Coaches huddle w/out players. Huh?

[Silvertip]

Can't imagine somebody hasn't commented - but, during TO's Tinkle calls all the coaches out onto the court while the players are left to stare at each other. What's that all about? You don't need a TO if coaches don't interact wth the players. They can do that while the ball is in play. Weird - and very unorthodox!

 

[coyote]

I believe he has always done this. I think Larry did too.

 

[BARN BALL]

Bob Knight liked to do this.

 

[Griznationalist]

Far, far more common than you think. Not unorthodox at all.

 

[IronMountainGriz&Cat]

Where you been Silvertip, certainly not the twenty-first century?

 

[PlayerRep]

Lots of college and NBA teams do this.

 

[Montanan]

i sure hope it's working much better for them!

 

[ilovethecats]

i guess the length of time he does this is the only thing that would make it unorthodox. if he took a full timeout and spent the whole time talking to coaches and not players that would be weird. watch some games and pay attention to timeouts and you'll see pretty much every coach does this. it's good sense to talk strategy with the coaches and bounce ideas off each other quickly before addressing the team. also, don't forget that it's the assistants, and rarely the players, that are aware of the other teams foul trouble, as well as defensive tendancies. like i said, it makes complete sense for coaches to huddle for a bit before talking to the team.

 

[Mslacat]

It is the new thing to do. I would say half the college teams are doing it now. The idea is to huddle the coaches together talk it together among the coaches, head coach tells the other coaches what he wants to do, the other coaches may contribute (ie coach Hill notices that the other teams center is is doing such and such,) and that may impact or change what Tinkle was thinking about it. Then the coaches as a single unit go back and tell the team exactly what they want to do.

 

[cclarkblues]

I watched the Duke - Maryland game a couple of nights ago. As it was getting down to crunch time timeouts I noticed Maryland hauled the chairs out onto the floor so the team could rest. Duke on the other hand, stood in a tight semi-circle around coach K who was barking right in their face the whole time. Just two different ways of handling the same thing I guess.

 

[citygriz]

coaches are ruining the college game with their sideline tantrums and histrionics, all intended to work the refs while getting themseleves on television and promoting their names, i.e. their "brand." if the head coach wasn't up storming the sidelines, there would be plenty of time on the bench during the game for coaches to compare notes and be fully prepared for the next time out.

one of the (few) appeals of soccer to me is that the coaches are buried on the sideline, while the full emphasis is on the players and the game. were it so it college basketball. when jim calhoun yelled at that journalist to "shut up," I got to thinking, "hey, that's not a bad idea for you too, mr. multi-million dollar calhoun. and bobby knight, and his son, pat knight, and all coaches everywhere at all times, who get away with behavior no parent would tolerate in an eight-year-old, or no boss would tolerate in ANY employee. not a bad idea at all!"

 

[100%GRIZ]

I'll never forget the first time I saw this happen. I was at a highschool game in Great Falls watching my nephew play. He happened to play for Helena Capital. Anyway full timeout was called and the coaches from Capital got in their little huddle for the entire full timeout without (I repeat) without ever talking to the players. I thought to myself what in the heck is going on. How you going to coach kids without ever communicating with them??? At least Tinkle and crew spend at least half of the timeout talking to his players!!!!

 

[AllWeatherFan]

One of the (many) advantages to soccer is that, during the game, the coach doesn't really do all that much coaching. And there are no time-outs. So the coach has to prepare the players before the game starts.

Once it starts, the players have make their own decisions, and they don't need the coach screaming out instructions all the time.

 

[mporter]

coaches are ruining the college game with their sideline tantrums and histrionics, all intended to work the refs while getting themseleves on television and promoting their names, i.e. their "brand." if the head coach wasn't up storming the sidelines, there would be plenty of time on the bench during the game for coaches to compare notes and be fully prepared for the next time out.

Amen.

 

[GrizLA]

much the same could be said for most team sports...I find it disgusting to watch a middle aged guy throw a tantrum a child would be disciplined for doing, yet getting encouragement from tv announcers. When Knight threw the chair, the mindless cheered him....he should have been fired immediately by the Univ. president....now, he has been rewarded...College athletics is losing its charm, that's for sure....