I've had very few original ideas lately related to basketball. It may have something to do with me trying to focus on Miss V (Verity - my daughter). To round out my quota for this month here is list given to me by Coach Daye senior that he took from a meeting with Coach Nutbrown.
FYI: Coach Nutbrown is 3 parts coaching legend, 1 part urban myth in Atlantic Canada.
Dave Nutbrown is one of the most successful Canadian university coaches to ever come out of NB. Not only did he successfully coach high school basketball in this province but he surveyed programs for many years at the university level. Before looking at the players to recruit, he would evaluate the program at a particular school to determine his willingness to associate with it.
The following criteria (in no specific order) are the issues that Coach Nutbrown looked at when determining program strength:
- The most talented kids possible.
- Desire and ability to play year round (at least part time)
- Won/Lost record vs. strength of schedule
- Championships
- Kids aspiring to play at a higher level
- What effect does it have on the school? Community?
- Immediate + Long Range effects on individuals
- Co-operation of administration
- Community and Parental interest
- Kids having to want to play and play often
- Coaches are a model of expectations at practice
- Practices mimic game intensity and expectations
- Coach willing and able to make the person a better player then he/she wants to be
- Strong feeder programs that mimic the attributes of the high school program.
- The prioritizing of long term goals, ahead of short term goals.
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