Dean Smith

It can be coached. Today's terminology referrers to it as creating a culture. It starts by weeding out the "bad apples" regardless of their talent and then it helps to bring in a couple that do have it on the inside and they can help create that culture where it is more than expected but demanded from all involved. Having a roster that is competing for time can also create a greater work effort over all but I guess that would be on the recruiting side.

It can be coached. Today's terminology referrers to it as creating a culture. It starts by weeding out the "bad apples" regardless of their talent and then it helps to bring in a couple that do have it on the inside and they can help create that culture where it is more than expected but demanded from all involved. Having a roster that is competing for time can also create a greater work effort over all but I guess that would be on the recruiting side.

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All the studies show the sooner a kid specializes the greater chance they drop out all together and the number of injuries skyrockets due to the continuous  and repetitive stress that comes from playing the same sport year around. I know lots of college coaches that would recruit a two-sport athlete over one who only plays "their" sport when all things are equal. If you are going to specialize, wait until after your sophomore year at least. The benefits far outway any negatives. I was a small school, three sport kid but I guarantee you that I managed to get my basketball skill work in year around. 

All the studies show the sooner a kid specializes the greater chance they drop out all together and the number of injuries skyrockets due to the continuous  and repetitive stress that comes from playing the same sport year around. I know lots of college coaches that would recruit a two-sport athlete over one who only plays "their" sport when all things are equal. If you are going to specialize, wait until after your sophomore year at least. The benefits far outway any negatives. I was a small school, three sport kid but I guarantee you that I managed to get my basketball skill work in year around. 

I feel like that myth is dead now. Aside from the antics a lot of them display with complaining, most are the toughest SOBs. 

Have seen reports that Balogun might be Orlando currently.  He was not invited to England camp and dropped out of ther U21 camp I believe.  Will be interesting to see how the boys do this next week back on the pitch together after that R16 exit in Qatar.  
 
Also, SKC has stunk so far this year, so there's that.
 
 

I’m going to share my best tip and trick - practice it.  As the year goes on and you have the packages in you want, I always did more and more situational play. From an entire OT to 1 sec left. Every special situation play from any inbound point, to needing a 2 or a 3, being or not being in the bonus all needs multiple reps I always thought. 
 
So they never saw anything drawn up in a game, just reminded of what they had repped many times. It also allowed you to run stuff without a TO. 
 
You can’t duplicate the pressure but you can cause chaos. Give them a situation. Team down 4 with the ball and 30 seconds left. Offense scores and takes a TO. Me - “Technical foul. You’re out of time outs. If they say they didn’t know I would say you didn’t ask.  Team needs to foul to stop clock so player fouls - “that’s five, you’re out.” Didn’t know - should of asked. 
 
The hope was to get players thinking about the information they would need to be successful instead of the situation itself. It worked with some groups. I did have a team that would come in the huddle after regulation and the point would start talking beginning with number of time outs both teams had, whose in the bonus or double bonus, ask, “whose got fouls trouble?” And even a how about we do “A” if we have to get a bucket. That team saw 5 over times that year. 
 
I felt I had truly done my job that year when they showed they didn’t really need me any more. We had over come  a 19 point deficit with 2 minutes left with the ball but no timeouts left. Point made a call that basically meant nothing but a layup, at 1 minute switched into the closest thing we had to a delay and at 15 seconds he set up the last shot play they knew was just what we did in that situation. Got the shot we wanted and even a follow up but neither went. In the huddle before the start of OT they ran through all the things they needed to know with out me saying anything. At the first horn my point says to me, “A” has been good to us tonight, start with that? I just nodded and told them to keep doing what they’ve been doing and sent them out. 
 
I knew we were going to win that one because we were focused on the what’s and they couldn’t get past the situation of giving up a 19 point lead to have to play overtime. 
 
Good times. Did I mention that game was a conference tourney semi against our school’s biggest rival? Thanks @basketballjones for giving me a reason to stroll down memory lane. Those were the days. 😊

True but it makes absolutely no sense. 

Coaches that you think should be on Nebraska's list, if this trend continues
 
The trend didn't continue.  Put this thread to bed.

Japan all time worst shootout, making only one of 4 pens. Spain - hold my cerveza. 

Flo Balogun - 21 years old
Has played for both US and England youth teams. Also eligible to represent Nigeria. Currently playing for Reims in league 1. 8 goals in 15 appearances this season.  On loan from Arsenal. 
 
Good finisher, good techinical ability, can take people on off the dribble and has a very high work.

It took addition by subtraction from the coaching staff to stop putting together bad rosters. I think you'd see a different Bryce on this team of responsible veterans.

What a great day of basketball in the State of Nebraska.
That is all

He is young in his defense, but I think the frustrating part of his game is his decision making. He seems to make up his mind on what he is going to do before he catches the ball and it leads to ugly plays. He plays hard, that's a fact. Like all of us he will learn with time and hopefully stop with the fouls and the out of control dribbling. When he knows he is going to attack the basket when he catches it, whether its there or not, his ball handling makes Lat look like Curly Neal.

He is young in his defense, but I think the frustrating part of his game is his decision making. He seems to make up his mind on what he is going to do before he catches the ball and it leads to ugly plays. He plays hard, that's a fact. Like all of us he will learn with time and hopefully stop with the fouls and the out of control dribbling. When he knows he is going to attack the basket when he catches it, whether its there or not, his ball handling makes Lat look like Curly Neal.

He is young in his defense, but I think the frustrating part of his game is his decision making. He seems to make up his mind on what he is going to do before he catches the ball and it leads to ugly plays. He plays hard, that's a fact. Like all of us he will learn with time and hopefully stop with the fouls and the out of control dribbling. When he knows he is going to attack the basket when he catches it, whether its there or not, his ball handling makes Lat look like Curly Neal.

He is young in his defense, but I think the frustrating part of his game is his decision making. He seems to make up his mind on what he is going to do before he catches the ball and it leads to ugly plays. He plays hard, that's a fact. Like all of us he will learn with time and hopefully stop with the fouls and the out of control dribbling. When he knows he is going to attack the basket when he catches it, whether its there or not, his ball handling makes Lat look like Curly Neal.

He is young in his defense, but I think the frustrating part of his game is his decision making. He seems to make up his mind on what he is going to do before he catches the ball and it leads to ugly plays. He plays hard, that's a fact. Like all of us he will learn with time and hopefully stop with the fouls and the out of control dribbling. When he knows he is going to attack the basket when he catches it, whether its there or not, his ball handling makes Lat look like Curly Neal.

If you watched the games before Walker came back like I did, I'm afraid to say they did NOT learn how to play without him. Really hope they don't have to for the rest of the year because they are becoming kind of fun watching them with him.

It broke. They did nothing special. Last goal had 5 defenders guarding 3 and our FB was ball watching, had no idea what was behind him. That’s a U12 mistake. Pulisic and especially Wight missed sitters. 
 
Out managed. They knew we would struggle in possession to break them down so they allowed us to have the ball and hit on the counter. While our manager finally put Aaronson and Reyna on the field together but knows so little about his own team that he had them each playing the other’s position compared to what they do for their clubs? 
 
Need a 9 badly. Google Flo Balogun. He’s the obvious answer. Throw the kitchen sink at him to convince him to play for the US and remind him Harry Kane ain’t going anywhere.