The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.
I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.
The most important thing is team morale.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.
