Has coaching become secondary?

[anbuc88]

Some past and recent comments from coach Cal...

At the start of the season coach Cal said he doesnt coach defense till a month into the season. I found that strange and possibly bs.

Recently coach cal was asked what he does to prepare for the tourney. his response. "well rested" and "have fun"... that was followed up with "shorten practice, around a hour a day absolutely no longer than 90 minutes" and "only watch a max of 7 min of film a day"

This coming from a coach who has GREAT success in the tourney.

Is recruiting become more important than coaching? If so, what do you think about micks recruiting? I actaully have some concern with next years class... Without a lucky grab (lance) has mick recruited all that well thus far?

(Not trying to start a bash mick thread, or a mick is a Legend thread, just curios what others thoughts are)

Getting back to the premise of this thread, I heard Rick Majerus on ESPN radio this morning and he said coaching is way overrated. He said you have to have talented players to be successful, and any coach that thinks coaching is the most important aspect of a team is just fooling themselves. He pointed to North Carolina and said that Roy Williams has not forgotten how to coach, he just doesn't have Ty Lawson out there. I agree, and think that recruiting is the most important aspect of a successful team, and more important than coaching.

 

[ready2go]

Getting back to the premise of this thread, I heard Rick Majerus on ESPN radio this morning and he said coaching is way overrated. He said you have to have talented players to be successful, and any coach that thinks coaching is the most important aspect of a team is just fooling themselves. He pointed to North Carolina and said that Roy Williams has not forgotten how to coach, he just doesn't have Ty Lawson out there. I agree, and think that recruiting is the most important aspect of a successful team, and more important than coaching.

I agree and disagree. Sure you need good players to win games, but its the coaches job to get his players to buy into his program. I look at UK and UNC. The 4 frosh for UK are damn good, don't get me wrong. On the court though you can't have a bunch of "Me" players. Thats where I believe the coaching aspect comes into play. Those guys play well together and know what each's role is on the team.

UNC is also young and seems lost on the court together. Part of coaching is getting your team to play as one. Also to play at the highest level each game.

Look at all these upsets this year in the NCAA Tourny. You can't tell me St Mary's has better talent than Villanova and that Ohio has better talent than Gtown. Granted its on any given day approach, you still have to have your team coached and ready to go.

Peopl say Huggins was a great recruiter, but when he lost in the 2nd round it was his fault. It was frustrating losing those games and I did put those losses on him, cause the team was not ready to play.

 

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There's a lot of factors that go into a good team.

Recruiting is number one. I'd rather have talented players than a coach who knows X's and O's.
Recruiting the right players is key also. The right mixture is necessary or you end up with what UC has, a bunch of athletes that struggle to shoot.
Junior and senior laden teams teams tend to do far better than those who's best players are freshmen and sophs. So class management is important as well.