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Message: [QUOTE="bennyskid, post: 3012061, member: 9471"] The most important thing: Have the right vision. Step One: Sell your vision to the best players who will pay attention. Step Two: Be consistent to that vision in every practice, every game, and everything you do with the team. Wash. Rinse. Repeat . . . You can be successful for a while just by recruiting Kelsey Plum, but consistent success requires assembling a system that perpetuates success. Failed coaches either 1) have no vision (or have a bad vision), 2) can't sell the vision (or sell it to the wrong players), or 3) can't pass that vision on to the players (usually for lack of consistency). That vision directs how you practice, the types of offensive and defensive sets you run, which fundamentals you choose to focus on from day to day. It lets you strip away extraneous things and concentrate on skills that matter most in your system. The players will have more mental focus, and when they get confused or frustrated they'll recover more easily, knowing that there is something solid that they can grab on to. In time, your fans will begin to recognize what you are doing, and once you start winning they'll all say, "Damn, that's how basketball should be played!" [/QUOTE]