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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 3564938, member: 6158"] This question is a bit OT but I was hoping for some input. Is it true in basketball (college or pro) that very good to great players rarely make good to great coaches? In baseball this has (had) been the norm pretty much for all time. In baseball the suggestion was that marginal players were on the bench and had time to think about tactics etc. while everyday players were too busy thinking about the next pitch and their personal responsibility. Very common for managers and coaches in baseball to have marginal or no experience at the big league level. Everytime I hear about a big time player getting a high visibility head coach job on a college team or even a pro team I wonder about this axiom. [/QUOTE]