This is a worthless article. There are way too many "armchair psychologist" generalizations and assumptions made about Geno, about the players, and about the asst. coaches.
John Walters has a very high opinion of himself.
Yeah, there was a thread about the article a few weeks ago, and I remember that it was generally well received, though some people will always be uncomfortable with the term manipulator due to all the negative connotations the term has picked up and because obviously there have been a lot of well-documented cases of abuse lately. "I'm going to throw 50 more basketballs at your head so that I can make a man of you that your teammates will respect."
All coaches, whether young or old, are manipulators to some extent, but some like Geno are far more skilled in eliciting great dedication and performances out of a lot of players, though there are always some that even the best coaches screw up with. Part of the coaching and manipulative process is of course showing the interest and "love" in a player to make the successful connection, so that if Walters doesn't emphasize that aspect it is not to me a big deal, or that he did not identify the eX-Shell Center properly, which I always have problems with, too. Personally, I don't think there's anything especially groundbreaking or revelatory in the article, though the details and stories are always what make an article good. Not sure what Walters thinks of himself, but if you're writer and you don't write with some attitude, you're not likely worth reading.
