Just shows youth and inexperience. Not a bad thing. But your opinion will change with age. I've taught and coached now for decades. I guarantee you some players and people simply don't do some things well. Doesn't mean they don't do other things well. But even more so a bad coach tries to get players to do things they don't do well. A perfect example was Nate trying to make Crawford a PG because Felton flat out sucked that year. Not Nate's fault but you cannot put a square peg in a round hole. Against certain teams Harkless had the size and mobility to set screens. Against others he didn't. In the playoffs Aminu got smoked by Milsap. Turner was better. Are you going to say Turner was a better defensive player? Experience would lead you to knowing the difference but here you are taking a swing at every pitch. Things simply are not as cut and dried as you are proposing about coaching. If you had all this experience you would know better. This is why i question your experience and mark it down to youth. The comments i read that you write come across as very very young. Now back to the subject- Stotts can try to teach Harkless to screen all day long but in the end size and strength play a huge role. You of all people should know this.
You're saying that because you disagree. You know better than that. I hope you realize that coaching Crawford to play PG is different than coaching someone on how to properly set a screen.
Exactly! I don't care who you are. If you have any real experience in coaching or trying to teach then you know some people simply don't do well at some things. They might be awesome at something else but cannot grasp a certain concept.
I'm saying i know better than that because i know better than that. Been at it way too long. Been here way too long. Done way too much and dealt with way too many people on way too many issues. Don't try to twist this! That will be your next move. Your original statement is what this is about. Multiple people are calling you out on it and every one of them are older and have more experience. Maybe just accept this and move on.
Longevity doesn't equal knowledge. I've played more basketball than you can imagine buddy. Ive studied more basketball than you can imagine. The "I'm older so I know better" is a weak ass copout excuse for older people who cant properly debate something. Its your type of tactic though. Guess what, theres multiple people who will back me up who are older too so your argument is flawed even in that context. One coaches. The other is one of if not the brightest mind on this forum.
There ya go. Right on Que Twist it into something it isn't and try to cover your original statement. You do it all the time and it's boring at best. Nobody anywhere said anything about longevity or the amount of basketball you have played. It's not a question about some coach who nobody knows and i highly doubt you know anything about who is the brightest mind on this forum because you don't know anything about most of the people here. Enjoy your fantasy ideas and know i am not gonna keep this conversation going. See ya.
I dont know @hoopsjock? You dont think hes one of the brightest basketball minds in here? Isnt a coach that nobody knows better than a random industrial worker nobody knows? Being able to teach players how to properly set a acreen is a "fantasy idea"? You're being silly. Move along.
So to get this straight: Guys who learned enough about basketball to make it to the NBA are so incapable of learning that they cant learn how to set a proper screen? Okay. Lmao.
Hoopsjock has studied the CBA which really isn't all that difficult as I did it years ago until I got bored with it. As for the rest of the knowledge, it's no more or no less than many in here.
For HJ I'll say this, for one I think he's an awesome guy, really wish I had more time to stop by and talk ball. Secondly, he not only "knows" the CBA but he's got a very good memory, and he's very knowledgeable about roster situations/numbers. Basketball-wise, I think most of the posters in here have played a moderate amount, have watched more than 99% of the population, and are fairly educated basketball minds.
