All the great coaches have one trait- they seem to have a button that can be turned on when the time is needed- a what the @@@@ is going on button, a get in your face- I EXPECT MORE FROM YOU talk or whatever you want to call it ...
Doc is a good coach- a players coach he has been there and knows the new way to coach so to speak - but he will not win the NBA finals with this way of coaching- won't happen.
Doc Rivers is TOO NICE!
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Doc Rivers is TOO NICE!
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Doc Rivers is TOO NICE!
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Rivers is indeed a players' coach. The current players on the Celtics like him. However, when things go bad, these same players mustn't simply demand more of themselves but more direction of their head coach. Because these will be the same players who say that it's as much their faults then any blame placed on Rivers if he were to be fired.
Personally, I don't feel that players should play for their coach or to save his job. No, a head coach should coach for his players. What I mean is that the head coach wouldn't necessarily be targeted as the scapegoat if he was more successful at his job than the players are of their. The head coach has to be better than the players. Because their individual talents can only take the team so far. Basketball can be a chess game at times and the head coach can sometimes take the thinking out of the players' minds and simplify what everyone needs to do in order for the team to succeed. If the head coach fails, then the players fail. If certain players fail. Then the head coach can substitute for other players. Conversely, the players can't substitute their head coach.
Personally, I don't feel that players should play for their coach or to save his job. No, a head coach should coach for his players. What I mean is that the head coach wouldn't necessarily be targeted as the scapegoat if he was more successful at his job than the players are of their. The head coach has to be better than the players. Because their individual talents can only take the team so far. Basketball can be a chess game at times and the head coach can sometimes take the thinking out of the players' minds and simplify what everyone needs to do in order for the team to succeed. If the head coach fails, then the players fail. If certain players fail. Then the head coach can substitute for other players. Conversely, the players can't substitute their head coach.