HCBS post game - on guys not having to worry about getting the hook.

Go to the 8:10 mark and watch 'til the end (about a minute). After you watch, you can read my reaction to his those specific comments (if you so choose )


Thought this was interesting. He appears to agree that with a complete squad, bench players are hyper aware of their mistakes and getting pulled. So he says how Udeh and Rice and Joe knew they were going to stay in b/c of the limited bench. My first thought was, "Coach, if you know that why not keep that mentality with a full complement of players?" To try to answer my question, I would say that he HCBS feels more comfortable with the "main" guys in the rotation...that playing them more gives his team a better shot at winning.

It just seems that if Udeh, Rice, and Joe were able to play as free when the team was whole, we'd still win at a high percentage (I mean those guys played that well against the #1 team in our league in a "must-win" type game). Also, they would develop more quickly.

But again, it's HCBS who gets the big bucks to make the magic happen.

Wow. Thanks for pointing this out. Definitely the guys need to play without fear of making a mistake and being pulled. No one operates well in that type of atmosphere. You have to be able to have a clear mind and if you make a mistake know that it's not going to get you in trouble. Heck if you made mistake after mistake that is one thing...hope he adapts to this realization.