Philosophy

I could probably summarize this into two very concise statements. These would be: basketball is my life, and I teach our boys to win. To leave these statements as they are would probably arouse a lot of comment; I will elaborate a bit, and arouse more comment.

Success doesn't come easy, and never without hard work. A basketball coach, to be successful, must be entirely unselfish in his devotion of time and energy to his job. During an average basketball season, I spend at least four hours a day in preparing for practice, and the actual practice sessions. I watch our future opponents play at every opportunity, and then I try to fit in a few other high school or college games in which I have a special interest. This does not lend itself to a normal home life during the basketball season, but I am fortunate in having a wonderful wife, who understands and shares my feeling for my job, and this makes it possible to maintain a happy home life.

I teach my boys to WIN. My feeling is, that if you do anything else, you are teaching them the wrong thing. I sometimes facetiously tell the boys that "winning isn't the important thing, it's the ONLY thing." Then I explain that I want them to exhaust every means they have available to win, as long as it stays within the realm of the rules, and fair play. Then, if they lose, let it hurt a little, and vow, that next time perhaps the tables can be turned, and they will emerge victorious. I don't intend to develop poor losers, but I do want to develop hard losers. There is a tremendous difference in the two.

I always stress to my teams; I do not expect more than your BEST, nor LESS.

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