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The link above it to an article about Matt Painter's new Zero Tolerance policy toward turnovers at Purdue. I love it! Tolerating the sort of play that generally generates turnovers is one of the greatest weaknesses in the coach profession these days. "Let them be fancy, because they like being fancy, even though the attitude of trying to be fancy results in (fill in the blank) number of turnovers each game."
Saying "no turnover" is equivalent to saying "no playground ball." It is demanding intense focus on what is happening and what is about to happen ALL the time. It means you don't have so-called point guards with a 1.3 assist to turnover ratio. It means your kids forget about trying to look good in favor of being good. It means you watch Sports Center in order to find out what not to do. It means being willing to be boring, by today's standards.
Zero tolerance on turnovers means that you demand that your players play Good Basketball.
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