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[InGameStrategy]

Did ya mean "Mollycoddlin, 101," mebbe? To listen you to, a coach should not even watch the game to see what's going on, he should instead spend his gametime sidlin up to every player who got substitued for and give a long, unsolicited explanation of exactly why he did what he did:

Your ridiculous persona is mildly amusing.

It takes about 10 seconds to say to Arroyo: "Carlos, I'm not starting you in the next game. You haven't been working the offense enough. Show me that you get your teammates involved better, and I'll consider starting you again." Short, sweet, firm, direct, and motivational. Sloan doesn't even have to do it during the game; it would be better to not do it during the game. And Arroyo was complaining about not being told for days, not that he wasn't told during the game.

 

[InGameStrategy]

A newspaper merely reported what Arroyo claimed. Kinda like Larry Miller merely reported what AK claimed when he told Miller that he had been told his role in the offense was to simply stand in the corner and stay out of the way.

I don't know about Larry Miller, but mebbe you do have "sucker" written across your forehead in big letters, eh? Do you really think that Arroyo had recieved no instruction or feedback from Sloan or anyone else on the coaching staff?

Arroyo strikes me as the kind who could be told repeatedly what was expected of him, where he needed to improve, etc., and would still whine to a newspaperman that he had "no idea" why he wasn't playin more.[/QUOTE]I guess that we could dispute the veracity of a reporter, but they usually have a process for fact checking. This type of fact doesn't seem controversial, and Sloan didn't deny it. Quite the contrary; he finally talked to Arroyo days later, implying that he hadn't said anything before.

 

[InGameStrategy]

If ya ax me, any coach who, irrespective of what other duties he had, undertook to go, hat in hand, to every player on the team and try to convince them that each and every decision he made he made was justifable and should be approved of by said player would be a laughing stock amongst his players.

Coaches don't tell players why they do things in order to justify their actions but rather so that players know what they need to do to improve, making the team better.

And NOT doing that is a fundamental flaw, IMHO, given that all leaders in any field should be good communicators. This should be self-evident.

And nobody is saying that Sloan needs to justify every little thing--or anything at all. But putting someone in or out of the starting lineup is a fairly significant thing, especially with egos involved, and warrants some communication. It should be regarded not only as good leadership and communication but also as an opportunity to teach and develop players. But Sloan has preferred to leave it up to anybody's guess evidently. It is not a good strategy in any field of work to assume that people will figure it out; such a strategy is inefficient at best. When you're dealing with millionaire twentysomethings, it can lead to poor results on the court and off. The point of coaches communicating is not justification: it's instruction.

 

[Hopper]

I hold the authority figure to a higher standard. That was Sloan's job. It's crazy to let Sloan off the hook when he, according to the article, went for days without telling Arroyo was doing wrong (or right).

Well, S2, I think it's your clear duty to the game of basketball to pack your bags IMMEDIATELY! Get on a plane, and get to John Wooden's funeral. Tell all of the Wooden disciples, admirers, and emulators who are bound to be there about this NOW!

 

[InGameStrategy]

Well, S2, I think it's your clear duty to the game of basketball to pack your bags IMMEDIATELY! Get on a plane, and get to John Wooden's funeral. Tell all of the Wooden disciples, admirers, and emulators who are bound to be there about this NOW!

I love how your continuing tangential examples, however entertaining, continue to bury your so-called argument.

No need for me to get on a plane; unlike Sloan, John Wooden knew the value of communication as a coach.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. --John Wooden
https://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3766

Such as taking <10 seconds to tell a player--starter or scrub alike--why he's getting benched and how to get back on the court soon.

 

[Hopper]

Such as taking <10 seconds to tell a player--starter or scrub alike--why he's getting benched and how to get back on the court soon.

Well, S2, now ya done gone plumb hawgwild with your speculation and presumption about what Sloan duz and don't say. I have it on good information that Sloan rarely yanks a player from a game because he aint happy with them without kindly informing them that they have been playin like an effin c.

 

[Hopper]

A convo, overheard in the Best Buy parkin lot, years back:

Arroyo: Sloan told me I was playin like an effin c.

Tag: Yeah, he tells me that alla time, too. I tell him he don't *play* like an effin c, but that he simply is one, ya know?

Arroyo: I don't even know what he means by that.

Tag: Why doncha go ax him?

Arroyo: Are you kiddin!? I'm goin down to the Trib and talk to my homeboy, the beat writer, about this, that's what Imma gunna do!