Monday, September 18, 2017

No wonder coaches like to coach offense

I have no use whatsoever for Rick Pitino, who pretty well sums up "sleeze" in today's college basketball scene. But he ought to understand the game, and so his assessment of certain aspects of coaching should be accurate. Here is a LINK to a CBS article in which he discusses the future of one-and-done.

Notice particularly this comment by Pitino: "It's tough to play with freshmen. They have so much to learn at the defensive end." The defensive end of the court. He did not say that about the offensive end of the court. Kids coming to college know now to play offense to a much greater degree than they do defense, because playing defense is harder. Harder to do. Harder to teach. Not as much "fun." Doesn't make the headlines. No wonder some coaches just load up on offense and do not seem to care particularly about the defensive end of the court. It is a lot harder work to coach defense.

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