TheSecretWeapon wrote:IF Atkinson actually got sustained, better performances from his players, it would make him a rare coach. The relevant research on coaching indicates that most coaches don't have a measurable effect on individual productivity. The exceptions are acknowledged greats like Phil Jackson, Popovich, Riley, and a few others. That's not to say that coaches are worthless, but rather that there's a HUGE middle ground of competent professional coaches who all do more or less the same quality of work. It'd be nice if the Wizards next coach could be one of those rare greats. If it turned out to be Atkinson, that'd be fine with me.
50% of coaching is giving players confidence and that's in all the basketball i seen and played...factual from my standpoint simply because practice makes perfect...only variable doing game time is being confident u can do it during the game...
Next is understanding they're strengths(green light them) and weakness(don't let it get taken advantage of)
Even untraditional strengths like gambling defensively, shooting whenever they feel...
Let them practice it if they do it in practice tell them do it in games
Coaching isn't hard...coaches make it hard by not being confident in guys...
Players fall off in new surroundings because of new coaches and or teammates because Sometimes the best coach isnt necessarily needed if the players have good confidence in each other, but that's rare...
With that being said he seems like that type of coach from what I've learned
And a good example of the coaches and players confidence thing
And they're both 2 years younger...look at the playoffs #s
And that's they're core
http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=thompkl01&y1=2013&p2=bealbr01&y2=2014&p3=walljo01&y3=2012&p4=curryst01&y4=2011&p5=&p6=#totals::noneGood coaches trust young players
