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Who is Ettore Messina?

A post offense specialist. On paper, his philosophy appears to fill the holes that Tyrone Corbin had. He carries a special focus on read and react, which is something Ty could never get Al Jefferson to do, and struggled getting this group to do up until devolving into the drive and dish heavy offense at season's end.

His words:



https://bmsi.ru/doc/f0fc952d-7d16-48ba-add3-dca393d2322f

Corbin had holes in his coaching? Aw come on now Franklin you have made Corbin out to be perfect and put all the blame on the players. OK who kidnapped Franklin and replace him on Jazzfanz?
 
Corbin had holes in his coaching? Aw come on now Franklin you have made Corbin out to be perfect and put all the blame on the players. OK who kidnapped Franklin and replace him on Jazzfanz?

Franklin has talked about issues in Corbin's coaching in the past. He may go a bit overboard, but at least he recognizes that Corbin isn't as bad a coach as the board seems to think.
 
It would be cool to watch a eurocoach teach euroball in the NBA, but I've heard he is hard on teams and players. That can get old in an 82 game schedule. But, he's not Jim Boylen.

I dont mind someone being hard on me if he truly knows what he's doing. I'd take that coaching style over someone who has no clue but tries hard to be your friend....



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It would be cool to watch a eurocoach teach euroball in the NBA, but I've heard he is hard on teams and players. That can get old in an 82 game schedule. But, he's not Jim Boylen.
He is one of the softest eurocoaches you can find around, but people say he has learned his lesson with Lakers and ready to tweak things for the NBA.
 
Franklin. You are the first person I have ever Repped. Now that I know how to. FML... Thanks for the link.

Locke said something interesting on his blog today about the spacing or lack thereof in Ty's offense all season vs. Pop's offensive system in SA of spreading the floor. Also he hinted that DL was not very happy with Ty's practice routines.
 
I really like Messina, but can he do this?

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OK.

Apparently, this never gets old.
 
Is that on Ty or is that on the players not being smart enough? I assume it is a mixture of both. It can be taught to an extent but I also believe there are some players who are not mentally capable of playing "smart" basketball.

Though BBIQ is always a limiting factor, I think teaching players how to react is the one trait that sets great coaches apart from the rest. Popovich has almost proven this beyond a doubt with all the players he's been able to insert into his system and get to perform at a high level. Same with Sloan's ability to resurrect careers almost in their graves. Getting players to react correctly in a consistent, reliable manner is the coach's #1 priority.


That's just an example of why he is considered as one of the best basketball minds in Europe. He is far more deeply engaged within the theories of the game of basketball than your average good coach would be and he actually can transfer it to the players maybe except the latest run of CSKA.

What I liked most about his philosophy is he says it's not so much which system you chose as it is executing the correct way. That tells me he can mold to strengths while remaining focused on the details that matter.

I also like his discussion of semi-transition, or secondary transition buckets. This is the easiest area to score in consistently, and something Ty never seemed to use (one of the reporters mentioned this to Ty??? during locker cleanout day and gave a supporting stat but I don't recall it exactly).
 
I dont mind someone being hard on me if he truly knows what he's doing. I'd take that coaching style over someone who has no clue but tries hard to be your friend....



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So you like to get spanked. But not that hard.
 
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