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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4262636, member: 9844"] That could be. The gasoline on the fire part is directed at how do you fix nervousness, a lack of confidence, or rushing things. Is it by showing a lack of confidence in that player with a quick hook?, or by letting them work thru it a little bit? I'm not sure what is best, but what I fear is that this kind of quick hook reinforces whatever lack of confidence a player has, and might make them even more nervous the next time they are called on, because despite how they have performed all season, they know one screw up in the first few minutes and they are gone. I hope the players respond well to whatever technique Geno applies, and he knows them and I don't, so that is a given too, but if it is basketball or something completely different, I don't understand how potentially destroying confidence with a quick hook helps build confidence if that is the issue affecting play that needs to be improved. We all know Geno's records they speak for themselves, I hope all nine get over their jitters and play with confidence. When the problem is most other things I think the stick probably works great, and has for Geno many times. When it is nerves, or a lack of confidence seems like the carrot might be more appropriate. But people are different and react in different ways so who knows. [/QUOTE]