One of the things that I feel has gotten lost over the years at IU is a simple commitment to winning...as an end goal, in, and of, itself. With Crean we were all about pace which led to turnovers which led to losses. And we never changed. With Archie we were all about the pack line which led to giving up a ton of easy threes which led to losing. And he wasn't going to change.
A competitive spirit demands that you do what you need to do to win the damn contest in which you're engaged. WIN THE DAMN GAME.
If you have to go into a zone, or go full court, or slow something down, or whatever...the goal is to win the damn game. NOT to religiously adhere to whatever your pet basketball philosophy is.
I was so happy to hear snippets of this commitment to win from CMW's presser. I think and HOPE that winning, actually doing what it takes to WIN, is going to be more important to this regime than all the tangential, philosophical crap we've dealt with in the past.
Go Coach Woodson! Go Hoosiers!
WIN!!!!!
A competitive spirit demands that you do what you need to do to win the damn contest in which you're engaged. WIN THE DAMN GAME.
If you have to go into a zone, or go full court, or slow something down, or whatever...the goal is to win the damn game. NOT to religiously adhere to whatever your pet basketball philosophy is.
I was so happy to hear snippets of this commitment to win from CMW's presser. I think and HOPE that winning, actually doing what it takes to WIN, is going to be more important to this regime than all the tangential, philosophical crap we've dealt with in the past.
Go Coach Woodson! Go Hoosiers!
WIN!!!!!