Locked on Jazz—Is watching film a negative?

[Duck Rodgers]

Watching me lead my team in a string of comeback wins would get me down on myself as well.

 

[One Brow]

Right on cue...eh, Sloan Brow?!

Why not build a foundation during the regular season and fine tune that machine?

I suppose pointless ad hominems are about as substantive a response as you can manage.

 

[GVC]

So is the argument that by watching too much game film the players' feelings or psyche are going to get hurt? Is that really what Sloan and Corbin are trying to say?

Maybe you should read the article, dimwit.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Maybe you should read the article, dimwit.

That was definitely a fairly large part of Sloan and Corbin's argument against abundant film viewing.

 

[Hopper]

"Sloan has always taken a slightly different approach. Accentuating the positive is a far better way to get players to succeed and play the game at their peak. Pounding on a player over and over in a film session is not going to promote the player into a positive performance."

That aint coachin 101, just ax S2, ya know? Ya needz to browbeats them chumps and rub they face in every little mistake. Aint that right, S2?

 

[Marty McFly]

LOL at Jerry acting like he's a positive coach. Love Sloan but how often does he say anything positive, at least publicly?

 

[GVC]

That was definitely a fairly large part of Sloan and Corbin's argument against abundant film viewing.

Not the whole argument. Viny, as is usually the case, is cherry picking to suit his own preconceived notions of reality. Further, he's assuming that because a successful coach does one thing, that that's the only thing someone has to do to become a successful coach AND that no other methods could possibly be more effective.

Rich.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

So... have the Lakers and Spurs ever watched game film before they lost? Did the Spurs watch game film last year? If so, why didn't they win the championship? Ever think it has less to do with winning than actually practicing plays? Are the players allowed to get together to look at film on their own? The only reason to do more film in my mind, is because Deron wants to and asked to. Would we be undefeated this year if we watched more film? Would we start games better if we watched more film? (we being the Jazz)

Just curious

 

[Hopper]

"Sloan believes the attention span after a short period of time makes the experience worthless. Similar to his approach to practices, give sharp attention for a short time and move on."

This "short attention span" problem may not be as bad now that K-Y has left the team, eh? Usta be, once the lights went out, it wasn't long before K-Y was "distractin" every player he could.

 

[VINYLONE]

Not the whole argument. Viny, as is usually the case, is cherry picking to suit his own preconceived notions of reality. Further, he's assuming that because a successful coach does one thing, that that's the only thing someone has to do to become a successful coach AND that no other methods could possibly be more effective.

Rich.

Absolutely not Tommy. But if you've tried something over and over since the beginning of your career and you have yet to achieve your goal, then isn't changing your approach imperative. Furthermore, why is that some people's complaints of Bozzer have been that the Jazz have gone as far as they can with that guy...but the same can't be said about Sloan.

Will you agree that we both want the same thing for this team...a championship? After 20 plus years of allowing Sloan to try without so much as an interjection from the front office, couldn't we try someone else? I mean, always being the bridesmaid must suck...unless you never want to marry...right?

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Not the whole argument. Viny, as is usually the case, is cherry picking to suit his own preconceived notions of reality. Further, he's assuming that because a successful coach does one thing, that that's the only thing someone has to do to become a successful coach AND that no other methods could possibly be more effective.

Rich.

I think Vinyl's problem with it (I'll take it from here Rich) is not the action of doing it or not though obviously he thinks film should be viewed. It's the coaches assertion that players fragile egos can't handle the constructive criticism and I have to say, I'm in full agreement with Dick that that's an awful perspective when it comes to coaching.

 

[One Brow]

I don't see anything in the original article about hurt psyches or fragile egos. All I saw was "get wrapped up with all the negatives" or just "negatives". Negatives are things you don't want to do. Don't pump fake if you have a clear path to the basket, etc. Instead, Sloan is focusing on positives, things you are supposed to do. Instead of "don't pump fake", use "go straight up". Positives would be simpler, less numerous, and easier to follow.