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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
great coaches do not need to have been pros. Not all players can make a great coach either, not Larry Bird, not Clyde Drexler, not Jordan, not Magic, not Pele, etc....
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Oh Lord have His mercy how terrible a coach Magic Johnson was. Me? I like Eric Spoelstra style of coaching. It is minus the platitudes and butt-slapping speeches that most "former-star player coaches" rely on. The dude brings in spread sheets, print outs, and stat analyses to his practices. You can literally SEE visibly that he coaches like a video analyst, but it works. The guy draws of frighteningly innovative and complex plays, and has gotten his three stars to be shooting the more efficient in their careers, and all three also leading the league at efficient shooting at their respective positions. Those guys game into the roster as best in the league, and Spoelstra's analytical mind made them even BETTER!
What I see Klinsmann doing for the USA team is more in the increasingly complexities of the play-making, as well as just tightening down on the fundamentals. What is funny, is EVERYTHING I have ever yelled at the TV about during previous US games, Klinsmann has now already readjusted away. We dribble patiently, not those hail mary lobs down the field. we play slow, smart, and focus on planned attacks, not those chaotic run around the field and hope for the best style we played before. Our defense is a bit less staunch as it was, but that is because our players are thinking smarter at both ends of the field. We used to focus on defense because we couldn't score, now we score AND defend. Klinsmann is just doing those smart and simple things we always neglected. Further, his reputation and charisma in the locker room is fantastic, guys BELIEVE in him, trust him, and are excited to try his new implementations. Guys are playing to step up and EARN their spots, and its for the coach.