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but i really have a gut feeling that the NBA season is going to happen this year. regardless, i’m gonna cop 2k when that comes out and lead the sixers to an imaginary title haha.
So it seems already, with the Heat looking pretty terrible (only 1-7 against winning teams), head coach Erik Spoelstra is taking a lot of heat ( http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2010/11/29/miami-tensions-is-spo-really-to-blame/ )
As a coach myself (ha!), if there’s one thing I could say about managing athletes is that you have to let your athletes be themselves. Albeit, I coach high school cross country and track, and probably have little juice giving advice to an NBA head coach, but it seems to me that the Heat are playing waaaay to tight.
LeBron is a jokester? Let him joke. Dwyane Wade is more stoic? Let him be that way. Chris Bosh is a tool? Let him tool it up.
But seriously, last season, the Cavs didn’t make the Finals because suddenly, they wanted to get “serious.” All season they had focused on having fun, that when they switched up to a style that wasn’t theirs, they let the stress get to them.
Athletes will respect you for letting them be themselves. I hated when my coach wouldn’t let me run with a headband in high school. Instead of focusing on my race, I was pissed that I couldn’t wear my headband.
Biggest thing I tell my athletes? Do you and have fun.
