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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2385236, member: 26"] For the record, I do not think Geno plays "mind games" with players. To me that has a negative connotation. IMHO what he does is motivate them in different ways. I realize there are different variations of it, but to me, the first definition on Wikipedia is "[I]a largely [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness']conscious[/URL] struggle for psychological [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship']one-upmanship[/URL], often employing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%E2%80%93aggressive_behavior']passive–aggressive behavior[/URL] to specifically demoralize or dis-empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor look superior; also referred to as [B]power games[/B], [/I][B][I]head games[/I]"[/B], and that's what I think of when I hear "mind games". [B][/B] Which is why I avoid using that phrase to describe how Geno coaches. His ultimate goal is not merely to win NC's, but in his own words, to have his team play perfect basketball. Largely impossible, but the striving for it is what motivates him to motivate his players. He wants each one to play up to their ultimate potential, which is often beyond what the individual player thought she could do. Each player is unique obviously, and each one gets pushed in different ways. Some do not respond to yelling, etc. So a big part of his job is to figure out how to get each player to be the best version of themselves. Not so much mind games as great coaching walking a thin line between too much and not enough. It's one of the many reasons Geno is the GOAT. [/QUOTE]

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