This is from a couple years ago but this quote from RMK hits the nail on the head and is something I always had confidence in when his IU teams reached crunch time.
"… that instead of hoping and wishing … to get something done, we’re going to have to work to get something done. It was certainly the way I coached. I coached on how can we lose? What can cause us to lose? You can shoot well and still lose. You can play well and still get beat by a better team. But what can cause you to lose? … Where you don’t have a chance to win? So I always worked on those things like the block out and don’t throw the ball away and shot fakes and all the little things that enabled us to eliminate ways to lose. I did that right from the beginning in coaching and that lasted until I was done coaching.”
God I miss that type of basketball play.
"… that instead of hoping and wishing … to get something done, we’re going to have to work to get something done. It was certainly the way I coached. I coached on how can we lose? What can cause us to lose? You can shoot well and still lose. You can play well and still get beat by a better team. But what can cause you to lose? … Where you don’t have a chance to win? So I always worked on those things like the block out and don’t throw the ball away and shot fakes and all the little things that enabled us to eliminate ways to lose. I did that right from the beginning in coaching and that lasted until I was done coaching.”
God I miss that type of basketball play.
