MN Daily: What makes a coach?

[BleedGopher]

per the Daily:

Richard Pitino

Teague garnered a lot of attention when he hired Richard Pitino as head coach of the men’s basketball program in April 2013.

In his first year at Minnesota, Pitino made significant changes to the team’s style of play. The Gophers played a faster-paced offense and pressing defense.

The Gophers finished 25-13, setting a school record for most victories in a season, while winning the NIT championship.

Now, with a few recruits primed for his style of play and an understanding of what the Gophers can achieve, Pitino’s system seems to be gaining traction in Minnesota.

“If you’re going to play a certain way, you better recruit to it,” Pitino told the Minnesota Daily in June.

Teague appears to have confidence in Pitino’s ability to draw in quality players, too.

“Richard and his staff — they are excellent recruiters,” Teague told the Daily in June.

http://www.mndaily.com/sports/features/2014/10/06/what-makes-coach

Go Gophers!!

 

[BarnBoy]

In his first year at Minnesota, Pitino made significant changes to the team’s style of play. The Gophers played a faster-paced offense and pressing defense.

Isn't this more lore than reality? I know that's where we WANT to go - and we'll get there - but I thought it was shown statistically that our "pace of play" was actually fairly pedestrian.

 

[joshvanklomp]

Isn't this more lore than reality? I know that's where we WANT to go - and we'll get there - but I thought it was shown statistically that our "pace of play" was actually fairly pedestrian.

The writer didn't say it was fast-paced, they said it was faster-paced. Key difference.

Was it faster than the previous system? That's all that matters.

 

[station19]

Coach didn't really have the type of players to run his style last year. As more and more of HIS recruits come in, the style of play will change accordingly. Gophers did not really press that much last year, and it was not all that tight. That will be the biggest difference going forward.

 

[jmag21]

What makes a coach? Is it being prepared to do the right thing? Whatever the cost? Isn't that what makes a coach?