Re: How to beat the Lakers

[Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@AOL.com>]

Title: Re: How to beat the Lakers

on 5/23/01 10:16 AM, Kestutis Kveraga at Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu wrote:

>  He's already been bitchin' 'n' moanin'
> about the lack of talent there, 'cause he knows his "system" won't do jack sh*t
> for his winning percentage, except maybe get his players into a better
cardiovascular shape.
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    When I coached, many years ago,I had a team one to two years younger than the rest of the league. Fast break and the full court press were the great equalizers for that lesser talented team. We played sloppy, but we stayed close against teams we had no chance of beating.
    What Pitino needed wasn't so much talent as willingness to be in that kind of condition and run their asses off. 
    He may not win the NCAA's with Louisville, but if he can get them to outhustle their opponents, they should be respectable until that talent comes along.

-JB-

                                                                                 

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