I was at a coaching clinic once and Bobby Knight told me.... If your team is doing something you don't like, its your fault. Either you're teaching it, or allowing it in practice... Figure it out!
As a High School coach you can pour your heart into a season, end up losing in the state tournament and still have to get up and teach history the next day….
No time to decompress, that’s tough. I feel for you guys because I would need a couple days off at least!
I’m hearing this constantly from coaches regarding kids at all levels…. “They don’t compete” & “They don’t care” “They don’t love it enough to work hard”
D1, D2, NAIA, and D3 coaches have all told me this regarding coaching kids today. What can be done about it?
So many coaches complain kids ain’t dogs.... 🗣 You ain’t no DOG Coach!!!!!! Shit drives me freaking nuts! Team takes on the personality of the coach right???? Or is that only something we believe when it’s convenient 🤔
Kids don't move the ball and make the right play anymore largely because we don't celebrate kids who play that way enough. It's too easy to look at a point total from a stat sheet... No consideration to how many shots it took to get there at all. Just "How many he end up with?"
There are only a handful of actual Pg’s today. Most of these dudes just little shooting guards. They only use ball screens to get more shots! Watched games all weekend and most of these pg’s lead the team in shot attempts. Real floor generals are hard to come by
Rick Pitino- working
Will Wade- working
Sean Miller- working
Literally every Head Coach involved in that whole investigation is working…. It’s already 30 openings in college basketball and there IS NO WAY you can tell me that Book Richardson isn’t qualified to be on staff!
This
@KSUOWLSMBB
program was 1-28 just a few seasons ago but they believed they hired the right guy in
@sunsetAMIR
& they were RIGHT!!!!
Now he’s coach of the year & headed to the conference championship game! What once was empty gym now looks like THIS! 🧱 by 🧱 they built it!
6 guys from our organization last year are now playing college basketball. 🗣🗣🗣NO TRANSFERS!!! So happy to call my guys and hear them tell me the grades are good and they were prepared to fight thru adversity and hoop. They are becoming MEN and I’m proud of that!
Parents fighting during live period is CRAZY! How many offers you think your kid is getting after the police have to drag you out the venue??? Come on man🤦🏾
People never talk about the positives of AAU and all the people we help. The kids we mentor, the sense of community, family and togetherness that is created by our organizations. This isn’t the narrative about black men most of the time. Our community is a great place to be!
Everyone says they want dogs but can you really handle coaching dogs? Because guys who really get after it like that come with a little conflict and some of y’all don’t really want that smoke in ya practices. 🤷🏾♂️
At some point we gotta have the conversation about how much these non-committable offers hurt kids and parents but I’mma chill because some AAU programs couldn’t recruit without them🤷🏾♂️
I see coaches going crazy about this play and it is great but y’all pass on kids who play with this level of effort all the time!😂😂😂 “Can he shoot it?who else offered?” Make up your mind dawg😂😂😂
As we kick off another AAU weekend Let’s remember the kid that made the bad play didn’t do it on purpose... The Ref making the bad call wasn’t trying to make you lose..... The Coach who didn’t make the right adjustment isn’t point shaving.... Let’s have some Grace this weekend ✌🏾
Augusta is about to play for a National Championship with GA kids all over that roster!!!
Do with that information what you will🤷🏾♂️ but I’m just saying!
There is so much about AAU that doesn’t have anything to do with basketball or helping kids. If I’m being honest, I hate it. But my relationship with my players keeps me coming back. They are THAT important to me! It’s 100% worth it.
Worst kept secret in all of basketball… now I want everyone to ask themselves a very important question….. How is it that Book Richardson doesn’t have a job???
Don’t worry I’ll wait.
Let me be clear... This is NOT a shot at Ashton, EJ, or Bj Boston. I have always supported those guys and I always will. Just speaking MY TRUTH..... Unapologetically
It’s not a good idea to go sit the bench for a 4 win D1 team in a bad league when you could have flourished at the D2 level. 🤷🏾♂️
Everyone should do whatever makes them happy but IMHO that’s the definition of hustling backwards!
He walked right by police, slept in his own bed that night.... He literally tried to be arrested & they drove right by him. It was recorded, we could hear people screaming at police that he killed people. Still, He made it home safe. Should upset you regardless of party.
Went D3 and WORKED!!!! Now has a D1 offer. Just go get better! Stop letting a label dictate how you feel about your opportunity to play college basketball. It’s a blessing to play at any level and these coaches can help you GET BETTER!!! Improving should always be primary concern
What
@JoeBudden
is saying on his podcast is what I've been saying in the basketball space all year.... Stop pandering to the people who you KNOW don't give a fuck about YOU or THE CULTURE!
Notice how nobody associated THIS statement with AAU culture…. So convenient that folks get to pretend that this mentality wasn’t taught to Ant Man during his time playing grassroots ball… I guess the Timberwolves taught him this after he got there huh? Smh🤦🏾
Anthony Edwards has 107 steals this season. and wants to guard the best players 🔥 “If the other team has a premier guard I want that matchup . We need more of the best players guarding the best.
@theantedwards_
Let’s just be honest, the rich are only complaining about remote work because they have another 10 years left on the lease….. Has ZERO to do with efficiency
Had to say this because Twitter and other outlets would make you believe Black Men don’t care about anything or anybody! But it’s plenty of us out here WORKING FOR FREE to make our communities a better place and to help these kids out here. You should get to know us.🤷🏾♂️😂😂
Hey
@OfficialGHSA
why are we in business with
@NFHSNetwork
when things like THIS happen AND
@SUVtv
is a local company with a superior product? We don’t NEED them! We have a better product right in our own backyard!
It’s so many kids hooping and wanting offers that don’t even watch basketball. Don’t have a favorite college team, just highlights of the same 12 pros… did year round basketball kill this?
I'm not writing off no kid for having a bad weekend... When these boys get to college most will have a bad couple MONTHS trying to catch up to college ball! The kids that bounce back are the ones I believe in the most.... Workers always win!
Statements like this are always taken too personally. This is NOT an attack on Macon GA. 😂 but can we please play our championship games in the BEST facility possible! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
OK this will be an unpopular tweet but the
@OfficialGHSA
state championship should be moved. This is a great atmosphere in downtown Atlanta with plenty of parking. OK back to watching this game.
You gotta understand that
@MorehouseMBB
isn’t just school or a team. It’s a brand! It’s Atlanta! We just lost the man who helped carried that banner for over 30 years!
I know everyone is excited to play but let’s not forget, our brothers in Dekalb are being held out of this season right now. A lot of good kids are unsure about what happens next. Let’s not forget them.
#OneGeorgia
Rex... I'm supposed to hate everything UK bruh... will you please stop being so funny and cool so I can hate you for rivalry sake.- Sincerely Yours, Management
You’re gonna tell me you don’t like small guards and pass on this kid. Then He’s gonna punch that 6’3 softy you recruited in the mouth and DARE him to do something and you gonna have to explain to the HC why you didn’t get him.🤷🏾♂️
Another coaching staff being rewarded for recruiting GA Kids and sticking with the process! No Shortcuts!!! Thank You Coach Evans & Coach Blake for believing in our kids!!!
I think y’all forgot that I don’t get paid to coach AAU. In fact, I spend more of my hard earned money to make sure Georgia ManUp runs well that ANY parent in my organization!! You not about to be doing all that BS on my time dawg. I could be at home watching Power!
Changing the narrative is how so many of the murderers in uniform have been acquitted. MURDERS caused the protests... If you want people to go home then STOP KILLING US!!!! PERIOD!!!!
These Atlanta vs South GA arguments or Atlanta vs middle GA arguments ARE BOGUS!!! They have ALWAYS been bogus and will forever be Bogus!!! I’m never getting pulled into that trash! It’s GEORGIA BASKETBALL! Nobody benefits from us being divided!
I got to watch my son make his own pancakes this morning for breakfast... He even offered me one... Watching him grow up is my blessing! God is great!!!!
🗣parents remember the AAU coaches who believed in your child early, the highschool coach who trusted him with the ball, the trainer who locked in with you before you had a name.... Stay solid.... Also recognize those who don't... Loyalty is a 2 way street!!!
No way you can sit in a room with this guy for more than 5 minutes and NOT believe! Easy to see why these kids run thru walls for him.
“You got me for life!” Ain’t something many coaches can say and the kids know it’s the truth!
#BiggerThanBasketball
I tell kids and parents all the time…. Do you want to play YOUR game or do you want to play in college? Most of you don’t play the game in a way that allows you to do both if we being real.
So many parents and high school kids looking down on NAIA basketball when they aren’t good enough to play at this level.
@DStateBBall
vs
@VoorheesMBball
is a high level basketball game!!!!! Both teams playing unbelievably hard!
Parents… You gotta know when you in a good situation. After you get there folks gonna offer you the WORLD to leave. But think about it…. What was stopping them from making that offer before?🤷🏾♂️ It’s okay to stay and grow
Makes me sad when I hear about a kid who I feel like is slept on, only to find out they had PLENTY of offers but didn’t answer the phone for D2 and NAIA coaches....... Some of you guys getting bad advice 🤦🏾
Wheeler Gaurds Nash Kelly & Prince Davies won't get they deserve because we don't celebrate kids who play the right way like we should. But if you're looking for WINNERS... These kids make plays that win games. 57-47 Wheeler over Milton 1:13 left in the game.
I remember as a kid we dreamed about hooping in college. We knew all the coaches and players. We argued about who had the best uniforms. We knew how cold you had to be to make it to that level… Now it’s kids that can’t even hoop like that looking at college as a stepping stone🤦🏾
I don’t have no issues with nobody. I just think some of you disrespect the craft. Instead of getting kids to get better and BE better you just go accrue more talent…. I get it, but that’s never gonna be what I’m here to do. I’m here for the dirty work
You think you gonna sit over here with US and not play defense and move the ball????? Bro I will cashapp your mom those team fees so fast! We not doing that at all! Take off my uniform fam
Leadership is about the decisions you make that aren't popular. Not only do you have to read the room, but you have to almost see the future. Can't be afraid of tough choices.
We used to use this game to teach kids about life! Now we just teach kids how to use the game! Shit is backwards and WE are the ones responsible for changing it! Learning to compete is important. How else are they going to learn that only your absolute best is good enough?