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Message: [QUOTE="jibsey, post: 3091821, member: 859"] When I started this thread it wasn’t about coaches being tough on their players or even yelling and screaming at them which Calhoun was famous for, we know they all do that but Izzo was out of control. He was but he’s too small a person to admit it. He hurt no one, so fine. Short story. I’m from Schenectady NY and went to Pat Riley’s HS games. His coach was Walt Pryzbylo a great coach who Pat went to school on with coaching technique always stressing teamwork, sportsmanship, practice dedication etc. (his next coach was Adolph Rupp and I’m sure he taught him some stuff.) Riley says that Przybylo was the greatest influence in his life because he got him in 9th grade when Riley was leaning toward being a hood what with cigs rolled up his sleeve. Pryzbylo nipped that in the bud and got him on the right path in hoops. During games Pryzbylo would call a timeout with the players sitting in a circle on the court him in the middle and scream at the top of his lungs. His head turned bright red and it looked like it was going to completely blow it off his neck. We thought he would kill them. Nothing has changed in 50 + years, it was blocking out and rebounding. As a kid we were scared for the players but Pryz as he was called always caught himself. Pryzbylo later died at age 49 of a heart attack. No one got hotter than Riley’s coach, not Izzo not Calhoun, no one. Riley learned and channeled it differently. It worked. He’s twice the coach Izzo is. [/QUOTE]

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