length. (Solution, NBA shortens season, which would also end the glorified exhibition that is the NBA before January)..[/quote]
...and your proposal to replace that lost income is...
[quote=""rams80""]teamwork (or lack thereof on the NBA level). Solution? Change the culture of the NBA.[/quote]
Have you watched any ESPN Classic? Even in the 80s, where team play was lauded, even in a Lakers-Celtics playoff game, watch the number of mid-range jumpers that go up within 6 seconds of the rebound. Watch the defensive effort. Teams have gone to isolation because teams since then actually started playing DEFENSE. Some of that is because NBA takes what college gives them- which NOW is a lot of 6'5" to 6'9" players who can barely handle the ball but are quick as all get out. If you want to see Princeton basketball in the NBA, skills have to be taught so these athletes could actually be capable of making the necessary passes.
Quote from the media world: "It's not the Xs and Os, it's the Jimmies and Joes." Recruiting determines your fate. NBA coaches complain that they have to teach skills. AAU probably teaches more skills.
[quote=""rams80""]Season length. (Solution, NBA shortens season, which would also end the glorified exhibition that is the NBA before January)..[/quote]
...and your proposal to replace that lost income is...
[quote=""rams80""]teamwork (or lack thereof on the NBA level). Solution? Change the culture of the NBA.[/quote]
Have you watched any ESPN Classic? Even in the 80s, where team play was lauded, even in a Lakers-Celtics playoff game, watch the number of mid-range jumpers that go up within 6 seconds of the rebound. Watch the defensive effort. Teams have gone to isolation because teams since then actually started playing DEFENSE. Some of that is because NBA takes what college gives them- which NOW is a lot of 6'5" to 6'9" players who can barely handle the ball but are quick as all get out. If you want to see Princeton basketball in the NBA, skills have to be taught so these athletes could actually be capable of making the necessary passes.