Click here to immediately hear To save and listen click here . Like most people, basketball coaches need to look within themselves and make New Year's resolutions which can improve not only their job performance but how they view the world in general.
Coaches tend to be a stubborn lot, slow to learn, slower still to change.
I thought it might be fun today to take a look at some possible New Year's resolutions for coaches everywhere to ponder and perhaps implement into their own daily athletic routines. An unbecoming coaching technique and mannerism is to assess blame, especially after losses, to someone or something that, in actuality, had no effect on the outcome of the games. Special targets for this abuse are referees. Generally, losing coaches who blame game officials for their losses pass on a dangerous message to their troops, one that can often be carried over into the real world. The scapegoat theory is dangerous because it keeps the team from addressing the real reasons for defeat.