Re: Oakton Boys Basketball. Talented team , bad coaching!
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players never know better
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Date: October 21, 2015 03:47PM
As someone that has played for Coaches that got a bad reputation by those outside the program and by players that didn't like him, let me say this. I don't know how practices are run, coaching philosophy or why they were 2 for whatever last year, but coaches in high school can only coach what they are given. If you are a current player, that means you are not old enough yet to understand why you are being coached like you are. You've most likely been coddled too long by your parents and therefore having a coach that is tough on you and has expectations of you to listen and replicate his style of basketball is different and probably frustrating.
A piece of advice, and this goes for everyone in this thread, stop blaming the coach. If you can honestly say that you listen 100% of the time to what you are asked to do by your Coach and you unequivocally put forth every ounce of effort to follow his philosophy, run his offense, play his type of defense, then maybe, just maybe you have a reason to speak badly. But I can almost guarantee you that no one on that team does this, no one puts forth the effort or follows the instructions they are given. I've never seen a mediocre team on the same page as what they were being asked to do, so one that falls below mediocre can't even be close to putting forth the effort.
Buck up young man, get you and your teammates on board for this upcoming season to be 100% involved with what your coaching staff asks you to do. If you do this, as a full team, with 100% effort, post your result here at the end of the season, I'd bet it'll be more impressive than you think.
Oh, and just an fyi, in high school, we jumped rope in the offseason every day, with sand-weighted ropes, and we were better because of it.