SUMMER TIME

I attended a team camp earlier today at Michigan State University with high school basketball teams from all over the State of Michigan.  Some even came from Chicago and Wisconsin.   What I saw was coaches really passionate about their teams.  I saw players going hard, defending and sharing the ball.  It was a joy [...]

DALY AND THE ASSISTANT COACH

Reading ‘Daly Life‘ by Coach Daly since his passing, I have been posting some notes from a very good book.  Here are  some of his thoughts on the assistant coach.
Daly worked for Vic Bubbas at Duke, Bubbas told him, “You hire assistants and train them to be head coaches.”  Bubbas was all about Total organization [...]

SCOTT SKILES

Scott Skiles was fired a couple of days ago by the Chicago Bulls.  I’m sure they have their reasons for the dismissal of one of the better coaches in the business.  (Joe Torre has been fired in the past).

Mark Johnson of the Morris Daily Herald has his take on the situation.
Even after the unquestionably disappointing [...]