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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:27 am Post subject: The Key Ingredient / Foundation of our New Coach Has Been Revealed
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Lakers coaches encouraging everyone, even rookie center Ivica Zubac, to 'let it fly' from 3-point range
by Mark Medina - ocregister.com Continued....
I found this interesting. In that article were various segments. In the first segment, the focus was more on Zubac shooting 3's and this comment was made:
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“We’re letting it fly, man!” Mermuys said. “We want to empower our guys. We want them to feel confident and let it fly, especially in summer league. If that thing comes to (Zubac), he has to be ready and line it up. It looks good.”
And then later in the article, the focus of the segment was on Russell and his assist to turnover rates. This comment was made:
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“We want him to feel aggressive and feel empowered that he can make turnovers and make mistakes,” Mermuys said. “We’re trying to focus more on big picture and try to see him improve as far as facilitating and leading the offense.”
It is obvious that this "empowerment" is a significant theme that the coaches will be stressing during Walton's reign as head coach. For anyone that has ever played basketball can attest, confidence makes up half of your game. It is the very essence of when a player "gets hot!" It's not that their skills have suddenly improved, it's that their confidence and focus is peaked.
Everyone in the NBA has skills or else they wouldn't be in the NBA. But if the focus is on the mental part of the game, that is an area that will take those skills and make them better. _________________ Don't make me give you a trout slap!
This is one of the biggest reasons why I love our new staff. They really encourage players to be confident in themselves and their abilities rather than restrict themselves to the roles people encourage them to play. I've heard that Luke was the impetus behind Draymond's increased offensive aggressiveness this past season. Particularly in regard to his facilitating more of GState's offense and taking more threes.
I have to say, thus far the coaching staff has been impressive from instilling a positive culture, you can really see it in the way the team plays and how they communicate. I'm really happy with what I am seeing so far
“First of all to Don, that’s why you not coaching. Let’s put it that way,” Scott said following Monday’s practice at the Lakers’ facility in El Segundo. “You don’t let a guy go out there and just almost embarrass himself or kill himself by playing 35 minutes and creating 10, 12, 15 turnovers. The one thing it can do is self-destruct him as an individual. So what I try to do as far as teaching him and also protect him from making mistakes like that, and from getting ridiculed after a game like that.”
Don nailed it in his response:
“You’re going to have to live with some mistakes with a rookie, especially a point guard. But to me, the more you just let him go, the more he develop. Instead of Byron, later on in his comments saying how he needs to protect him because he could self-destruct. No no no. D’Angelo’s a big boy. He’s making five million bucks a year to play basketball. He’s going to be fine. If he has a nine-turnover game he’s not going to be on the psychiatrist’s couch the next morning. He’ll be fine, he’ll come back and play.”
I highly doubt it was intentional, but it was refreshing how everything he said was the opposite of any and every response Byron would have given. I love Jesse. He's a promising young coach. I think he'll end up being our version of Golden State's Luke Walton on this staff. Hopefully we can keep him for more than two years before opposing teams take notice and poach him.
I highly doubt it was intentional, but it was refreshing how everything he said was the opposite of any and every response Byron would have given. I love Jesse. He's a promising young coach. I think he'll end up being our version of Golden State's Luke Walton on this staff. Hopefully we can keep him for more than two years before opposing teams take notice and poach him.
I doubt it was intentional too, but it was still great _________________ I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:05 am Post subject:
It's good that the new coaching regime is all positive & all, but all you guys talking all that feel-good-in-your-tummy positive crap will turn on that approach quicker than lightning if we're losing.
At the end of the day, it takes the carrot & the stick in training and in life in general, I think. B Scott's gone. But I believe that his stick-heavy approach is what motivated Russell, Clarkson, Randle & Nance, Jr to all come back hard this year: sometimes it's good to be doubted & to have some adversity to power through. Kobe once said he trained like a maniac all summer after his rookie year to show Del Harris he made a mistake in benching him. Doesn't mean Del Harris made a mistake. Same with Scott.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:09 am Post subject:
iceberg01 wrote:
It's good that the new coaching regime is all positive & all, but all you guys talking all that feel-good-in-your-tummy positive crap will turn on that approach quicker than lightning if we're losing.
At the end of the day, it takes the carrot & the stick in training and in life in general, I think. B Scott's gone. But I believe that his stick-heavy approach is what motivated Russell, Clarkson, Randle & Nance, Jr to all come back hard this year: sometimes it's good to be doubted & to have some adversity to power through. Kobe once said he trained like a maniac all summer after his rookie year to show Del Harris he made a mistake in benching him. Doesn't mean Del Harris made a mistake. Same with Scott.
I guess you could make the argument that bad coaching can be so bad that it motivates the player once he leaves it, but i don't think that makes it good coaching. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:22 am Post subject:
Why did everyone hate D'Antoni for encouraging this, yet applauds when Luke does it? _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
It's good that the new coaching regime is all positive & all, but all you guys talking all that feel-good-in-your-tummy positive crap will turn on that approach quicker than lightning if we're losing.
At the end of the day, it takes the carrot & the stick in training and in life in general, I think. B Scott's gone. But I believe that his stick-heavy approach is what motivated Russell, Clarkson, Randle & Nance, Jr to all come back hard this year: sometimes it's good to be doubted & to have some adversity to power through. Kobe once said he trained like a maniac all summer after his rookie year to show Del Harris he made a mistake in benching him. Doesn't mean Del Harris made a mistake. Same with Scott.
There are diametrically opposed ways to motivate players. What Byron did was teach them bad habits they'll have to unlearn next season. It's not about working hard so much as it's about working smart. You bring up Kobe, but he worked incredibly hard to get some of his shots.
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 144432 Location: The Gold Coast
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:03 am Post subject:
danzag wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
Why did everyone hate D'Antoni for encouraging this, yet applauds when Luke does it?
Because he was doing it to Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol.
Which is not different at all. What is different is the fans are not butt hurt that Phil wasn't hired. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
Why did everyone hate D'Antoni for encouraging this, yet applauds when Luke does it?
I think to an extent people are more accepting of the idea in 2016 than in 2013.
There's also a fair argument that there's a difference between developing players to extend to the 3 point line, and having known commodities sitting behind the 3 point line because you couldn't figure out how to use them better.
There is some double standard involved, but not that much IMO.
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