Every Day

It’s been a while, so I thought that I would write a little something. The NBA season has begun; I am pretty pumped about the Pacers. I don’t know why. I just think there is a little different “air” surrounding the team. Coach O’Brien will play at a faster pace – which I think will be better suited for his personnel. When I think of coaching philosophies, I think that the best coaches always start with what they have and go from there. As a coach you have to be flexible, always changing. I don’t mean changing your philosophy, but playing to your strengths. Each person has their own strength, and the coaches that find that strength and tweak, not overhaul, their systems to utilize that particular strength always seem to have great seasons. Being in coaching for a few years, I have my own definition of a good coach or a bad coach. I think I am more impressed by a coach, who can take a team, and have those players play to their potential, than a coach who has great players and just simply stands there. I have really shaped my thoughts over the past years and I have found that winning and losing is not really important. It’s more important that you get better than you were the day before. Sure, there are going to be extremely good players that are naturally talented, but if they don’t continue to improve I don’t necessarily see them as a success. I would take a player who wants to work hard and get better every day over a player who thinks he is good enough for today. For at the end of today, is tomorrow, and if that player didn’t do something to get better yesterday, then there is no today, and inevitably, no tomorrow. As practices and teams are forming for the season, remember to do something to make yourself better everyday. Drop a comment! Have a good rest of the week!