- If you want a tough team, get tough players
- If you want to make your team tougher, put them in tough situations in practice and hold them accountable for the result
- If your team lacks the right leadership, it has to come from you
- In late clock situations someone else is almost always open - pass the ball
- Not every point guard is good in a ball screen
- Every game being available for scout has created too much game planning - we forget to focus on what we are good at
- You can't just tell your team to communicate - you have to tell them what to say
- If your players don't know the plays in a game, it's your fault
- Feeding the post isn't that easy
- Spread out benches and coaches in golf shirts should be here to stay
- I've never had a team that was too tough
- They'll walk if you let 'em
- Paper scouting reports are essentially useless
- Over-scouting makes your team worse
- A point guard who throws a one-handed pass off the dribble with his weak hand is definitely good enough
- Shooters need to think about their feet more at a younger age
- Paint touches help get you to heaven
- The restricted arc has not had the intended effect
- We should all teach our help side defenders to jump straight up
- It's almost always a block
- If I were in high school, I'd make sure I could make two shots - standstill threes and free throws
- You can never practice time and score enough
- Missing a free throw on purpose is hard
- I'm still fouling up 3 every time
- Fouling on purpose is also hard
- The players see everything - they don't need to hear it to know it
- Players who can guard the ball one on one are extremely valuable
- There are way too many illegal screens in every game
- Officials do a great job ignoring head coaches instead of sticking them
- A head coach who says he "never" calls the director of officials actually calls him after every other game
- Indecision is a decision
- We don't spend enough time on BOB defense
- It shouldn't be illegal to foul on purpose
- We need to work on not stepping out of bounds in the corner
- Traveling remains the most inconsistent call in the game - if it looks funny, the whistle blows
- Great shooters can play at any level
- Points off turnovers doesn't mean what you think it means in the box score
- The best advantage you can have as a player is the ability to guard someone who can't guard you
- When I come back I want to be a face 4
- If you have two guards who can really guard the ball, your defense can be special
- A 5 who can drill 3s makes your offense really hard to guard
- It's easier to slow the pace down then speed the pace up
- Being older doesn't make you a leader
- Rebounding margin isn't a thing
- One elite competitor can change the tone of your practices
- I hate that you can run into an offensive player after he hands the ball off and get a whistle for an illegal screen
- They have to start calling post defenders for walking underneath a post player when he's finishing his move
- When you are trying to get open against full court pressure, keep running
- The best teams practice good habits
- When you accept anything at a lower standard, get used to it
