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Eric Musselman is head coach at the University of Nevada. Previously, he was the head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings.
Notes, observations, and commentary on basketball and coaching.
Eric Musselman
Eric Musselman is head coach at the University of Nevada. Previously, he was the head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings.
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- Leadership used to be about certainty; now it's ab...
- We guard, we prepare, every possession means somet...
- How playing a zone makes you feel like you're conc...
- Confidence is as significant as anything in perfor...
- I always want to get better
- The only thing that's going to define individuals ...
- Players change, and as a result, I've changed
- Setting the bar high
- We all have bad days at work
- To be trusted is a greater compliment than being l...
- It starts with the interns
- That's what point guards do in this league
- How goal-setting can spark a turnaround
- Get through it, and you'll be better for it
- Giving credit where credit is due
- The result should never overshadow the process
- Your best players need to be your decision-makers
- A penchant for pressure
- Ensuring your passion is helping your team
- The anticipation of doing something should help yo...
- Basketball's version of a corporate business retreat
- Insight into the Princeton Offense
- Using interviews to get at the "why" behind the "w...
- 6 Minutes, 50 Years
- An enthusiastic person tends to inspire enthusiasm...
- It comes back to players wanting to be great and t...
- Roger Mason: One of those inspiring stories
- Everything is not equal
- Things change when you become the focal point of t...
- The best coaches create the conditions for the tea...
- Thanks to my friends in Brazil
- Putting down expectations and theories on paper
- Is team chemistry a "figment of the result"?
- Under pressure, the goal should be to disengage th...
- Climbing the ladder to improve free-throw shooting
- Everything rises and falls on leadership
- Making investments in the lives of the players you...
- The beauty of blame-busting
- Remembering how bad it feels to lose
- It's about making each other better
- Passion: The key ingredient
- The challenge for young point guards
- You try to do the best you can
- How ownership promotes accountability
- Seeking feedback from players
- Everything we do will be designed around cooperati...
- 26 Winning Basketball Principles
- A more collaborative coach
- It's hard to play defense when everybody is quiet
- If you don't communicate, you'll never be a great ...
- A pure shooter is a guy who's spent time in the gy...
- There's still something in life for the people who...
- Connecting basketball and business to build a bett...
- Passing of Mike Whitmarsh
- A vision is something that consumes you like a fire
- To play in this league is a privilege
- Not much happens without a dream
- Hard work makes up for a lot of things
- Coaches are always worried that someone is outwork...
- The definition of a "player's coach"
- You should never lose by default
- When he's on the court, all the pieces start to fi...
- When you're the champs, the target is even bigger
- Friendships off the court translate to unselfish p...
- The way it is
- How coaching is like the Wizard of Oz
- There's not a letter you can put on your chest tha...
- You're not going to be able to out-energize him
- The only important statistic is the final score
- Playing hard regardless of your record
- Coaching is a constant sales job
- How a fear of losing differs from a fear of playing
- Notes from Dick DeVenzio's book "Stuff Good Player...
- Teams that are really good are very tough mentally
- The drill the Lakers hate the most
- Basketball as medicine
- Playing it all the way through
- Leadership is something that develops over time
- Stress: It's there and it's constant
- I love the people in my life who have been hard on me
- Setting a foundation for success
- You can't coach well and lose and still feel good
- Striking a balance between control and freedom
- Taking lemons and making lemonade
- There's only one pilot at a time
- Protect the troops and they will protect you
- You can't take a loss and hold on to it
- Begging, borrowing, and stealing good ideas
- Demonstrating that you're willing to work
- On the way to South America...
- When the ball moves, the offense is fun
- The keys to shot-blocking
- New pace marks culture change
- You can't make trust, you can only make trust poss...
- If you can out-prepare them, you can outperform them
- You have to want to be led
- Improving execution down the stretch
- An example of why you play the game, not the score
- The three myths of leadership
- Dictating with defense and rebounding
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