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Orangutan said:
Just saying - the guy knows what it takes to win on the pro level and win big.

Geno's success in college is unparalleled but I don't know if the same approach would work as well in the pros.
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maybe we should add, as an assistant.
 
Orangutan said:
Refer to my earlier post where I did say that. Twice.
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Yes, I saw that, but being an assistant on a team that wins big does not mean you know what it takes to win. Just ask all Bill Belichick's assistant who has gone on to become head coach elsewhere.
 
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pvdoggy said:
Yes, I saw that, but being an assistant on a team that wins big does not mean you know what it takes to win. Just ask all Bill Belichick's assistant who has gone on to become head coach elsewhere.
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Of course, having been a good assistant doesn't necessarily mean he'll be a good head coach.

But he knows what Cheryl Reeve's practices looked like. He knows what Miguel Mendez's practices look like at UMMC. He knows what Dan Hughes' practices looked like, having been an assistant to him in San Antonio.

Whether he has their ability as coaches remains to be seen. But he at least has firsthand knowledge of their methods and I would expect that informs the way he runs his own practices now.
 
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Orangutan said:
Of course, having been a good assistant doesn't mean he'll be a good head coach.

But he knows what Cheryl Reeve's practices looked like. He knows what Miguel Mendez's practices look like at UMMC. He knows what Dan Hughes practices looked like, having been an assistant to him in San Antonio.

It's strange to me to expect him to coach pros the same way Geno coaches college kids. And he has way more pro basketball experience than Geno.

As long as we're doing the football analogy, Belichick's assistants generally haven't been good head coaches. That's true. Nick Saban wasn't a very good head coach either, though.
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I fully agree with you that he has seen what it takes, and I also never said that Geno's way would work in the pro (I don't think it would btw). The only thing I said was I cannot imagine Geno would do something like what coach Wade did and that it must feel different to Uconn player coming to the pros.
 
If Geno were to coach in the WNBA, he would be a very successful coach in a short period of time (2-3 years). But he would not coach the same way he does in college, although he would be just as demanding. He would accept input from his more experienced players, as he did when he coached the Olympic team. And he would tailor his roster to get players who were receptive to his style, even if they were not quite as talented as others. In the pros as in college, some good players would sign with his team just because they wanted him as their coach.

One of his strengths is adapting his coaching style to the personalities and maturity level of his team. He doesn’t coach college players now in the same way as he did 15 or 20 years ago, and he can adapt further if it helps him to win.
 
Anyway. @Orangutan Is Cheyenne Parker in camp... And what do you expect out of her this season
 
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triaddukefan said:
Anyway. @Orangutan Is Cheyenne Parker in camp... And what do you expect out of her this season
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Yup, she's in camp.

Some of the analytics suggested she was Chicago's best player last year. She led the team in PER and Win Shares/40 min but she didn't get huge minutes. Some of that was her fitness, some of that was Stocks just choosing to start Gabby at PF instead.

They resigned her for $110k. Feels like they didn't give her near-max money to sit on the bench.

She and Imani McGee-Stafford have been working out with a trainer in LA. She looks to be in pretty good shape.

So I am expecting big things. Chicago was terrible with rebounding and defense last year and she was one of the best players in both of those areas. She really needs to be on the court more if she is up to it.
 
Orangutan said:
In the last two years, James Wade has won a WNBA championship as an assistant with the Lynx and 2 Russian championships and 2 Euroleague championships as an assistant with UMMC Ekaterinburg.

Maybe Geno should be taking notes from Coach Wade... ;)
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Oh c'mon now, lets get serious here! You can't compare team achievements of an assistant coach to those of the man/woman in charge of a program. Wade has an impressive record, but it doesn't begin to measure up to the levels Geno has achieved.
 
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Britt87 said:
Yaaaaaaa Lou!
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Now if she leads Take Me Out to the Ball Game, during 7th inning stretch, I will be ultra impressed. Although I have always been impressed no matter what she does.
 
JoePgh said:
If Geno were to coach in the WNBA, he would be a very successful coach in a short period of time (2-3 years). But he would not coach the same way he does in college, although he would be just as demanding. He would accept input from his more experienced players, as he did when he coached the Olympic team. And he would tailor his roster to get players who were receptive to his style, even if they were not quite as talented as others. In the pros as in college, some good players would sign with his team just because they wanted him as their coach.

One of his strengths is adapting his coaching style to the personalities and maturity level of his team. He doesn’t coach college players now in the same way as he did 15 or 20 years ago, and he can adapt further if it helps him to win.
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He coached for the Olympic team with pros; he’s successful at all levels and knows how to get the best from his players. Maybe he could do something with my son’s modified team... :rolleyes:
 
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I think Katie Lou is a Dodgers fan, so she's wearing the wrong kind of blue uniform!
 
The form didn't look bad on the pitch. The black eye was quite evident...
 
Kaizen said:
Don't forget our Phessa ....

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Not forgotten at all, once there was a Collier/Minnesota thread it seemed logical to make a Lou/Chicago thread rather than lumping all the stuff about both rookies into one thread.

Also, I hope to use this as a more general Sky thread for my photos and observations from games as the season goes on.
 
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Another "In the Blue" video from training camp. By the way, Vandersloot joined camp today after being allowed a few extra days for R&R in the PNW after the long Russian season.

 
Orangutan said:
Alright, one more post for this morning:

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I just don't see Lou banging in the post, she lacks the physicality when compared with post players in the league. She is a finesse player, not a banger.
 
Britt87 said:
I just don't see Lou banging in the post, she lacks the physicality when compared with post players in the league. She is a finesse player, not a banger.
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I think more or less, we may see her in the post when she has a mismatch
 
Britt87 said:
I just don't see Lou banging in the post, she lacks the physicality when compared with post players in the league. She is a finesse player, not a banger.
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Every year she was at UConn, Lou played more physically than in the previous year. By her senior year, she was seeing quite a bit of contact. I agree it's not in her comfort zone, but she is an adaptable and coachable player, and she wants to be the best she can be. I think she will see this as a challenge, and rise to it.

She has a better chance to be a physical presence in the paint than to be a quick and mobile defender on the perimeter.
 
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