Off Topic 2015

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Did StubHub completely re-design their site? I tried on Chrome and Firefox, but I don't see any option to show tickets within a certain price range anymore. If I hover over a section I don't get any type of pop up showing the range of prices anymore either.

[aukevin]

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That's up there with the jabroni who lit a firecracker off his head this weekend.

Darwinism MVP race is heating up.

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And this moron, his stupid death seemed to really traumatize this witness in the video: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/tex...ack/index.html

[redsox4evur]

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OK guys, looking for some advice here from any current or former sport coaches.

So I'm assistant coaching youth basketball this summer as a way to A) get required community service hours for school and B) I just love basketball and something like coaching/being an analyst/sports journalism are all things I would want to do in the future. So we had our first game Sunday (yesterday) and the head coach took control of game planning and on-court adjustments and he allowed me to handle substitutions for the most part. Now this is where the advice is needed. We have 10 players on our team, and I wanted them all to play, which led to me taking out our best players. However, that was essentially digging ourselves a hole as our bench isn't exactly the strongest bench in the league and we couldn't dig out of said hole. So we did end up losing the game and I attributed it to me taking out the best players on the team so everyone could play at some point. (incoming ramble) Now I thought about it and for the next game, I was considering not playing everyone and boosting the minutes of my starters, but then I didn't want to be mean so I changed that plan to sitting my two best players (my SF (Amir) and my C (Hakeem)) for very short spurts, maybe a minute max, let them get some water and then put them back in.

Anyways, I just want to hear opinions and advice on how I should try to work these substitutions since I'm still new to this. Should I let everyone play and risk some losses or should I just focus on letting my best players play a large majority of the game and go all out for the W's while benching some players? If the league wasn't a competitive one and was just for fun, then the first choice would be the obvious answer, but winning truly matters in this situation.

Depends on how much flack you want to catch from parents. When I was playing little league my dad was in the same situation as you. He did all the positions and substitutions. And there were kids that were bad and afraid of the ball. So he stuck these kids in the OF, and RF particularly. And the manager told him that some of the parents were complaining because there son was playing in RF and she wanted her son to play the infield sometimes. He did, and I knocked the wind out the kid when a kid was stealing third. So by going with second option of playing your best players the majority of the time, you/the head coach will hear something from the parents of these children because they aren't playing that much. So I would go with the first option of taking some losses and playing everyone.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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OK guys, looking for some advice here from any current or former sport coaches.

So I'm assistant coaching youth basketball this summer as a way to A) get required community service hours for school and B) I just love basketball and something like coaching/being an analyst/sports journalism are all things I would want to do in the future. So we had our first game Sunday (yesterday) and the head coach took control of game planning and on-court adjustments and he allowed me to handle substitutions for the most part. Now this is where the advice is needed. We have 10 players on our team, and I wanted them all to play, which led to me taking out our best players. However, that was essentially digging ourselves a hole as our bench isn't exactly the strongest bench in the league and we couldn't dig out of said hole. So we did end up losing the game and I attributed it to me taking out the best players on the team so everyone could play at some point. (incoming ramble) Now I thought about it and for the next game, I was considering not playing everyone and boosting the minutes of my starters, but then I didn't want to be mean so I changed that plan to sitting my two best players (my SF (Amir) and my C (Hakeem)) for very short spurts, maybe a minute max, let them get some water and then put them back in.

Anyways, I just want to hear opinions and advice on how I should try to work these substitutions since I'm still new to this. Should I let everyone play and risk some losses or should I just focus on letting my best players play a large majority of the game and go all out for the W's while benching some players? If the league wasn't a competitive one and was just for fun, then the first choice would be the obvious answer, but winning truly matters in this situation.

EDIT: Another thing I just remembered struggling with is taking out people prematurely. Is there any advice on the length of leashes for mistakes? I feel sometimes I jumped the gun and sat somebody for their first mistake and not letting them get into a rhythm.

How old are the kids? What age they are will make a difference. High school summer league versus 10 year old kids should be handled differently.

[redsox4evur]

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How old are the kids? What age they are will make a difference. High school summer league versus 10 year old kids should be handled differently.

Yea my whole response changes depending on this, now that I think about it.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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OK guys, looking for some advice here from any current or former sport coaches.

So I'm assistant coaching youth basketball this summer as a way to A) get required community service hours for school and B) I just love basketball and something like coaching/being an analyst/sports journalism are all things I would want to do in the future. So we had our first game Sunday (yesterday) and the head coach took control of game planning and on-court adjustments and he allowed me to handle substitutions for the most part. Now this is where the advice is needed. We have 10 players on our team, and I wanted them all to play, which led to me taking out our best players. However, that was essentially digging ourselves a hole as our bench isn't exactly the strongest bench in the league and we couldn't dig out of said hole. So we did end up losing the game and I attributed it to me taking out the best players on the team so everyone could play at some point. (incoming ramble) Now I thought about it and for the next game, I was considering not playing everyone and boosting the minutes of my starters, but then I didn't want to be mean so I changed that plan to sitting my two best players (my SF (Amir) and my C (Hakeem)) for very short spurts, maybe a minute max, let them get some water and then put them back in.

Anyways, I just want to hear opinions and advice on how I should try to work these substitutions since I'm still new to this. Should I let everyone play and risk some losses or should I just focus on letting my best players play a large majority of the game and go all out for the W's while benching some players? If the league wasn't a competitive one and was just for fun, then the first choice would be the obvious answer, but winning truly matters in this situation.

EDIT: Another thing I just remembered struggling with is taking out people prematurely. Is there any advice on the length of leashes for mistakes? I feel sometimes I jumped the gun and sat somebody for their first mistake and not letting them get into a rhythm.

I was never officially an assistant coach, but I basically coached my own team back when I was 16 and my head coach drove the wrong way for an AAU tournament ("East? I thought you said Weast!" /SpongeBob reference)

I would say it depends on the age group. With the 16 year old team that I played on, I handled things the following way:

- We had a decently deep team, so I was willing to play our bench guys here and there, but it depended on certain matchups (ex: we had a shooter that wasn't a good defender, so I'd put him in when the other team switched to zone so that he could spot up, or I'd put him in when the other team's bench was in so that it wouldn't be as much of a mismatch defensively).

- I'd try to keep one of my shot-creators on the floor at all times so that I could give one guy a break while the other played a couple extra minutes so that our offense wouldn't fall off a cliff.

- I'd give my better players a break towards the end of a quarter so that the bench could get a minute or two while the better players got an extended break from the end of the quarter.

- In terms of pulling guys out too quickly, I'd do that if I needed to communicate something to them, and then send them right back out so that they could try to redeem themselves, or I'd give them an extra possession or two to try to get a positive play in and then I'd pull them so that they wouldn't be coming off the court in a bad place mentally.

If it's younger kids, I'd say getting them all in the game is very important.

Edit: Also, if this is like, competitive AAU, I think you can lean on your stars a little more. When you get into the competitive AAU levels, I think kids have to learn to accept that there may be better players. I had to come to accept that on my 15 year old team when I was strictly used as a shooter (much like I mentioned in my example above). At the same time though, every kid deserves their chance to shine if the opportunity presents itself and they take advantage. So for example, I'd have some games where I'd only play 5 minutes, but others that I would play almost the whole game because I happened to catch fire and the other team struggled to adjust to the screens that I'd run off of.

Edit x2: I'd also say that as an assistant coach, it might not hurt to ask the head coach what his thoughts are on this so that you know what his expectations of you are.

[redsox4evur]

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14-15 is the age group, so 8th graders and high school freshman

OK I would still play everyone...so that parents don't bitch at the coach and you. But definitely give your better guys more minutes. So I would go with your second thing of letting the better guys playing and the others sitting. And if they what's up, explain how this kinda stuff happens in HS and college.

[l3ulvl]

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I have air conditioning!

[Redacted01]

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Are we talking just some fun youth league, none of the players are the next big high school/college star? Since these kids are around freshman age, that would affect my answer. If you aren't dealing with any players that really must have court time because of what they are capable of, sure it's nice to win, but you want people to feel like they are playing for real so maybe you give some games away so someone isn't stuck playing 3 or 4 minutes in junk time. It may be a tough conversation, but it couldn't hurt to find out what some players want to do. Some may be fine riding the bench and just want to play when they can. Or you could have the terrible player that wants to start and shoot the ball every time which is a lot harder to account for. It helps to know their expectations.

[ImTellinTim]

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Alright Canada, I'm tired of your forest fire smoke. Stop it.

[TracerBullet]

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It's okay Canada, Washington understands the feeling.



Seriously though, I'd kill for some rain over here.

[AUChase]

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I don't want anything burning, but rainy season in Japan is terrible. I'm tired of the rain, especially with no vehicle here.

[TripleCrown9]

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After I go back to school and get my degree, it appears the place to apply for coaching jobs in North Carolina. So many open jobs there.

[nc0ffey]

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After I go back to school and get my degree, it appears the place to apply for coaching jobs in North Carolina. So many open jobs there.

We don't want any...

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[bigbob]

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Does anyone know what show used the term "E" in place of "Yes"?

I've heard it used multiple times from people in different states and they don't know what show it is.

I just find it weird.

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