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Originally posted by Dan_ref
Up until fairly recently I felt the same way but my recent
run in with Coach "Don't Touch Me" (I think he has a
cousin out west somewhere, eh Drake?) has changed my
thinking on this. I still don't mind him taking a few
steps on to coach, but if he's asking my first response
now is "Coach, I can't talk to you while you're on the
floor".
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Sparky,
I had a coach just screamin' at me the other night on a no-call. It was during a dead ball. He was outa the box about mid-court.
I walked over to his coaching box and stood on the floor with my hands behind my back, and my head humbly bowed, while he carved me a new orifice. He wasn't swearing, just talking loudly. (
When I walked to the spot in front of his box, he, of course, followed cuz he wasn't quite done with me.)
I listened.
I left.
At halftime during warm-ups, he still wanted to talk about it. We had some time so I explained; my partner said he, too, had nothing. He became calm.
End of the game,he again said he was sorry for getting over-excited.
The point, I think, is to allow the coach to love the game as much as we do. If we bring confidence to the floor, then I think most of the emotion is unimportant.
mick