Blog What Makes a Good Coach?
August 31st, 2007Lots of people think I am crazy when I say things like I pursued an NBA coaching job this summer or when I write a book about changing the way 75% of the coaches in a country think. They point to my dirty little secrets (I never played college ball; don’t tell anyone). I even had a girl today ask me how I could coach all over if I never played in college. But, then I read comments like these, which I saw on Henry Abott’s True Hoop:
Mike Moreau with a great line in a Hoopsworld article: “After working out a group of NBA players a few summers ago, I was sitting in the bleachers with a former first round draft pick talking about his first season in the league. I made the comment that it must have been great playing for a coach who played his same position for over a decade in the NBA. His comment to me was, ‘Man, I don’t ever want to play for a former player again. I didn’t learn anything. Just give me some nerdy dude who watches tape all night and can help me get better.’”
I don’t think of myself as a “nerdy dude who watches tape all night,” but I definitely know I spend as much time as anyone researching the game and different ways to help players improve.