Is this a trend in coaching?

[johnnyc]

Coaches yelling instructions from the sidelines has been going on forever. Geno does it.....just doesn't do it as often because he doesn't need to. But I do remember a game early in the season where a few times he actually pointed to a spot on the floor where he wanted MoJeff to start the offensive set from. I believe that same game Stewart was about to shoot early in the shot clock right near Geno and he told her not to shoot. He was trying to slow the game down and use up clock.

Speaking of coaching trends I've been noticing some teams have an all coaches conference at timeouts. Sometimes it lasts for half the timeout before they break up and then talk to the team. Not quite sure what that is all about.

 

[earl the pearl]

Some of her instructions were weird: "Can I get an echo?" I swear I heard her say that. Her voice is also a bit deep and creepy. Looks a little mean, too.

A very good coach though........

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Speaking of coaching trends I've been noticing some teams have an all coaches conference at timeouts. Sometimes it lasts for half the timeout before they break up and then talk to the team. Not quite sure what that is all about.

That isn't new. In fact, a few years ago, Rutgers fans decided it was one of Vivian's faults as a coach because she didn't do it. Pat Summitt did it regularly, our coach at AZ does, as well.

I do find it odd when it lasts for most of the timeout. I have seen coaches start talking to their teams just about the time the buzzer goes.

 

[Woof 101]

I can see yelling at the players if they aren't doing something but not telling them what to do.

Not trying to be rude but I have been looking into some stand up comedy lines...This is a keeper!

 

[tomcat]

Nothing new here. When I first started watching UConn, the team played Villanova and GTown, where Harry Perretta and Patrick Knapp both would maintain a screaming commentary throughout the whole game. Often wondered how they kept their voices. The Memphia coach's style seemed very much like that.

 

[Geno-ista]

Have you so quickly forgotten Harry Paretta? He was constantly yelling out to his players giving instructions. Almost every possession the PG would stop for a conference by the bench before going over half court.

Harry plays and coaches that type of a possession game using the play clock- Joanne M at Duke very involved when they aren't running fast breaks!

 

[Patty Bailey]

I went to a high school game last week to watch a friend's daughter. The coach never stopped instructing....every second of the game. I don't get it. Yelling "Throw it to Mary" on the inbounds doesn't help. The other team knows who Mary is and intercepts it. Or "Take it left" as they are going downcourt. Why not just GIVE the other team the ball, that is what happened most of the time, anyway. Most of their passes were high, slow lobs. Many got picked off. I would have loved to spend a practice with them, I would have had them passing to each other for the entire thing. Head level and with speed. Then we could have moved onto "keep your hands up on defense" and "That is your basket Miss 6 foot center - do not let the little 5 ft. 7 girl push you out of the way and take the rebound. You own those rebounds". It was VERY frustrating to watch. I'm spoiled by UConn's beautiful execution.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Patty it makes you appreciate that college freshman that has a good game... or understand why "Sally Jackson" isn't as good at the college level.

 

[Striper69]

Not trying to be rude but I have been looking into some stand up comedy lines...This is a keeper!

Did you really like it?

 

[Striper69]

Nothing new here. When I first started watching UConn, the team played Villanova and GTown, where Harry Perretta and Patrick Knapp both would maintain a screaming commentary throughout the whole game. Often wondered how they kept their voices. The Memphia coach's style seemed very much like that.

I believe it's called "Micromanaging".

 

[meganmatthews]

Harry can get a little specific, but he doesn't do it every play.

The problem today seems to be the lack of "game smarts" by players, i.e. the ability to recognize the defense and game situations and the corresponding appropriate move to make on the court.

A lot of Rutgers issues over the years I put down to this sort of thing, not only because you heard about those sort of issues with players in general, but the comments by coaches at RU only made sense based on recognizing that players were often not on the same page as CVS.

I think the over-coaching and instructing of players on the court is a byproduct of this issue.

I agree that you want what the players need to do during game situations to be "instinctive" rather than be told from second to second who to guard, how to react. The players need to react to situations but there should be almost no time during any game where something happens on the court that your team isn't prepared to deal with. Okay, so there might be that rare occasion but that would be the only time when your coach might be hollering from the sidelines, not a continuous series of instructions but a set or a strategy that's somewhat unique.

We have to remember that Geno has the advantage of attracting TOP - NOTCH players to his school. These high school players are some of the best in the country. That means their court IQ is most likely very high. They are used to thinking on their feet. That's why they're the best. I'm not saying that other players aren't bright, but Geno simply does not have to do as much teaching and guiding, with the players he gets, during the game.