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As the coach, what would you do differently?
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<blockquote data-quote="tambo" data-source="post: 1268262" data-attributes="member: 582127"><p><strong>I have always admired Phil Jackson's coaching style..</strong></p><p></p><p>...in particular I have always liked Jackson's coaching style when it comes to rotating players in and out of games at the right time. Sometimes leaving a player in after one or even two mistakes may give that player a level of confidence to go out and make 1 game changing play. Too many times I have seen very talented Illini look tentative and scared to make the right play, for fear of being yanked out of the game I suppose?</p><p></p><p>With that said, I almost despise Coach Groce's subsitution patterns or lack there of in certain instances. It reminds me of a giddy inexperienced high school coach where a key player makes one quick mistake and is yanked from the game at a key time, with the thought that it's best the player come to the bench for some in-game coaching rather then making that same mistake again.</p><p></p><p>That to me is wrong and incorrect and at this level of play doesn't benefit anyone for this to continue to happen every game. We're in the the thick of B1G season and no light at the end of the regular season tunnel and its VERY frustrating. I appreciate almost everything Coach Groce has done for my university and all that he stands for as a man, but I'm ready for a change and ready to see a differant brand of college basketball played here.</p><p></p><p>I don't expect a blue-blood program here...EVER. What I do expect is a program that consistently gets to the NCAA Tournament. That doesn't look to happen now or in the near future and hasn't happend for far too long. Basketball is a huge huge part of my life and I take Illini basketball a little too personally at times and for that I'm guilty but with this thread came an outlet.....What I would do differently as a coach is change the damn substitution pattern we currently have. </p><p></p><p>end of rant</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tambo, post: 1268262, member: 582127"] [b]I have always admired Phil Jackson's coaching style..[/b] ...in particular I have always liked Jackson's coaching style when it comes to rotating players in and out of games at the right time. Sometimes leaving a player in after one or even two mistakes may give that player a level of confidence to go out and make 1 game changing play. Too many times I have seen very talented Illini look tentative and scared to make the right play, for fear of being yanked out of the game I suppose? With that said, I almost despise Coach Groce's subsitution patterns or lack there of in certain instances. It reminds me of a giddy inexperienced high school coach where a key player makes one quick mistake and is yanked from the game at a key time, with the thought that it's best the player come to the bench for some in-game coaching rather then making that same mistake again. That to me is wrong and incorrect and at this level of play doesn't benefit anyone for this to continue to happen every game. We're in the the thick of B1G season and no light at the end of the regular season tunnel and its VERY frustrating. I appreciate almost everything Coach Groce has done for my university and all that he stands for as a man, but I'm ready for a change and ready to see a differant brand of college basketball played here. I don't expect a blue-blood program here...EVER. What I do expect is a program that consistently gets to the NCAA Tournament. That doesn't look to happen now or in the near future and hasn't happend for far too long. Basketball is a huge huge part of my life and I take Illini basketball a little too personally at times and for that I'm guilty but with this thread came an outlet.....What I would do differently as a coach is change the damn substitution pattern we currently have. end of rant [/QUOTE]
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