When you coach Russ Smith, you have a nervous breakdown on every possession. He's not from a different country. He's from a different planet.
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As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.
Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
I think players changing coaches is normal.
In the NBA, you're taking a bunch of different talents, and you're managing them. You have to give them a system; you have to give them a belief. That's why coaches like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are so great: because they gave the team confidence in the system and in their ability to execute night in and night out.
So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.
How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?
The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.
Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
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