tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40279183259111539992024-02-18T21:02:17.489-08:00Frank LaydenBeny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-82916132838541690042013-10-03T01:11:00.000-07:002017-12-23T02:32:15.296-08:00"Mike Lee Did Not Just Say What Mike Lee Just Said"<html>
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</html> Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-60593721156538481832013-09-30T17:46:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:27:56.895-07:00Jim Matheson: Congressman of the yearJim Matheson has voted with the Republicans just about each and every time they have voted on a bill dealing with ObamaCare the last several years, especially the last several months/weeks/days.<br /><br />Then, he has the nerve to go and blames Republicans for the government shutdown coming tonight.<br /><br />You know, the same Republicans he keeps voting with.<br /><br />To Jim Matheson, that's called being a "moderate."<br /><br />In reality, if Jim Matheson were a "moderate," he would use some of influence and seniority to work on a compromise. Or at least propose a compromise. After all, he has more seniority than 73% of Congress.<br /><br />But that would mean the Congressman would have to work. And if you measure congressmen by their avoidance of work, Matheson would be Congressman of the year.<br /><br />This is a man who votes with the same special interests that have tried for a decade to beat him. He won't hold a town hall meeting to meet with actual constituents. <br /><br />So, Jim, I'm asking you again: Please, please stand up and propose a fix to this nation's problem. I might even throw in a campaign contribution. Heaven knows you need the money, since I've only gotten five emails this week asking for a donation to your campaign.<br /><br />Of course, one of those five came from your mom, and two more were just "I hope you saw the email from Mom" resendings of the same email.<br /><br />Hell, even your campaign is too lazy to write new material, just resending the same email a few times.<br /><br />Maybe you are the Congressman of the Year,Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-91999696971201725992013-09-22T08:09:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.673-07:00Shoe Try On & Order<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta6sYdQUhtMZtC-hC1__8qpAHY9r0GpGdDVs0YjnbC_OMhXHSDz9qbQ0Zdpomo4wdSw_lsncJQq5Zwzl2ZZMukT25FWElb1fvLDqmDMCPmxMttNo-OvDmmr1VzneajAnThnL8CB4Hnbc/s1600/Hyperdunk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta6sYdQUhtMZtC-hC1__8qpAHY9r0GpGdDVs0YjnbC_OMhXHSDz9qbQ0Zdpomo4wdSw_lsncJQq5Zwzl2ZZMukT25FWElb1fvLDqmDMCPmxMttNo-OvDmmr1VzneajAnThnL8CB4Hnbc/s1600/Hyperdunk.jpg" /></a></div>Team Shoe Orders will be taken on Wednesday, September 25 from 6:30-7:00pm in Thiel Gym. This is for all girls freshmen thru senior planning to play basketball.<br /><br />Players going out for basketball should come and try on shoes to get a proper size. We will place the order with our Nike team rep. The player will not have to pay for the shoe until after we have cuts and they are sure they make the team. After tryouts, if a player makes the team, they will bring their money for the shoe at that time.<br /><br />The varsity team will be using the Nike HyperDunk which retails for around $130. Our price will be $99. Freshmen and sophomores can order this shoe or they can order the Nike HyperQuickness which will sell for $84.Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-25980528596530812412013-09-22T07:43:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.681-07:00Streaks Shooting School <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 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font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Impact;">2013 Shooting School<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="Body" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wed, October 16<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7:00-8:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sun, October 20<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4:30-6:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; 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mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Where:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thiel Gym at Galesburg High School<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Who:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Girls presently in grades 3 thru 8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Open to girls attending District #205 and all area schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; 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This will involve the basic fundamentals of shooting for both the beginner and the experienced player. Players will also work on offensive skills which will allow them to get their shot off. This is will be a great experience for players who want to play in the YMCA, City League, or try out for their junior teams. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We will work on offensive skills which will help girls be successful on the junior high level. Instruction will be given by <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Coach Massey, the GHS staff, and high school players.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cost:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Before October 10- $30 ($15 for second child in family)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After October 10- $35 ($20 for second child in family)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Body" style="line-height: 14.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Name__________________________________________________Phone________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Address________________________________________________City/Zip_______________________Email___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Grade In School</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">___________ School Attend_____________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-text-raise: 1.0pt; position: relative; top: -1.0pt;">n and for the consideration of my daughter’s participation in the Streaks Academy, Streaks’ Camp and/or the Galesburg Summer League, I hereby agree and promise that I will not hold District #205, Streaks Camp, Galesburg Summer League, or the staffs responsible for any loss, damage, or personal injuries or illnesses that she may receive as a result of participation. In addition, I acknowledge I have insurance to cover medical expenses of my daughter. I grant permission for her to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Parent or Guardian’s Signature ____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Phone during Camp Hours_____________<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 10.0pt;">Return to: Coach Evan Massey,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1535 N.Prairie St., Galesburg, Illinois 61401. Make checks payable to Streaks Basketball. If you have any questions emass70@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><!--EndFragment-->Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-71919540767282012702013-09-20T07:01:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.693-07:00Rating Top Men's College Coaches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAhgpfKCsHemfBO0JQfiB808dfmu5Hv-9uyxk_5999LdJz2hgrwjeDTLU6x1e8lnVPKrv6G0841_4A4MnzUWL-FyFAyZ4-IEBn-jAIOcq7seBqnEfyro1HqXHnb_UgknIB2-k28Usvio/s1600/BBalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAhgpfKCsHemfBO0JQfiB808dfmu5Hv-9uyxk_5999LdJz2hgrwjeDTLU6x1e8lnVPKrv6G0841_4A4MnzUWL-FyFAyZ4-IEBn-jAIOcq7seBqnEfyro1HqXHnb_UgknIB2-k28Usvio/s200/BBalls.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h3 class="subtitle">Tom Izzo headlines our list of 30 coaches for 2012-13</h3><div class="content clearfix"><div class="field field-name-field-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Ranking the nation's top college basketball coaches</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Through the last two weeks, Athlon Sports ranked each coach in the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC along with the top 20 coaches from outside those seven conferences.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The rankings presented a difficult task. The job of a college coach is multi-faceted. The best coaches in college basketball excel in a handful of areas -- recruiting, talent development, teaching and preparation, game-day tactics and motivation. The best coaches tend to be well-rounded, able to do handle all with equal skill. </span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Those were the factors we weighed in our conference-by-conference rankings, and that continues in our national rankings. We also examined each coach’s success in the regular season and the postseason. In many cases, we took into account what the coach has done with his current program in addition to previous stops in his career.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In addition to a coach’s track record, we asked ourselves: Which coaches would their peers prefer not to face. We’re also keeping an eye on the future. In short, can we expect these coaches to continue to produce similar or better results over the next five seasons or so?</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">All those factors led us to name Michigan State’s Tom Izzo the top coach in the country, as the best mix of all the aforementioned characteristics of a college basketball coach -- sustained success during the regular season against a high level of competition, advancing in the NCAA Tournament, recruiting players to fit his system, ability to teach and develop his roster.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Izzo does not struggle to find talented players to play in East Lansing, but he rarely grabs the elite NBA-ready talent that goes to Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas or even Ohio State in his own conference. Just look at the rate of Spartans leaving early to the Draft, listed below. Despite this strategy, Michigan State often puts up equal or better results compared to programs churning through NBA lottery picks on a yearly basis</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It’s a tough call to rank the best of the best, but here’s our best attempt:</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><em style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Note: Coaches are ranked on a mix of past accomplishments with consideration for career trajectory over the next five seasons or so. Rankings take Xs and Os acumen and recruiting prowess into account along with success in the regular season and postseason.</span></span></em></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="2720019505" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/michigan-state-spartans.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />1. Tom Izzo, Michigan State</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 412-169 (37-14 in the NCAA Tournament) </span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Michigan State: </strong>412-169 (196-90 in the Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Although the NBA has been interested in Izzo, it’s tough to imagine him coaching anywhere else. Izzo has his system at Michigan State down to a science. While we can’t say Michigan State overachieves -- the Spartans get their share of McDonald’s All-Americans and sends players to the NBA -- Izzo has a way of getting the most from his players. Only two Spartans have declared early for the NBA Draft in the last decade and none since 2006. Michigan State has continued a run of 15 consecutive NCAA Tournaments despite producing only one lottery pick since 2001 and no first round picks since 2006. Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams are the only active coaches with more trips to the Final Four than Izzo’s six.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1271385242" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/duke-blue-devils.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />2. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>927-291 (79-24 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Duke: </strong>854-232 (336-149 ACC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In 2011-12, Krzyzewski continued to add to his long list of achievements, surpassing mentor Bob Knight’s record of 902 Division I wins. The 65-year-old remains one of the game’s elite coaches despite changing times: He is 152-30 over the last five seasons, including 63-17 in the ACC. In the NCAA Tournament, he’s proven he can still win titles, as Duke did in 2010. Meanwhile, he continues to be the coach a handful of fans like to watch lose, as Duke did to 15th-seeded Lehigh in the 2012 Tournament. As always, Krzyzewski will continue to win his share of games. He remains in striking distance of the men’s collegiate wins record, held by Philadelphia University’s Herb Magee (941 wins and counting) and the all-time collegiate record, held by Tennessee’s Pat Summitt (1,098).</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3524930100" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/kentucky-wildcats.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />3. John Calipari, Kentucky</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>547-154 (38-13 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Kentucky:</strong> 102-14 (40-8 SEC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Kentucky and John Calipari was the perfect marriage even before the 2012 national championship. Before then, the question was if Calipari would win a title at Kentucky with cycling through a roster of one-and-done players. With a team featuring six NBA draft picks, including the top two selections, Calipari answered. Now, the question seems to be how many titles Calipari could win at Kentucky -- provided he doesn’t dip is toe into the NBA again. Senior Night may be a bygone tradition for Calipari teams, but he’s suffered minimal drop-off from year to year. His 173 wins over the last five seasons at Kentucky and Memphis are more than any other coach in the country. Kansas’ Bill Self is No. 2 at 154.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="681007612" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/kansas-jayhawks.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />4. Bill Self, Kansas</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>476-158 (33-13 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Kansas: </strong>269-53 (124-24 Big 12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Great players come and go in Lawrence, but Self is leading one of the most consistent winners in the country. Thomas Robinson replaces the Morris twins, the Morris twins replaced Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich, Collins and Aldrich replaced Brandon Rush and Mario Chalmers. Despite the turnover, Kansas has won a share of the Big 12 in eight consecutive seasons, four consecutive outright titles and five of the last seven Big 12 Tournament titles. Self once had the stigma of losing early in March, but Kansas is 17-4 in the NCAA Tournament, including the 2008 title, in the last five seasons.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> <a name='more'></a><br /></div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1651982942" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/syracuse-orange.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" /><span style="font-size: 16px;">5. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>890-304 (48-28 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Syracuse: </strong>890-304 (355-185 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">At the start of the 2011-12 season, Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski were the only coaches with 900 Division I wins. Boeheim should join them early in 2012-13. Like Krzyzewski, Boeheim is winning at as good a rate as he did earlier in his career. Syracuse’s 34 wins last season was a record for Boeheim, topping 31 wins in 1986-87. The Orange’s 17-1 mark in the Big East was also his career best. Meanwhile, Syracuse has reached the Sweet 16 or better in three of the last four NCAA Tournaments. Still, Boeheim is seven seasons removed from his last Big East Tournament title and a decade removed since his last Final Four (and national championship). Even with Kris Joseph, Dion Waiters, Fab Melo and Scoop Jardine gone, Boeheim has plenty of talent on the roster in his final season the Big East, the only conference in which he’s coached.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1060453458" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/louisville-cardinals.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" /><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">6. Rick Pitino, Louisville</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 627-230 (42-16 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Louisville: </strong>275-106 (81-41 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Similar to the other active Hall of Fame coaches, Pitino keeps winning and keeps adding to his list of accomplishments. He and rival John Calipari remain the only coaches to take three teams to the Final Four. Last season, he joined Roy Williams as the only coaches to take two teams to multiple Final Fours. He’s accomplished this at Louisville without a consensus All-American in his tenure (he had three at Kentucky). Of course, there’s plenty of talent at Louisville. The 2012-13 season won’t be an exception as the Cardinals are likely to start the season in the top five.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="4246238443" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/north-carolina-tar-heels.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />7. Roy Williams, North Carolina</span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>675-169 (61-20 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at North Carolina: </strong>257-68 (105-39 ACC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Tobacco Road rival Krzyzewski has the overall series lead (15-11 and 12-10 since Williams landed in Chapel Hill), but Williams claimed four the last five outright ACC titles. Already an elite coach at Kansas from 1988-2003, Williams became a champion when he returned to North Carolina by winning the 2005 and 2009 titles. Williams-coached teams have missed the NCAA Tournament only twice in his career, his first year at Kansas and 2010 at North Carolina when the bulk of his title-winning roster went to the NBA. After back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, Williams again must restock after losing Tyler Zeller, Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall and John Henson to the NBA.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="2366771848" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/florida-gators.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />8. Billy Donovan, Florida</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 421-178 (28-10 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Florida: </strong>386-158 (160-96 SEC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Donovan may not lead back-to-back teams to the national championship again, but he’s built a power at Florida that will outlast Al Horford, Joakim Noah, et al. The Gators returned to the Elite Eight the last two seasons, but both times Florida was denied a trip to the Final Four due to late-game collapses. With Patric Young and Kenny Boynton returning, Florida appears to be back among the most consistent programs in the SEC. Once Billy the Kid, Donovan is now the dean of SEC coaches and the most logical consistent foil for Calipari and Kentucky in the conference.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="4082208766" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/wisconsin-badgers.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />9. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 298-128 (16-11 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Wisconsin:</strong> 268-101 (132-54 Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">First, we should note the above record does not include Ryan’s 353 wins and four national championships at Division III Wisconsin-Platteville. Before Ryan arrived in Madison, Wisconsin already started to build itself into a respectable program under Dick Bennett. With his swing offense, Ryan took the next step. Under Ryan, the Badgers have never missed the NCAA Tournament and never finished lower than fourth in the Big Ten in 11 seasons. Ryan (71.0) and Bob Knight (70.0) are the only coaches to spend 10 seasons in the Big Ten and win 70 percent of their conference games.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1703414600" src="http://images.athlonsports.com/d/30840-2/Butler.jpg" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />10. Brad Stevens, Butler</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>139-40 (11-4 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Butler:</strong> 139-40 (73-17 Horizon)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">By reaching two national championship games, Stevens elevated Butler from plucky mid-major to a national brand. Beyond the NCAA Tournament, no coach has won more games in his first five seasons. The 35-year-old Stevens spurned an opportunity to coach Illinois to bring Butler from the Horizon the tougher Atlantic 10.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3583240992" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/california-golden-bears.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />11. Mike Montgomery, Cal</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>634-292 (17-15 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Cal:</strong> 88-47 (47-25 Pac-10/12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Montgomery and Cal may be the only ones looking rosy in this era of futility for Pac-10/12 basketball. No, the Bears haven’t had any great teams in Montgomery’s four seasons, never topping 24 wins or 13 conference wins. Still, relative to its recent history, Cal is doing just fine. Predecessor Ben Braun took Cal to the Tournament five times in 12 seasons. Montgomery has been three times in four seasons in Berkeley. Even when the Pac-10 was held in higher regard, Montgomery was on top of his game. In his final eight season at Stanford from 1996-2004, the Cardinal went 117-28 in the Pac-10 and never finished lower than second in the league. Cal has good reason to hope some of those results are on the way.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="5647687" src="http://images.athlonsports.com/d/30847-1/VCU.gif" style="float: right; height: 57px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />12. Shaka Smart, VCU</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>84-28 (6-2 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at VCU:</strong> 84-28 (38-16 Colonial)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Beyond moving into the A-10 at the same time, Stevens and Smart have a handful of parallels in their careers. Both took over at mid-majors accustomed to success and elevated their profiles in short order -- Stevens took Butler to the Final Four in his third season, Smart did the same for VCU in his second, losing to Stevens’ Bulldogs. Smart has only five fewer wins through his first three seasons (84) than Stevens did in his first three (89).</span></span></div><div> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3572415328" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/pittsburgh-panthers.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />13. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>238-77 (11-8 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Pittsburgh:</strong> 238-77 (103-51 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Dixon’s teams often have been lauded as overachievers, but he finally had a season where nothing seemed to go right in 2012-13. The Panthers went 5-13 in the Big East as Dixon missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his nine-year head coaching career. Still, one bad season in nine (or 11, going back to the end of the Ben Howland tenure) is something Pitt will take after long stretches of irrelevance.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1781991787" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/ohio-state-buckeyes.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />14. Thad Matta, Ohio State</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>323-96 (20-10 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Ohio State:</strong> 221-65 (98-40 Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">A national title is the only achievement missing from Matta’s resume. Perhaps it’s just a matter of time. Under Matta, Ohio State has won at least a share of the Big Ten regular-season title in five of the last seven seasons. He’s won 76.5 percent of his games in the Big Ten Tournament (16-5, three titles), the highest in conference history. And while the Big Ten has been lackluster compared to the other major conference in the NBA Draft in recent years, that hasn’t been the case at Ohio State. The Buckeyes are responsible for seven of the Big Ten’s 12 first-round picks since 2007. Unfortunately for Matta, this has led to a handful of one-and-dones (Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Kosta Koufos,B.J. Mullens) and a two-and-done (Jared Sullinger).</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="789384734" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/arizona-wildcats.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />15. Sean Miller, Arizona</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>189-82 (9-5 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Arizona:</strong> 69-35 (36-18 Pac-10/12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Miller’s coaching pedigree is unquestioned. He’s the son of a legendary Pennsylvania high school basketball coach. And once Miller became a coach himself, he followed in a successful tradition of Xavier coaches, succeeding Thad Matta, Skip Prosser and Pete Gillen. After the tumultuous end of Lute Olson’s tenure, which included two seasons of interim coaches, Miller has Arizona back on course. Sure, Arizona missed the Tournament last season, but the Wildcats’ 53 wins over the last two seasons (including the 2011 Elite Eight) is the most in Tucson since 1999-2000 and 2000-01. Reaching the Final Four, as the Wildcats did in 2001, will be a tall task, but a top-five signing class means a return to the national elite is on the horizon.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3428751018" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/west-virginia-mountaineers.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" /><span style="font-size: 16px;">16. Bob Huggins, West Virginia</span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>638-242 (27-20 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at West Virginia: </strong>120-56 (52-29 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Huggins’ 2011-12 season was a good lesson in perspective. The Mountaineers went 19-14, including 9-9 in the Big East and reached the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season. For some programs, that’s a success. For Huggins, it was one of the worst seasons of his career. The .500 conference record was the first time Huggins failed to post a winning conference record since his first season at Akron in 1984-85. It was only the fourth time in his 27 years in Division I he failed to win 20 games. His 710 career wins, including 71 in the NAIA, are the most among active coaches without a national championship.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="88427377" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/indiana-hoosiers.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />17. Tom Crean, Indiana</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>245-171 (7-6 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Indiana:</strong> 55-74 (19-53 Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The former Tom Izzo assistant assumed one of the toughest rebuilding projects at a top-10 program perhaps since Rick Pitino landed at Kentucky. Crean took over an IU program reeling from sanctions and a roster reconstruction left over from the Kelvin Sampson era. The results came to fruition in 2011-12. In Crean’s first three seasons in Bloomington, Indiana won 28 overall games and eight Big Ten games. Last season alone, the Hoosiers won 27 games and 11 in conference. Crean already led Marquette to a Final Four, which might be the next step for an Indiana program likely to open the season near the top of the polls.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="608272259" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/michigan-wolverines.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />18. John Beilein, Michigan</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>384-252 (8-7 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Michigan: </strong>91-77 (43-47 Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Beilein factoid No. 1: He’s the only active coach with a 20-win season in junior college, NAIA, Division II and Division I. Beilein factoid No. 2: He’s never been an assistant coach. Beilein factoid No. 3: He’s one of eight coaches and four active coaches to take four teams to the NCAA Tournament (Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia, Michigan). At each of those stops, Beilein pulled the program out of an extended rough patch. While he doesn’t have a national championship like Izzo, an extended track Big Ten track record like Ryan, and Final Fours like Matta and Crean, an argument could be made he deserves to be at or near the top of any Big Ten coach rankings.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="4085418205" src="http://images.athlonsports.com/d/32112-2/Gonzaga.jpg" style="float: right; height: 40px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />19. Mark Few, Gonzaga</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 342-90 (14-13 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Gonzaga:</strong> 342-90 (162-22 West Coast Conference)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The gap between Gonzaga and the rest of the WCC has narrowed in recent seasons, but Few still has Gonzaga as one of the nation’s consistent programs. Last season was the first time under Few the Bulldogs failed to win at least a share of the regular-season WCC title or a tournament title. Gonzaga still went 26-7 and reached the NCAA Tournament.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3199631959" src="http://images.athlonsports.com/d/31416-1/marquette.jpg" style="float: right; height: 45px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />20. Buzz Williams, Marquette</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>110-62 (5-4 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Marquette:</strong> 96-45 (46-26 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">How could Williams be ranked ahead of more accomplished coaches Jim Calhoun, Jay Wright, John Thompson III and Steve Lavin? We expect the 39-year-old Williams to be headed for a standout career. There’s good reason Oklahoma and Arkansas pursued him for recent vacancies. Williams is a little quirky -- his skill for producing numbers, statistics and minute details on demand is well-established. Also consider this: Marquette is the only Big East team to reach the NCAA Tournament every year since the league reorganized in 2005-06 -- Williams is responsible for four of those trips, predecessor Tom Crean for three. Williams has done this without some of the inherent advantages of other Big East programs.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3160749391" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/notre-dame-fighting-irish.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />21. Mike Brey, Notre Dame</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>359-184 (6-10 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Notre Dame:</strong> 260-132 (124-75 Big East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Another overachiever in a powerhouse basketball league, Brey has won three of the last six Big East Coach of the Year awards (2007, 2008 and 2011). He had a compelling case to pick up a fourth last season when the Irish, picked ninth in the league, finished 13-5 and in third place without top player Tim Abromaitis. Brey has led Notre Dame to the NCAA Tournament in five of the last six seasons and to 20 wins every year since 2006-07.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3951602144" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/connecticut-huskies.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />22. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>873-380 (51-20 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Connecticut: </strong>625-243 (276-163 BIg East)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Calhoun’s achievements are enviable -- the three national titles, four Final Fours, the sixth-most all-time wins, six Big East tournament titles -- but questions are creeping into his program. Due to Academic Progress Rate sanctions, UConn is the only major program ineligible for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13. The Huskies also are three seasons removed from their last winning record in the Big East, albeit UConn won the national championship and Big East tournament in 2010-11. Last season, Calhoun missed 11 games due to NCAA and health issues. Questions about his retirement, perhaps as early as this season, abound, though he says he will be back for 2012-13.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1176016047" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/ucla-bruins.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />22. Ben Howland, UCLA</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 374-198 (19-9 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at UCLA:</strong> 208-97 (106-54 Pac-10/12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Third in the Pac-12 may be unthinkable for a coach who reached three consecutive Final Fours and put Pittsburgh basketball on the map all in a seven-year span. But the Bruins have fallen apart in the last three seasons, going 32-22 in a lackluster Pac-10/12 and losing non-conference games to the likes of Cal State Fullerton, Portland, Montana, Loyola Marymount and Middle Tennessee in a three-year span. The culprit has been an exodus of early entries (Jrue Holiday), transfers (Mike Moser, Drew Gordon, J’Mison Morgan) and dismissals (Reeves Nelson) that all but wiped out two recruiting classes. With freshmen Shabazz Muhammad, Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker arriving on campus, Howland needs to rediscover the magic from earlier in his tenure.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1942566778" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/purdue-boilermakers.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />24. Matt Painter, Purdue</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>185-82 (8-7 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Purdue</strong>: 160-77 (76-46 Big Ten)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Purdue fans will play the game of hypotheticals over the health of Robbie Hummel, who missed the 2010 postseason and all of 2010-11. Painter may be forgiven to wonder what may could have been if the trio of Hummel, JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore would have remained intact for a full four seasons. Despite a dose of bad luck, Purdue managed to win at least 25 games each season from 2007-11, went 78-26 in the Big Ten the last five seasons and reached the Sweet 16 in 2009 and 2010. Remember, Purdue won nine games overall in his first season and seven the season before he arrived.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="492833454" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/vanderbilt-commodores.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />25. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 384-222 (6-8 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Vanderbilt: </strong>261-159 (103-105 SEC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Stallings’ losing record in the SEC may come as something of a surprise, but most of the losing took place early in his tenure in Nashville. Since 2006-07, the Commodores are 59-37 in the conference. Wins in March have been lacking during that timespan -- the ‘Dores have three wins in the last five NCAA trips and have been upset by Richmond (2011), Murray State (2010) and Siena (2008). Still, Vanderbilt’s not an easy basketball job, especially when programs like Kentucky and Florida are performing at an elite level. But Stallings has been able to develop veterans like Jeffery Taylor and John Jenkins, both of whom were major recruits, while unearthing difference-makers like Festus Ezeli.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3600954813" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/south-carolina-gamecocks.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />26. Frank Martin, South Carolina</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 117-54 (6-4 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at South Carolina:</strong> first season</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">He has a fiery demeanor. He’s prone to shouting and staredowns on the sidelines. And cynics might say he got his first head coaching job only to hold together a Michael Beasley-led recruiting class at Kansas State. All may be true, but Martin can coach. Kansas State hadn’t had a five-year run in both the regular season and postseason since the late 1970s. Martin led Kansas State to at least 10 wins in the Big 12 in four out of five seasons and has never failed to advance in the NCAA Tournament. He inherits a dreadful team at South Carolina, so his record is going to suffer. Considering the results at Kansas State, Martin should have the Gamecocks competing for the postseason in a matter of years.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><strong><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="3466192760" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/texas-longhorns.png" style="float: right; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">27. Rick Barnes, Texas</span></span></strong></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>544-271 (20-20 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Texas:</strong> 342-137 (158-63 Big 12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The Barnes’ era can be confounding, but it’s at least consistent. Since 2004-05, Texas has had eight players drafted in the first round, including four lottery picks. But the Longhorns reached the Sweet 16 only twice in eight years. In addition, Texas hasn’t won an outright Big 12 title since 1998-99 and has never won the Big 12 Tournament. That said, Texas never struggles to bring in talent nor struggles to get to the NCAA Tournament. Barnes’ 17 consecutive Tournament appearances is tied with Mike Krzyzewski for the longest active streak and is six short of the all-time record held by Dean Smith.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1098016388" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/oklahoma-sooners.png" style="float: right; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />28. Lon Kruger, Oklahoma</span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong>494-320 (14-13 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Oklahoma: </strong>15-16 (5-13 BIg 12)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">After facing NCAA sanctions under two coaching staffs, Oklahoma made the astute hire in Kruger. Although he’s rarely mentioned as one of the game’s elite coaches, he’s one of the nation’s best rebuilders. He revived troubled programs at Kansas State, Florida, Illinois and UNLV before landing at Oklahoma. If Kruger can navigate recruiting sanctions at Oklahoma, he could be the first coach to lead five different teams to the NCAA Tournament.</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="4094269382" src="http://images.athlonsports.com/d/31971-1/SaintLouis.png" style="float: right; height: 38px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" />29. Rick Majerus, Saint Louis</span></span></strong></span></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record: </strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">517-216 (19-13 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Saint Louis: </strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">96-69 (44-36 A-10)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The longtime Utah coach returned to the bench at Saint Louis in 2007-08 after three seasons out of coaching. Despite injuries and suspensions at Saint Louis, Majerus has proven he hasn’t lost his touch, leading the Billikens to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2000.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"> </div></div><div id="cke_pastebin"><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><img alt="" pagespeed_lazy_replaced_functions="1" pagespeed_url_hash="1669983087" src="http://i.athcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/teams/college-football/logos/100x100/florida-state-seminoles.png" style="float: right; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; height: 60px; margin: 3px; width: 60px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">30. Leonard Hamilton, Florida State</span></strong></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Overall record:</strong> 401-337 (6-7 in the NCAA Tournament)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong>Record at Florida State: </strong>201-127 (80-80 ACC)</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal "Lucida Grande"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Leading one of the stingiest defensive teams in the country, Hamilton has coached Florida State to one of the best four-year runs at Florida State. For the first time in program history, the Seminoles won at least 20 games and at least 10 ACC games in four consecutive seasons. A one-point loss in overtime to VCU in 2011 prevented the Seminoles from reaching the Elite Eight. Although Florida State failed to reach the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament last year, the Seminoles became only the second team not named Duke or North Carolina to win the ACC Tournament since 1996. Hamilton has proven himself capable of building consistent basketball programs at football schools by leading Miami to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances to wrap up his 10-season tenure with the Hurricanes in 2000.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>- See more at: http://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/ranking-nations-top-college-basketball-coaches#sthash.ac7vVdxS.dpufBeny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-47258806615157914882013-09-11T02:21:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:27:56.902-07:00The Lessons From the Past 12 YearsToday marks the 12th anniversary of That Day.<br /><br />The day we are told to "Never Forget."<br /><br />As if we could forget the images burned into our brains.<br /><br />But, as we look back on that day I want us to remember a lesson that we learned from that day:<br /><br />"The enemy of our enemy is not our friend."<br /><br />You see, the perpetrators of that attack became what they became with the help of the United States Government, because they were fighting against our enemy, the Soviets.<br /><br />So, because of the attacks, we were in a long, drawn out war against an army using mostly the same weapons we gave them. The war would have been much shorter, except our military's attention was drawn into another conflict. This time, against another former "enemy of our enemy," Iraq. In 2003, we thought that Iraq probably had weapons of mass destruction, other than those we sold it when they were fighting against another one of our enemies: Iran. So, we also spent a long, long time fighting a war, only to discover that they didn't have the weapons we said they had. oops.<br /><br />Now, we stand on the brink of another war. We are told that this one would be quick. Yet, that's what we've been told before.<br /><br />We've not yet been told how not engaging puts our lives in danger.<br /><br />What we have now in Syria is a civil war -- a civil war with no clear-cut good guys, only bad guys. On one hand, you have the long-time dictator, who may or may not have gassed some of his own people, including children. Forget all the civilians, including children, who have died in this war so far -- these kids were gassed! So, we're going to help the rebels. They are aligned with Al Qaeda. <br /><br />You know, that group that attacked us 12 years ago.<br /><br />Because the enemy of our enemy is obviously our friend. Or not. <br /><br />I don't see any scenario where engaging in this conflict makes us any safer. Nor do I see where staying out of this conflict makes us less safe. But, I can see were our involvement will make the world a much, much more dangerous place.<br /><br />And that is why I am opposed to choosing sides in Syria -- because I can never forget those images burned into my brain from 12 years ago.Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-79054202511057734772013-08-26T18:40:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.711-07:00System Successes by David Arseneault<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1dchJD-ig6j2JFjBT4tLN34Os70qJVDv6zRZlWbokvSm9IufqBs9UheWprZB-jlv24e7ebyYaix6O2fEzXi0aahciH0uShYIq1kib1u5v-uacPtJa7lybk_wGJD9CbRjKo7ernYdPEY/s1600/Arseneault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1dchJD-ig6j2JFjBT4tLN34Os70qJVDv6zRZlWbokvSm9IufqBs9UheWprZB-jlv24e7ebyYaix6O2fEzXi0aahciH0uShYIq1kib1u5v-uacPtJa7lybk_wGJD9CbRjKo7ernYdPEY/s1600/Arseneault.jpg" /></a></div>David Arseneault of Grinnell has just published a book looking at programs who have run "the system" and who have experienced success. One of the 14 programs he examines is Galesburg HS. The book is for sale for $15 at his website...<br /><br />http://davidarseneaultproductions.info/<br /><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-65092702542206708892013-08-14T19:47:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.719-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU0OsoQNa-W4caLKsOYPNNfun49zcfjNMYadpcqY5UkXQ3Ha3n4GQ7BLoLUw8I52BCm2Awn40EKOWqW1XX6MY2XbWw3XsoSUa4qdFxbCSDe0KOONPVtO6XyDEhh-lGZBAXyvSPBjTBgo/s1600/Basketball.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU0OsoQNa-W4caLKsOYPNNfun49zcfjNMYadpcqY5UkXQ3Ha3n4GQ7BLoLUw8I52BCm2Awn40EKOWqW1XX6MY2XbWw3XsoSUa4qdFxbCSDe0KOONPVtO6XyDEhh-lGZBAXyvSPBjTBgo/s1600/Basketball.jpeg" /></a></div>"Old school" people say high school athletics have changed, it all about recruiting and transfers, not about communities anymore. Others say it is just old coaches complaining and not keeping up with the times. Read this article from the Sun- Times.... critics are saying there are 8 transfers going to Homewood-Flossmoor, the coach responds it is only "like 5 or 6." If this happened at Rock Island, Moline, Alleman or Galesburg--- what would the IHSA do???<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Do you want to give new Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball coach Anthony Smith a good laugh? Ask him about the eight transfer students rumored to be practicing in his gym this summer.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘Eight? Ha, ha, ha!’’ Smith said. ‘‘You got more than I heard. I heard it was more like five or six. .?? </span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></span></div><a name='more'></a>‘‘There have been a lot of inquiries about that, but I know that H-F does a thorough job of checking all of that out. I know that we have one, for sure, who is in school and just took a placement test.’’<br /><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">The one is junior-to-be Faith Suggs, who was one of Plainfield East’s leading scorers as a sophomore. Otherwise, Smith said, anybody from another school who was spied by curious onlookers was, to his knowledge, simply taking advantage of an open gym.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Smith said his new program at H-F has been a work in progress. There was no organized summer-league schedule and no traveling as an actual Vikings team. He does, however, have a very clear plan.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘We are going to put our work<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />ethic up against anybody in the country, not just the state of Illinois,’’ he said. ‘‘We are going to maximize our potential. It’s what I do.’’</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">His record stands for itself. In his 12 years at Bolingbrook, Smith won four state titles and produced nine consecutive sectional champions.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">During that time, his program was a magnet for the best players in Bolingbrook and for others who managed to find their way to the district and be a part of a program that was well-known throughout the country.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Smith has his share of detractors, including some fellow coaches who question his ethics. But he makes no apologies for being someone for whom kids want to play.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘I don’t know what it is, but kids do enjoy playing for me,’’ he said. ‘‘They do enjoy being pushed. I am available 24/7 to those kids, and the kids and their families do appreciate that and work hard for me.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘If a kid wants to play for me, I’m happy to have them, as long as they are doing it correctly. If other coaches don’t like that, I understand, but I’m not going to change being me just because someone doesn’t like it.’’</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Smith said he’s more excited about adding current H-F students to a roster that features more than a half-dozen returnees, including Ashley Johnson and Jaiveonna Norris.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘We had a couple of kids who didn’t play basketball last year [6-3 senior center Kandace Tate and 5-9 senior forward/guard Kelsey Chandler] who I’m looking forward to working with,’’ he said. ‘‘When I saw them [at camp], I thought they might be transfers, too. But they told me, ‘No, we’ve been here, we just didn’t play last season.’ I was like, ‘Holy cow. Anybody else in the hallways?’ I’ll have to look in the hallways and see if there are more of ’em. Those two are going to help us out.’’</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Meanwhile, past and present blended together in June, when Morgan Tuck and Nia Moore — two of Smith’s former stars from Bolingbrook — came to H-F and worked out with the kids who were there.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Smith certainly won’t be a forgotten coach in Bolingbrook history.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘It was home,’’ Smith said. ‘‘I went to high school there, grew up there. I knew everyone there. The mayor there [Roger Claar], he was a girls basketball fan, and he loved it and supported it.</span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333333; font: normal normal 400 13px/20px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">‘‘We turned Bolingbrook into a girls basketball town. We competed with the football program. Everybody knew that was the place to be at. We had it going there.’’</span></div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-7308859364865122922013-08-10T18:06:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.730-07:00Music at Practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh217RcFuJCk6sk5cgJ6m9Ig2nt9R-QlTwWNmHMDdv80j8OjpMh5br-K9i1M1Ukd3yFFHR8l6rE8EqO2_aIsnvfSu5c96UbSneY2rF45MmLvGiMA1oIgaKLxe1yyGg6l7Q1_pbL3zRrN60/s1600/football.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh217RcFuJCk6sk5cgJ6m9Ig2nt9R-QlTwWNmHMDdv80j8OjpMh5br-K9i1M1Ukd3yFFHR8l6rE8EqO2_aIsnvfSu5c96UbSneY2rF45MmLvGiMA1oIgaKLxe1yyGg6l7Q1_pbL3zRrN60/s1600/football.jpg" /></a></div>The rage in college football is a sound system which coordinates the practices. The system plays certain music as "cues" to the change of practice periods and to set the tone for that segment of practice. Coaches don't have to look at their watches, they can hear the changes in practice. And then they can select specific music to get the players up for certain periods of practice. And finally it forces the players to be better communicators- just like in games- over the sound level.<br /><br /><br /><div class="story_byline" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; color: #474747; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">By Mark Dent / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</div><div class="thisStory" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When legendary Texas A&M coach <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.67" data-wiki-desc="Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as..." data-wiki-title="Bear Bryant" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bear Bryant</enfind-annotation> dragged his men into the unforgiving desolation of <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="settlement" data-score="0.49" data-wiki-desc="Junction is a city in and the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States. The population..." data-wiki-title="Junction, Texas" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Junction, Texas</enfind-annotation>, for training camp, the only sounds you could hear were the <enfind-annotation data-score="0.26" data-wiki-desc="Dither is an intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error, preventing..." data-wiki-title="Dither" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">dithering</enfind-annotation> slithers of rattlesnakes and the ominous cries of circling turkey buzzards. The real men, the <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="NCAA football school" data-score="0.43" data-wiki-desc="The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in the sport of American..." data-wiki-title="Texas A&M Aggies football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Texas A&M football</enfind-annotation> players he wanted to mold at his famous practices, toiled in silence, save for the occasional snapped bone.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All the above was fine for 1954. But now?</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I go through a practice without music and I think that's really weird," says first-year <enfind-annotation data-score="0.35" data-wiki-desc="Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great..." data-wiki-title="Wisconsin" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wisconsin</enfind-annotation> coach <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.59" data-wiki-desc="Gary Andersen is the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was hired..." data-wiki-title="Gary Andersen" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gary Andersen</enfind-annotation>.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a good thing that Andersen doesn't go through a practice without music, and he's not the only one. The past few years around <enfind-annotation data-score="0.84" data-wiki-desc="College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American..." data-wiki-title="College football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">college football</enfind-annotation>, music has become increasingly popular at practice, blared to replicate crowd noise, to encourage <enfind-annotation data-score="0.34" data-wiki-desc="Nonverbal communication is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless cues..." data-wiki-title="Nonverbal communication" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">non-verbal communication</enfind-annotation>, to motivate players, and for the simple matter that, unlike running toward your deathbed in Junction, Texas, coaches believe music makes <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="sport" data-score="0.62" data-wiki-desc="Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of..." data-wiki-title="Association football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">football</enfind-annotation> fun.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Penn State <enfind-annotation data-score="0.36" data-wiki-desc="An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in..." data-wiki-title="Athletic director" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">athletic director</enfind-annotation> Dave Joyner, who played for the Nittany Lions in the late 1960s, says someone would have had to fashion a <enfind-annotation data-score="0.6" data-wiki-desc="The phonograph, record player, or gramophone, is a device introduced in 1877 for the recording and..." data-wiki-title="Phonograph" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">record player</enfind-annotation> with a giant horn to provide music on the field when he played. Heck, if such a <enfind-annotation data-score="0.44" data-wiki-desc="A public address system is an electronic sound amplification and distribution system with a..." data-wiki-title="Public address system" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">sound system</enfind-annotation> had been around, Bryant probably would have pumped out the audio version of <enfind-annotation data-score="0.52" data-wiki-desc="Chinese water torture is a process in which water is slowly dripped onto a person's forehead,..." data-wiki-title="Chinese water torture" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chinese water torture</enfind-annotation>, which is practically what coaches were doing 20 years ago.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As an assistant coach at <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="NCAA football school" data-score="0.33" data-wiki-desc="The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the..." data-wiki-title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Georgia Tech</enfind-annotation>, Penn State coach <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.4" data-wiki-desc="Bill O'Brien is an American football coach who is currently the head coach of the Penn State..." data-wiki-title="Bill O'Brien (American football)" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bill O'Brien</enfind-annotation> remembers being introduced to <enfind-annotation data-score="0.52" data-wiki-desc="In signal processing, white noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other..." data-wiki-title="White noise" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">white noise</enfind-annotation>, the <enfind-annotation data-score="0.33" data-wiki-desc="Ultra-high frequency designates the ITU radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300..." data-wiki-title="Ultra high frequency" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">UHF</enfind-annotation> frequency. They would play it at certain practices so players would be ready for crowd noise on Saturdays. O'Brien would go home with a <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="Symptom" data-score="0.39" data-wiki-desc="A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom..." data-wiki-title="Headache" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">headache</enfind-annotation>.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Penn State <enfind-annotation data-score="0.62" data-wiki-desc="A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H...." data-wiki-title="Linebacker" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">linebacker</enfind-annotation> Glenn Carson knows the feeling. <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.61" data-wiki-desc="Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, sometimes referred to as "JoePa," was an American college football..." data-wiki-title="Joe Paterno" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Joe Paterno</enfind-annotation> piped static through speakers at practice in 2011.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It was a pain, man," Carson says. "We hated it when that thing came out."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coaches did this for a reason. As the game has sped up in recent years through spread and <enfind-annotation data-score="0.31" data-wiki-desc="The hurry-up offense is an American football offensive style which has two different but related..." data-wiki-title="Hurry-up offense" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">no-huddle</enfind-annotation> offenses, communication has become key. O'Brien says teams need to practice with this tempo in practice and with the distractions of a glass-shattering crowd. Proponents believe fast-paced music offers a solution for both, while also being viewed as a morale booster.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I spent a week down at <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="company" data-score="0.29" data-wiki-desc="The Walt Disney World Resort, informally known as Walt Disney World or simply Disney World, is an..." data-wiki-title="Walt Disney World" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Disney World</enfind-annotation> this year," says <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="NCAA football school" data-score="0.31" data-wiki-desc="The Purdue Boilermakers football team team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl..." data-wiki-title="Purdue Boilermakers football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Purdue</enfind-annotation> coach <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.56" data-wiki-desc="Darrell Hazell is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach of the Purdue..." data-wiki-title="Darrell Hazell" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Darrell Hazell</enfind-annotation>. "It's interesting. If you sit back and evaluate people when there's music that's being played, watch how they're acting. They're upbeat, bouncing around, they're dancing. When there's not music being played, their shoulders are down. So I think there's a lot to it."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Music has long been connected to feelings of contentment and even camaraderie. Dating to the <enfind-annotation data-score="0.34" data-wiki-desc="The Apollo program was the third human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics..." data-wiki-title="Apollo program" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apollo space missions</enfind-annotation>, astronauts have woken up to favorite songs rather than typical alarms as a way of promoting bonding among the astronauts and ground control.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teresa Lesiuk, assistant professor and interim <enfind-annotation data-score="0.34" data-wiki-desc="In service industries, such as education, a program manager or program director researches, plans,..." data-wiki-title="Program director" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">program director</enfind-annotation> of <enfind-annotation data-score="0.4" data-wiki-desc="Music therapy is the final clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish..." data-wiki-title="Music therapy" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">music therapy</enfind-annotation> at the <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="university" data-score="0.39" data-wiki-desc="The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus..." data-wiki-title="University of Miami" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">University of Miami</enfind-annotation>, completed a recent study illustrating mood enhancement for <enfind-annotation data-score="0.41" data-wiki-desc="Information technology is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store,..." data-wiki-title="Information technology" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">information technology</enfind-annotation> workers who were able to listen to music at their discretion, which led to greater productivity. Though no studies have focused on football, she says that familiar music, played at the right time, likely could have an activating effect on the players' moods.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hazell is one of the many believers in music in the <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="Athletic Conference" data-score="0.92" data-wiki-desc="The Big Ten Conference, formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division..." data-wiki-title="Big Ten Conference" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Big Ten Conference</enfind-annotation>, along with O'Brien, Andersen, <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="U.S. state" data-score="0.38" data-wiki-desc="Illinois is a state in the Midwestern United States. 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Wilson is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Indiana..." data-wiki-title="Kevin R. Wilson" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kevin Wilson</enfind-annotation>.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Andersen was hired several months ago at Wisconsin, one of his first purchases was the Coach Comm tempo system. This expensive, portable gadget synchronizes practice with music or crowd noise. It allows a coach to program the system so that specific music mixes with specific drills, and times every aspect of practice. Andersen says his practices are now more efficient (one hour and 50 minutes long) and more productive.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We wanted to have a distraction for kids to let them understand it might be music you like, it might be music you hate," he says. "It might be loud so you have to focus and learn and hear better and pay better attention. It forces you to pay attention. It forces you to coach in that environment on game day."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teams such as <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="U.S. state" data-score="0.37" data-wiki-desc="Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. 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It is also part of the Western..." data-wiki-title="Arizona" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Arizona</enfind-annotation> and <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="NCAA football school" data-score="0.33" data-wiki-desc="The Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program is a college football team that represents..." data-wiki-title="Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Louisiana-Lafayette</enfind-annotation> also use the tempo system, and others would like to get one if they could raise the needed funds. A rather envious Wilson desires the Coach Comm system so he can program his voice to make announcements about a change in drills at practice at the same time the music changes.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's just like you're at the club on Saturday night and the <enfind-annotation data-score="0.52" data-wiki-desc="A remix is a song that has been edited to sound different from the original version. For example,..." data-wiki-title="Remix" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">remix</enfind-annotation> of the song comes on," he says.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Of course, you also could bring the club to practice. Louisiana-Lafayette coach <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="college coach" data-score="0.56" data-wiki-desc="Mark Hudspeth is the current head football coach of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette...." data-wiki-title="Mark Hudspeth" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mark Hudspeth</enfind-annotation> has done that. Since last year, a student named Chris Hilliard (DJ Chris) has come to nearly every Louisiana-Lafayette practice and every home and away game.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At practices, he plays current music throughout. At games, he's in the locker room before the team, setting the optimal mood.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hudspeth, 44, said his football coaches would never allow music when he played. He believes music promotes an environment of intensity and enjoyment. Every week they have a <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="music genre" data-score="0.63" data-wiki-desc="Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music, or hip-hop music, is a music genre consisting of a..." data-wiki-title="Hip hop music" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">hip-hop</enfind-annotation> day, Remix Wednesday and Throwback Thursday, when Hudspeth plays his favorite <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="musical artist" data-score="0.66" data-wiki-desc="Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph..." data-wiki-title="Run–D.M.C." style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Run DMC</enfind-annotation> and <enfind-annotation data-entity-type="musical artist" data-score="0.56" data-wiki-desc="Anthony Ray, better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an American MC and producer based in..." data-wiki-title="Sir Mix-a-Lot" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sir Mix-A-Lot</enfind-annotation> songs from the 1980s and early 1990s.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There is a danger to all this, though. Music isn't always a <enfind-annotation data-score="0.25" data-wiki-desc="In Greek mythology, Panacea was a goddess of Universal remedy. She was the daughter of Asclepius..." data-wiki-title="Panacea" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">panacea</enfind-annotation> for uninspired football or a catalyst for communication. The song, like any college football player, must rise to the occasion.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We tried country one practice, but we had to start practice over," Hudspeth says. "It didn't resonate, even for the guys who like country."</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Read more: <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/college-national/coaches-players-get-their-groove-on-with-practice-music-in-college-football-698773/#ixzz2bcNm7JWB" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #003399; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/college-national/coaches-players-get-their-groove-on-with-practice-music-in-college-football-698773/#ixzz2bcNm7JWB</a></span></span>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-25056113777296829752013-08-04T08:03:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.744-07:00Component of Toughness- Trust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvz5uu1Z9beiH0mBSoWeEkvgxbXTtmO8KyW_SE4Xt-3vGk9rlpzNSMFnyk7MylXNF5I32KSkSn4noRqP0GTJYY8sqLx21KSRkZZB1XMGn5SxelXJl9VfYNKfaTcHljIqkQ7OkphyK_ec/s1600/W.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvz5uu1Z9beiH0mBSoWeEkvgxbXTtmO8KyW_SE4Xt-3vGk9rlpzNSMFnyk7MylXNF5I32KSkSn4noRqP0GTJYY8sqLx21KSRkZZB1XMGn5SxelXJl9VfYNKfaTcHljIqkQ7OkphyK_ec/s1600/W.jpeg" /></a></div>After reading Jay Bilas book, I was struck then as I read how one coach is building the foundation for toughness with the development of trust. This is an article from the Wisconsin State Journal by Tom Oates....<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div class="entry-content"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Trust is a big word in Gary Andersen’s personal dictionary.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">After he was hired to coach the University of Wisconsin football team in December, Andersen knew nothing substantial would take place with the Badgers until a circle of trust could be built between himself and a group of players who have endured enough coaching turnover to be skeptical of the new guy.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Well, time’s up. With fall camp set to start Monday, the meet-and-greet session is over. From now on, the focus will switch to football and getting ready for a season the Badgers hope will end up with a fourth straight Big Ten Conference title.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><a name='more'></a>“I think in large part the period of transition with coach Andersen and his staff is over,” linebacker Chris Borland said. “We’ve had seven months now to get to know one another, to get to know the schemes. We’re ready once fall camp starts to hit the ground running.”<br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Credit for that goes to Andersen and his staff. They set out to make a group of players they had never met feel comfortable around them, and it appears they’ve succeeded. With the heavy lifting about to start, a foundation has been laid that should minimize any problems created by Bret Bielema’s abrupt departure and Andersen’s subsequent arrival from Utah State.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“You just look for the trust to come from coaches to players and players to coaches,” Andersen said. “I had the leadership committee over to the house the other day — it’s 30 young men on our team — and just the way we can move around each other, the way conversations go, I don’t believe they’re very guarded any more. The way kids move themselves through the hallways, walk into coaches’ offices. We need to be approachable, whether it’s an academic question, a social question, and they come in and they do that now. I think we’ve made great strides there.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t just take his word for it. When the Badgers gathered for media day Friday, player after player spoke of how Andersen won them over by being exactly what he said he was — a coach who shoots straight with his players, who gets to know them on a personal level and who puts their interests above all else.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For wide receiver Jared Abbrederis, it didn’t take long at all for Andersen to gain the players’ acceptance.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The day that we found out he called all of his Utah State players (to say goodbye), I think right then we knew we had a guy coming in who would appreciate us,” Abbrederis said. “Basically, right off the bat we knew he would be a good coach for us. That really helped, just knowing that he’s all about the players.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Others took a little longer before they were convinced. That’s understandable given that turnover among assistant coaches had been a constant in the program even before Bielema surprised everyone by taking the job at Arkansas.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Most, though, said they were hooked the first time Andersen spoke to the team. The players immediately sensed that he was a stand-up guy who meant what he said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I think it’s been like this the whole time he’s been here,” offensive tackle Ryan Groy said. “Everything he said in the beginning has come true. Everything he said — how it’s going to be, how he’s going to coach, how practices are going to be — has come true and that’s just how it’s been. That has earned our trust.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Indeed, Andersen’s style has played well in all corners of the locker room.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I know Coach B and his staff truly cared about us, but I think the difference with this staff is, they do care about you and they take every opportunity to show you they do,” safety Dezmen Southward said. “There’s been many times when coach Andersen will just randomly call me. Not that he wanted to talk about football or class or anything like that. He literally calls me because he wants to know how I’m doing. That’s something you really don’t get everywhere.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The players not only value Andersen’s honesty and genuine interest in their lives, they appreciate the little things he does for them. That is especially true of practice. Even in fall camp, Andersen will run shorter, snappier practices and get the players home earlier than they’re used to, which should help reduce the drudgery of camp and the wear and tear on their bodies.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It just went a lot easier with this whole coaching staff,” tight end Jacob Pedersen said. “You’d think it would be harder because it was almost an entirely new staff, but this went really smooth. I think he demands your respect and we demand his. There’s kind of a mutual thing there. We trust him. We know he’s going to do everything he can to put us in the best position to win. When you’ve got a coach that’s doing that, you’re going to give him everything you’ve got.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">That won’t guarantee another Big Ten title, but it will assure that starting Monday the coaching transition will no longer be an issue.</div></div><div class="tagline"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-69859405781107470442013-08-03T13:29:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.753-07:00Success & Failure<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINc4Z6CUZvdcaD9l6aClRHBuHw4F8anL7Da-Wjt801EV-Bqt0OMVrNJjFuiaJ7ejiQ49Lh4DI2gSuNVGVxH4bEh9iBDFFZNfx4SjdQRmuaRzaNJ94Q5tzrcHO_obhyEqtmdR5-KYzvYY/s1600/Fitness+girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINc4Z6CUZvdcaD9l6aClRHBuHw4F8anL7Da-Wjt801EV-Bqt0OMVrNJjFuiaJ7ejiQ49Lh4DI2gSuNVGVxH4bEh9iBDFFZNfx4SjdQRmuaRzaNJ94Q5tzrcHO_obhyEqtmdR5-KYzvYY/s400/Fitness+girl.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Fitness Girls</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-55368341133200392832013-08-03T13:21:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.761-07:00Toughness by Jay Bilas (The Book)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOe6bxPq7l_-ByuT8RvSwSG7NEhe2vOpAdBany3Y8FXuhPrQu7HL0vvW23RHQA4_hVXdO25ttJiC9EGrdumY5CYkxrNu7IP3QDJAdqzCqYiNxdywlute-slCoQwbC21y609n4oOrlB7Q/s1600/Basketballs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOe6bxPq7l_-ByuT8RvSwSG7NEhe2vOpAdBany3Y8FXuhPrQu7HL0vvW23RHQA4_hVXdO25ttJiC9EGrdumY5CYkxrNu7IP3QDJAdqzCqYiNxdywlute-slCoQwbC21y609n4oOrlB7Q/s200/Basketballs.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Several years ago Jay Bilas wrote an article on toughness which went viral in the basketball world. High school and college coaches all reprinted the article and shared it with their players. (I have it reprinted on this blog.) Bilas said the motivation for writing the article was a reaction to how a commentator used the word "tough" to describe a physical and perhaps a dirty player. The basic premise of the article was "toughness" is more about an attitude and a self-discipline vs. a physical characteristic.<br /><br />In his book on the same topic, Bilas looks at the characteristics of tough people. He seeks out people in sports and business who are tough in their approach to sport and life.<br /><br /><b><u>Toughness Can Be Learned</u></b><br />"Toughness isn't physical. It has nothing to do with size, physical strength, or athleticism. It's an intangible, an attitude, a philosophy. Some people may be born with the aptitude to be tougher than others, but I believe that true toughness is a skill that can be developed and improved in everyone."<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><b><u>Toughness Is Ability To Be Focused </u></b><br />Roy Willams says, "Toughness is, 'I'm not going to lose sight of what I want to do by what you do, or by outside influences." How often do we see players lose focus because they don't have the toughness to handle missing shots, or refs not calling fouls.<br /><br />Bill Self says, "Soft is when you choose the easier path when the right path is the harder one."<br /><br /><b><u>Toughness Involves Trust</u></b><br />"It requires toughness to to trust others, and to trust and believe in yourself. Trust is a choice."<br /><br />"The toughest players and teammates believe in what their coaches and their teammates are striving to accomplish, and what they are capable of doing together as a team."<br /><br />"A great teammate acknowledges the loftier goals and is willing to sacrifice for the benefit of the group. There is no true sacrifice without belief."<br /><br />Bilas tells a story to illustrate need for trust. He describes as a young team they lost at Carolina to the #1 Tarbheels. On the way back some of the players were talking in glowing terms about how good Carolina was. David Henderson interrupted and said, "We didn't go there to suck up to those guys! I don't want to hear how good you think they are. We were going there to win, and we should have won. If you didn't go there to win, then you shouldn't have made the trip. There is no reason we should not have won. No reason at all." Bilas' point with the story is to say Henderson had a belief in his ability and a belief in his teammates ability- that trust made him a tough competitor.<br /><br />Trust involves developing a feeling it is not about the opponent or about the refs- it is about us. After Duke was blown out by UNLV in the Final Four- the next year Coach K showed the team the tape of that game before they again played UNLV. While some of his ass't coaches worried it would send a message about how good UNLV was, Coach K's purpose was to show in that game how Duke could have changed the outcome by correcting their errors. The message- it is not about UNLV, it is about Duke.<br /><br /><b><u>Tough Players Don't Rationalize</u></b><br />"Accountability is being held to the standard you have accepted as what you want, individually and collectively."<br /><br />Coach K says, "Toughness is the ability not to rationalize. Rationalization is to make an excuse for not achieving more that you have to that point."<br /><br /><b><u>Move to Next Play</u></b><br />Whether the last play was good or the last play was bad, tough players move on to the next play.<br /><br />Jon Gruden, "One snap at a time."<br /><br />Bill Self talking about meeting adversity. He says, "If you meet those circumstances differently you're not tough."<br /><br /><b><u>Collective Toughness- Trust</u></b><br />"You are not tough alone. The best teams have a collective toughness, and toughness is contagious."<br /><br />"It is easy to believe in yourself and your team when everything is going well, and wins are piling up. Adversity is where your belief is tested and where true toughness is tested."<br /><br />Bill Self says, "Peer pressure can make us do things we shouldn't do, but it can make us want to do the tough things, the right things, too."<br /><br />"Talking is essential to wining a team's confidence. Communication is about connecting and being connected." Players must learn to talk on the floor so "teammates must be able to trust completely that you are there to help them."<br /><br />NASA talks about- "Responsible to the element, accountable to the mission." That means you take care of your task but ultimately realize the total mission is most important.<br /><br />Grant Hill says- "When players are willing to hold each other accountable, I think it carries more weight and has more impact. And the coach doesn't have to be the only voice."<br /><br />"Every player on the team is a 'role player.' The most important role of all, the role of being a great teammate. Accepting and embracing a role is really about the selfless willingness to sacrifice. You have to accept you are second to the team."<br /><br />Jon Gruden says- "Accepting roles is about a 'big-picture environment,' and it takes a maturity to accept it, to be convinced to buy in fully."<br /><br />"Toughest teams are the most together teams."<br /><br />"The toughest teams are not just made up of great players, but of great teammates."<br /><br />"Being around tough and tough-minded people can and will make everyone else around them tougher. The contagious nature of toughness, of commitment, takes that team to the highest level. If you have a player on your team who loafs, it will allow others to loaf. The best of us fall prey to that lowering of standards."<br /><br /><b><u>Toughness Involves Being Prepared</u></b><br />Bob Knight says, "Everyone want to win but only a few are willing to prepare to win." He goes on to say, "You must have the will and concentration necessary to prepare."<br /><br />Bilas says, "A consistent theme among tough people that I know, they each take confidence from their work."<br /><br />Herm Edwards says, " When it's your turn, when you have a shot, an opportunity, you have to be prepared for it and take advantage of it." Herm was one of 22 defensive backs as a rookie competing for a spot on the Eagles roster.<br /><br />Edwards says, "I was mentally tough consistently."<br /><br />Roy Williams says, "It is like the stock market. The more you invest, the more it means to you. That's ownership. Everything important starts with your investment in it. People say 'all in."<br /><br />Jon Gruden believes preparation produces confidence, and confidence produces toughness.<br /><br /><b><u>Toughness is Discipline</u></b><br />Coach K says, "Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is doing the right thing at the right time, to the best of your ability."<br /><br />"If we wanted to win a championship, we needed to approach every single game as championship game and give a championship effort in every single practice. Our opponent is not determining our standard of performance."<br /><br />Bilas commented on his career, "I did not want to be common, I wanted to be uncommon."<br /><br />Kevin Eastman says, "We focus on excellence in every single action. We are not taking 500 shots. We are taking one perfect shot five hundred time."<br /><br />Because of a lack of discipline, sometimes players look for short cuts. Tom Crean calls these "hero plays," where a player tries to do something outside of the team concept, or outside what that player is capable of doing.<br /><br /><b><u>Toughness Involves Courage</u></b><br />"Courage isn't the absence of fear or doubt. Rather, courage is overcoming it."<br /><br />Coach K says, "You are not tough alone, and you are not courageous alone."<br /><br />Steve Kerr describes, "I trusted the process, I trusted the work I had put in, and I was willing to live with the results."<br /><br /><b><u>Tough Have Persistence</u></b><br />"It takes toughness to push your limits."<br /><br />Soccer great Julie Foudy says- "Your threshold is not what you think it is."<br /><br />Bilas makes a great point about approach to getting better. He talked about how he used to see the purpose of hard work was so practice and games would be "easier." Grant Hill taught him the purpose of hard work was not to make things easier but to make it so you would perform at a higher level- but still be uncomfortable as you pushed your limits.<br /><br />Bilas' high school drama coach told him, "Don't tell me how tough the situation is, show me how tough you are facing the situation."<br /><br />Tommy Amaker says, "What is confidence? Hard work plus success equals confidence. You don't just get confidence. You have to earn it."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-46945637344178203862013-08-02T08:32:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.770-07:00One Word by Jon Gordon<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlFVgabBMd4AeTzpcgyqVi59VIfIpJVs6bq8iGxbpwAtqD-2Ly1FXCLNYYmyhC7ICK4Nl5lqcZKvoaAaDe763l_90Q6BgrwFC9c_baAoBULhplVbbE1DLRHBj5Obqkqixmsc8-TlfEjY/s1600/IMG_0302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlFVgabBMd4AeTzpcgyqVi59VIfIpJVs6bq8iGxbpwAtqD-2Ly1FXCLNYYmyhC7ICK4Nl5lqcZKvoaAaDe763l_90Q6BgrwFC9c_baAoBULhplVbbE1DLRHBj5Obqkqixmsc8-TlfEjY/s320/IMG_0302.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Even Willow knows the concept of One Word.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table>One of the best courses I ever took was Behavior Modification at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison. It was one of the most practical courses I have had. As anyone who is familiar with operant conditioning can attest- a lot of behavior modification is pretty common sense. The course provided me as a young teacher with ideas to make my classroom, my teams, and myself better.<br /><br />One of the topics was on self-modification. The professor claimed self-modification is much harder to accomplish than the modification of other people. He went on to claim the problem for most of us when it comes to self-modification is we start out wanting too much change in ourselves. We know the target we want to reach and we try to get there today. So we have not been reading but we want to get to where we are reading 100 pages a day- we start with a plan of reading 50 pages. We want to lose 30 pounds so we set out to lose 5 pounds per week. Usually with the plans we start out great but we cannot maintain. This is the problem with the classic New Year's resolutions. The lesson was keep it simple and be patient.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Often with my teams, either I would come up with a list of goals or I would have the team come up with a list of goals. In either case, they would be great lists to submit to a coaching course. The problem usually was there were too many goals. While all were good, I could not remember them all, and the players could not remember them.<br /><br />This past spring, I had the opportunity to listen to Coach Groth from Illinois speaking. He was talking about his job when he came into Illinois about changing the culture. He was talking about the same things I had heard in "Behavior Mod" class. His idea was to give their lists of goals <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">acronym. He keeps their rules or goals short lists and has them put into an acronym. His logic- keep it short so can be remembers, and use the acronym so the players can more easily remember.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">This is similar to Dick and Tony Bennett's 5 principles of their program. Because the list is short, I am sure their present and former players can recite the lists from memory.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Jon Gordon in One Word takes it a step further. His claim is to be effective in self-modification- whether it is a business, an individual, or a team- you need to have a singular focus. In the book he describes how each New Year's, he and his family participate in a different kind of process of establishing a resolution. Each individual in the family picks out one word which will be the focus of their entire year. And then later, the family as a group picks out one word that will be the focus of the family's year. His logic is that by keeping it so simple, it is easy to have clarity. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">He mentions words such as:</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Life- focusing decisions and behaviors to show you value life- how you eat, exercising.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Service- focusing on doing things for others.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Patience- being able to not over react to things around.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Energy- being a source of energy to other.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Toughness- how do you handle adversity.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The idea is to pick out one thing to be your focus- change one part of your personality (individual or team) at a time. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">This morning I was walking our dog. She loves to go for a walk, and she is very good on the lease. She will walk right by my side. She seldom pulls or has to be pulled. But she will sometimes get distracted by rabbits, squirrels, or other dogs. When she starts to pull away, all one has to do is say the word- "Heel". With the single word she refocuses and is off again. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">With Willow, the discipline of the one word is all it takes. Gordon is saying instead of someone else telling us the word, we need to have a word we tell ourselves when we start to pull away from our desired goals.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br /><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-89749530446165753302013-08-01T19:48:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.777-07:00American Cemetery in Margraten Holland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ5Z8YaFP4ZaUefxd95KzXvC0zkGuHAUncLXTABUlAL9M-GgNMlWaPUbUlpPsEIMRtcC7-kT7mOy-L6tPwbbsPYyekTUJXuZXkh0v2DIB3czo3xUZtbb1TAi-IPD3u2nyuOcSV7p4EeE/s1600/IMG_0888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ5Z8YaFP4ZaUefxd95KzXvC0zkGuHAUncLXTABUlAL9M-GgNMlWaPUbUlpPsEIMRtcC7-kT7mOy-L6tPwbbsPYyekTUJXuZXkh0v2DIB3czo3xUZtbb1TAi-IPD3u2nyuOcSV7p4EeE/s320/IMG_0888.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Rubbing sand from Omaha Beach on William<br />Allen's stone. </b></td></tr></tbody></table>In World War II American military leaders made a promise that no American soldier would be buried on enemy soil. Most American soldiers were buried in cemeteries near the battle field where they were killed- many in France. As the War ended, American soldiers had invaded Germany and were fighting on German soil, in some cases approaching Berlin. The soldiers who died in Germany were all removed and taken back to Margraten Holland.<br /><br />Each family of the fallen soldiers was given the choice to have the soldier buried in Margraten or to be returned to the United States to be buried in a private or national cemetery. Once the decision was made by the family, the decision was considered final and could not be changed.<br /><br />At one time there were over 17,000 soldiers taken to Margraten. Today the cemetery holds only American soldiers, and it has over 8,000 fall US soldiers from WW2 buried there.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIucHw973-PJ99v3ra1CCxsz9Hb_gEGKGUeH6nM_lMZk_e74S_10r2Igyt3mamJ9QbPYCA2hGOPVRkjjg7Q2uc3sABq3qmQfsP9qepDhx3qLqchQtIEACVtFvWwXmcYSPMrD2oAXQJd3I/s1600/IMG_0893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIucHw973-PJ99v3ra1CCxsz9Hb_gEGKGUeH6nM_lMZk_e74S_10r2Igyt3mamJ9QbPYCA2hGOPVRkjjg7Q2uc3sABq3qmQfsP9qepDhx3qLqchQtIEACVtFvWwXmcYSPMrD2oAXQJd3I/s320/IMG_0893.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>William Allen's grave.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>My wife's uncle, William Allen was killed at the end of WW2 and is buried in Margraten. We had an opportunity this summer to visit the cemetery. The assistant supt. of the grounds took us to visit William Allen's grave and to also visit Bob Arnold's grave. Bob was Bill's brother in law. We were escorted by Frans and Pauline Roukins. Pauline's family has cared for Bill and Bob's graves for over 60 years.<br /><br />We had the opportunity to place flowers on the grave. The Supt. then explained a special practice they do with families of the soldiers. The stones of white marble with engraving are very difficult to photograph. To help them be more photographed, they provide sand for the family members to rub over the name so it can be seen. The sand is shipped in from Normandy beach. The significance of the the sand is that the soldiers who are buried in Margraten all started their invasion of Europe at Normandy beaches in France.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZJRpCWXHoH-OCjRfziuVs__TjJJBngU2g2tRgt0Qo_T95FZ0hzJQpDJuE6sVl6ZWD_jaiLtKWLvXTatUblWUgRWXCERw7aFgja-wY0sieDsKY7lDkHQvU0wzSQ5AkF6EAJCA4Pokvy0/s1600/IMG_0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZJRpCWXHoH-OCjRfziuVs__TjJJBngU2g2tRgt0Qo_T95FZ0hzJQpDJuE6sVl6ZWD_jaiLtKWLvXTatUblWUgRWXCERw7aFgja-wY0sieDsKY7lDkHQvU0wzSQ5AkF6EAJCA4Pokvy0/s320/IMG_0907.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Over 8,000 fallen US soldiers are<br />buried in Margraten.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Our visit was a very emotional experience. It certainly makes one appreciate the sacrifice made by these soldiers.Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-36406081941117968642013-07-31T21:06:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.866-07:00Massey Roots<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcnCLZgLHDidYOIFtFTj38HzdSiSlHGTSMiZNvmSmYoYQEhNT0eRS6sFRAec6LaWSS9SWzJBzJ4mL81qVfLDgMY_IQh_q5lGQqhoW0QUYi44QzrNRmQDqUA57cuND4xzuxzc2x6dlddU/s1600/IMG_0826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcnCLZgLHDidYOIFtFTj38HzdSiSlHGTSMiZNvmSmYoYQEhNT0eRS6sFRAec6LaWSS9SWzJBzJ4mL81qVfLDgMY_IQh_q5lGQqhoW0QUYi44QzrNRmQDqUA57cuND4xzuxzc2x6dlddU/s320/IMG_0826.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>This is a picture of Gun Inn as you get off the<br />bus in Hollingworth. </b></td></tr></tbody></table>One of the courses I have taught at Galesburg HS is Diversity Studies. We look at different groups in America and their history- Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. One of the focuses of the course is to look at the immigration process and the lives of immigrants. Even as we studied immigration, I never looked at that process and how my family had been impacted by immigration.<br /><div><br /></div><div>When I went to grade school in a different era, one of our lessons had to do with our ancestors country of origin. The teacher would have you find the origin of your ancestors. Then we would do work with fractions, you were 1/4 Irish, 1/2 English, and 1/4 Welch. As we did the work, my ancestors might as well have come to America in 1612 for all I cared- it was a long time ago.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_TDiLXY7sSCBbRtUcrGy4GedXcCL9IhnTH6DU0ajezGfaAvXVTsUF1hqK-K9mDu-wMazbHh69iV1w50qlrfcR7DhD_qjCoiB23liw0EGnCiWLC26GluLJt_TuiWY0XQvUTInQFWgkXk/s1600/IMG_0788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_TDiLXY7sSCBbRtUcrGy4GedXcCL9IhnTH6DU0ajezGfaAvXVTsUF1hqK-K9mDu-wMazbHh69iV1w50qlrfcR7DhD_qjCoiB23liw0EGnCiWLC26GluLJt_TuiWY0XQvUTInQFWgkXk/s320/IMG_0788.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Front of Gun Inn. The blacksmith shop of my<br />great-great grandfather may have been in<br />area of the white building. Wright worked in<br />mill to the left of the Gun Inn.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>I realized my family had "different names" than the normal American. I was most concerned with myself. I never met another Evan until I was in college, so the first day of classes when the teacher read the roll, it was always an adventure in how they would pronounce "Evan." On those days when other kids would laugh I wished I was simply Bob or John. But Evan was not the worst of it, my middle name is Wright. It seemed when most mothers filled out forms for school they simply put the first and last name on the registrations. So when the teacher called names or when your name was printed it was something like Steve Kelley. A few kids would have listed their middle initial. But my mom always filled it out Evan Wright Massey. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNij7HC9GdOnQmODqnxeo9erusR4fa38UQGKiOE_SLMUAXio_BPxPrD7JKLoJaD0NlqYvpCflR09pVl0cndxf9chCCu5UfWwSDR1cXqyfTZ2u6bihnfFBrEJ083ct3WVJZv50hfl7R-vs/s1600/IMG_0782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNij7HC9GdOnQmODqnxeo9erusR4fa38UQGKiOE_SLMUAXio_BPxPrD7JKLoJaD0NlqYvpCflR09pVl0cndxf9chCCu5UfWwSDR1cXqyfTZ2u6bihnfFBrEJ083ct3WVJZv50hfl7R-vs/s320/IMG_0782.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>As you enter Gun Inn, there is this<br />stained glass window. </b></td></tr></tbody></table>Where do they come up with these names? Evan was my mother's maiden name. Wright was actually my fathers first name. My father's full name was Wright Ford Massey. He went by Mass most of the time in Savanna. With his family they called him Ford. And some called him WF, but I never ever heard anyone call him Wright. </div><div><br /></div><div>This whole story about names has to do with my family's story of immigration to the United States. By no means did I grow up feeling anything but an average American. But these unusual names are part of my families heritage. My father's grandparents were immigrants to America. My great-grandfather and great-grandmother were born and raised in Hollingworth England. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjUlfycS2iZzeHKslCqHjkc_EmqHLlFEIM9QJ7al0tklzl_3t4fLcOVfe7j8PtkF2newTSJjgQAij1WTldYbONG5LazPeuxy9jtm8M0wmsvJqgRJeb-Ss3Mj4Ofku9YAE6YaE3sycRhg/s1600/IMG_0773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjUlfycS2iZzeHKslCqHjkc_EmqHLlFEIM9QJ7al0tklzl_3t4fLcOVfe7j8PtkF2newTSJjgQAij1WTldYbONG5LazPeuxy9jtm8M0wmsvJqgRJeb-Ss3Mj4Ofku9YAE6YaE3sycRhg/s320/IMG_0773.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>As you walk in the door, this is<br />what you see. There are two sitting areas<br />ahead, and then to the right one big<br />area, and actually a library area.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Hollingworth is a small, rural town in northern England, located about 15 miles from Manchester. When one takes the high speed train from London to Hollingworth, it takes about two hours to get to Hollingworth. As you ride along, the area of England reminds one of southwest Wisconsin (where Wright immigrated to). The land is rolling and you see pasture after pasture with Holstein cows grazing, much like you would have seen in Wisconsin in the 1960's. The pastures and fields are very small with "hedges" marking the boundaries. The hedges have grown up around either stone walls or actual fences. The crops appear to be mainly hay, oats, and corn. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once you get to Hollingworth, you can take another train to Stalybridge which takes about ten minutes. Then you catch a bus to Hollingworth. In England they speak English, but for an American, it is a foreign language. When you talk to an Englishman you often find you are either asking, "What?", or you decide it is just best to nod and pretend you know what they said. Because of this, we had trouble finding our bus stop and then once on the bus, we had trouble being sure we knew when and where to get off.</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TyOJWEKk6udsdLvh860s0WG_EhAcv0DcFnH-QD10muttwGL0BoNJ48Fa7zMGZdPJAfYctD03AkfwJmpawkz5L0WffLtuR2PgAluli1XIDDi-tqen5PsLEDRrDGtu0tMkOn8kWLtBQ4o/s1600/IMG_0768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TyOJWEKk6udsdLvh860s0WG_EhAcv0DcFnH-QD10muttwGL0BoNJ48Fa7zMGZdPJAfYctD03AkfwJmpawkz5L0WffLtuR2PgAluli1XIDDi-tqen5PsLEDRrDGtu0tMkOn8kWLtBQ4o/s320/IMG_0768.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Beautiful stained glass window that separates<br />the bar from a seating area with tables<br />and fireplace.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>I entered into a conversation with an older man. I told him we were trying to get to the Gun Inn in Hollingworth. His reply was that he had been going there for 50 years. When he found it was a "geneology trip," (his words) to see where my great-grandparents were from, he was excited to help. In fact, before he got off the bus, he made sure everyone else on the bus knew where we were going and instructed them to take care of us. And on his way out the door, he gave similar instructions to the driver. </div><div><br /></div><div>When we got off the bus, there it was across the street, the Gun Inn. In fact the bus stop is listed as "The Gun Inn." The significance of the Gun Inn is that is was run by my great-grandmother's family in the 1850's into the 1870's. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-v3URHMfuDo8W_5w2EyADsVQkTWkeacR72J4ifVkC4QeM7h2JNhoKlSgcWH-L1t4vkmb_YEptWKPwUm6S3RUa7Lw1licx7bfqj8fYt5u5qPnE2sqlQsu5fbSvOY5bZ8JdWSSA9imGc0/s1600/IMG_0772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-v3URHMfuDo8W_5w2EyADsVQkTWkeacR72J4ifVkC4QeM7h2JNhoKlSgcWH-L1t4vkmb_YEptWKPwUm6S3RUa7Lw1licx7bfqj8fYt5u5qPnE2sqlQsu5fbSvOY5bZ8JdWSSA9imGc0/s320/IMG_0772.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>It would not be a pub if it didn't<br />have a bar.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Wright Massey (my great-grandfather), was born and raised in Hollingworth England in 1819 or 1820. Records are not as accurate as one would like. Wright mother was Kesiah Massey. Kesiah was a single mother. So Massey was not the name of Wright's father, but was his mother's name. Wright and Kesiah lived on Spring St, one block from the Gun Inn, and one block from the mills. Hollingworth had a mill (probably textiles). Wright worked in the mills. </div><div><br /></div><div>My great-grandmother is Betty Warhurst. Betty Warhurst was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Warhurst. Betty was born in 1828. Records are clearer with Betty because her family was from a family with a little higher social and economic status. Joseph was a blacksmith by occupation. The blacksmith shop was located next to the Gun Inn on the east side of the building. The name comes from a major part of the work was making guns in the blacksmith shop- in particular cannons. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-g1NnpTau1xpVm76cCjaq2rWMndfVNjGVG5-TdI6IiS0SchvN0royin-LAkohzxKH5cw8PwhXOZN0T5h-bFl_Qi9Vett5JoG9ev6IulpcTA6eo5qo7oXLxGnlvdgOgHso0b4iijeDl1Y/s1600/IMG_0771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-g1NnpTau1xpVm76cCjaq2rWMndfVNjGVG5-TdI6IiS0SchvN0royin-LAkohzxKH5cw8PwhXOZN0T5h-bFl_Qi9Vett5JoG9ev6IulpcTA6eo5qo7oXLxGnlvdgOgHso0b4iijeDl1Y/s320/IMG_0771.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Main area with a fireplace. It is not hard<br />to imagine all the "news" shared in this<br />room in the 1850's.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>The Warhurst family lived next to the Gun Inn. They did not take over the Gun Inn until after Wright and Betty had left for America. But the Gun Inn was the center of Hollingworth. In the days before internet (way before), information was exchanged by men going to the Gun Inn. </div><div><br /></div><div>My great-great grandfather, Joseph Warhurst owned and ran the Gun Inn along with Betty's brother John from the mid-1850's until the 1870's. When my brother Mark visited the Gun Inn, they had a listing of former brewmasters with Joseph and John listed. On our visit in 2013, new ownership had taken the framed list down. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wright and Betty married in 1848. They had five children in England. None of the children survived infancy or early childhood. All were buried and left behind in Hollingworth. Wright and Betty made the decision to go to America in 1855. Perhaps it was to escape the sorrow of five lost children, or perhaps it was to get Wright away from Hollngworth and the crowd he hung with. But Wright at 36 and Betty at 27, decided to pick up and leave.</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmg82T6UNOMv6P-pN89BLcBPg217wqhFWZV6GAcJkKr8UkkM9Xe_DeEVMb73_TLXouX8eFptRayzY-rlsgR1I25byEM1bpsv6W-p4GUj_jT2wuC_W5TtcOWzbGdN_SckEqQdWTenUZh8/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmg82T6UNOMv6P-pN89BLcBPg217wqhFWZV6GAcJkKr8UkkM9Xe_DeEVMb73_TLXouX8eFptRayzY-rlsgR1I25byEM1bpsv6W-p4GUj_jT2wuC_W5TtcOWzbGdN_SckEqQdWTenUZh8/s320/IMG_0812.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Looking down Spring St. It is only about 1-2 blocks<br />long. Wright Massey lived in small hut with his<br />single mother.</b></td></tr></tbody></table>They had no family to go to in America- they were on their own. They left all family and five buried children behind when they headed to Liverpool. They took a ship from Liverpool to Philadelphia. Wright started out digging wells. They spent one year in the Galena area before eventually getting land in Adamsville (rural Barneveld). The original farm is still in the Massey family. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wright and Betty had five more children in America. Four of the boys survived to adulthood. The boys were Joseph, Edward, Wright, and Cornelius. My grandfather, Cornelius was born in 1864. Wright died at age 46 in 1866. Wright smoked a pipe and when he fell ill, Betty would light his pipe for him, so he could have a smoke. The story is she grew addicted to the tobacco. So after his death, she often carried a pipe in her skirt.<br /><br />Betty was 38 years old, had been in America just 11 years, and had 4 boys to raise when her husband died. The following was my great-grandmother's obituary:<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times;">The Obituary of Betty Massey 1828 -1900</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times;"> { Nee Betty Warhurst}</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times;">As taken from the Hollandale Review, October 26, 1900</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times;"> Once more we must chronicle the death of an old settler, friend and neighbor, Mrs. Betty Massey, who died after midnight Monday morning October 22, 1900, after an illness of 9 months with heart disease. For several weeks she suffered so intensely that death came as a welcome release. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Maes at the Middlebury Church on Wednesday and she was laid to rest beside her husband in the Middlebury Cemetery .</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><b><i> Mrs. Massey whose maiden name was Warhurst was born at Hollingworth England January 30, 1828. She married at the age of 20 to Wright Massey. Five children were born and buried in England , after which they immigrated to America in 1855. They lived in Illinois about one year, and a short time near Mineral Point after which they settled on the homestead near Adamsville where they spent the remainder of their life. Five children were born to them in this country, 4 sons and 1 daughter, who died in infancy. In 1866 when the homestead was little more than a wilderness, her husband died leaving her with 4 little boys to take care of…the oldest 10 years old. For many years life for her was a struggle with poverty and hardship, but with dauntless courage she managed to keep the family together until the boys were old enough to take their share of the burden. In 1878 their home was demolished in a cyclone and life was hard while building a new one. Hard work and economy triumphed and she lived to see her sons comfortably settled in homes of their own and respected farmers. The oldest, Joseph resides in Astor , Iowa …the youngest Cornelius on the old homestead. Wright on the adjoining farm and Edward on the farm in Middlebury, formerly owned by James Theobald. Besides her children and grandchildren one sister and two half brothers are still living in England . While her life was devoted to her family, she was ever a kind and thoughtful neighbor…..always ready to lend a helping hand.</i></b></span><!--EndFragment--><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Being an immigrant and then being a pioneer in the "west" was not easy. The decision to leave your family, knowing you would probably never see them again could not have been easy. You had to be committed to a dream, and you had to be tough. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_kDHUMpDScxkFwAfU0EPQmDebaFBmXmC8urHkydjgc9OEeRJgBPEsmTN0yPaKBHhHLgwbdR-bTq1F30kVp2rJVzwoWz0TrvxUAb0PcV47Q933I8EEC8q8Ul1R0_jqjgDpb2WfY8PASk/s1600/IMG_0778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_kDHUMpDScxkFwAfU0EPQmDebaFBmXmC8urHkydjgc9OEeRJgBPEsmTN0yPaKBHhHLgwbdR-bTq1F30kVp2rJVzwoWz0TrvxUAb0PcV47Q933I8EEC8q8Ul1R0_jqjgDpb2WfY8PASk/s320/IMG_0778.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Outside the entrance to the Gun Inn.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">I never got to meet my great-grandfather or my great-grandmother. For that matter, I never met my grandfather, Cornelius Massey. There is somewhat of a generational disconnect in my line of the family. My grandfather (Cornelius), my father (Wright Ford), myself, and my son (Allen)- none of ever met our "Grandpa Masseys." </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;">Perhaps this is what of makes finding out about my ancestors so interesting. My great-grandparents story inspires me. Going back to England this summer, and to Hollingworth was an experience I will never forget. To sit in the pub my great-grandmother's family owned and to walk down Spring Street where my great-grandfather was raised by a single mother brought a sense of connectedness. It was a long trip for me via jet, train, and bus to Hollingworth- but it was a much longer trip for my great-grandparents to America. Today I am so appreciative my parents gave me Wright for a middle name- I am proud of my ancestors.</span></div><div><br /></div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-25109511617794683822013-07-30T20:02:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:46.959-07:00North Dakota Website- Shay Hired!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDulv190h_mkg2DRpciPYnsGf1cIg49CAb3vTiRK2Wv8l9iKoxxoYuedtkXz1_t-6WxhDjEvPnmGrMPpPra7f7oDPU4IMFWs6jQbZnQ0sJ4JSQSUs5Kdfgq6uSGDVC_DnxnEdqk9dZfA/s1600/Shay1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDulv190h_mkg2DRpciPYnsGf1cIg49CAb3vTiRK2Wv8l9iKoxxoYuedtkXz1_t-6WxhDjEvPnmGrMPpPra7f7oDPU4IMFWs6jQbZnQ0sJ4JSQSUs5Kdfgq6uSGDVC_DnxnEdqk9dZfA/s1600/Shay1.jpg" /></a></div>Congratulations to Jason Shay- back in DI. North Dakota website has the following posted....<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><strong>GRAND FORKS, N.D. –</strong> University of North Dakota men’s basketball head coach <a class="biolink" href="http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58563&SPID=6388&ATCLID=751538&DB_OEM_ID=13500" style="color: black; font-family: arial, san-serif; text-decoration: underline;">Brian Jones</a>announced the addition of Jason Shay to round out his coaching staff for the 2013-14 season. Shay replaces <a class="biolink" href="http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58563&SPID=6388&ATCLID=205818355&DB_OEM_ID=13500" id="biolink_1" style="color: black; font-family: arial, san-serif; text-decoration: underline;">Brent Wilson</a>, who was recently named head coach at Sullivan County (N.Y.) Community College.<br />“We are extremely excited to have Jason and his family join ours here at UND,” Jones said. “He is a tireless worker and brings great credentials to our program. We are blessed to have a great staff for the upcoming season that will continue to develop and mentor our players.”<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Shay is a veteran assistant coach at the Division I level and was a high school rival of Jones as both prepped in west-central Illinois before going onto collegiate careers at Iowa and Northern Iowa, respectively.<br />“I have known Jason for a long time and could not be more thrilled to have him join our coaching staff,” Jones added. “He has a great basketball mind and his knowledge and experience will be a nice fit for us as we continue to grow at the Division I level.”<br />Shay spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Northwest Florida State College, helping lead the Raiders to a 62-6 overall mark and back-to-back Panhandle Conference Championships and appearances in the NJCAA Division I National Championship game.<br />“I’m grateful to Coach Jones and very appreciative of Mr. Faison for allowing him to bring me on,” Shay said. “I look forward to the opportunity because this is an exciting time to be a part of this program.<br />“Coach Jones has done a great job since taking over here and he has a team coming back that was in the top three in the Big Sky last season, so I’m excited to come here and try to help us get a conference championship.”<br />His two seasons at the junior college in Niceville, Fla., followed a six-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. During his tenure in Knoxville, the Volunteers advanced to six consecutive NCAA Tournaments, including the program’s first Elite Eight in 2010.<br />Shay’s first Division I assistant coaching gig came at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was first the director of basketball operations for two seasons (2001-03) before being elevated to a full-time assistant prior to the 2003-04 season. The Panthers advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both of his seasons as an assistant coach before the staff moved on to Tennessee for the 2005-06 season.<br />After graduating with a master’s degree from Western Illinois in 1998, Shay spent two seasons as an assistant coach and sports information director at Mercyhurst (Pa.) College. He was a walk-on for the Hawkeyes and Dr. Tom Davis for four seasons and earned his bachelor’s degree from Iowa in health promotion in 1995.<br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-91007236310976915092013-07-30T19:54:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.053-07:00Jason Shay to North Dakota<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkF5BkW4UabwfgqHuc1CLGO-CIHEJUn0Feo9iRf-_RwdXmA2-dLbOHZvVAWQ9vJEK6UCir0VGLU4uOWlZiJmp6x-GKMboHiTpRJRTUiJaa7MWrjSC8f1loZ-P8IJw6XIW_yMdfrXf8ME/s1600/Shay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkF5BkW4UabwfgqHuc1CLGO-CIHEJUn0Feo9iRf-_RwdXmA2-dLbOHZvVAWQ9vJEK6UCir0VGLU4uOWlZiJmp6x-GKMboHiTpRJRTUiJaa7MWrjSC8f1loZ-P8IJw6XIW_yMdfrXf8ME/s200/Shay.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coach Shay working with the<br />Streaks this summer.</td></tr></tbody></table>The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Knoxville News Sentinel has the following report....</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Former University of Tennessee men’s basketball assistant coach Jason Shay was named an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota on Tuesday.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We are extremely excited to have Jason and his family join ours here at UND,” coach Brian Jones said in a school release. “He is a tireless worker and brings great credentials to our program. We are blessed to have a great staff for the upcoming season that will continue to develop and mentor our players.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay was on Bruce Pearl’s staff at UT for six seasons. He was dismissed along with Pearl and fellow assistants Steve Forbes and Tony Jones in March 2011 amid a recruiting violation and cover-up. Forbes, Jones and Shay all received one-year show-cause penalties from the NCAA which expired last August.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach on Forbes’ staff at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Fla. Forbes was hired earlier this month as an assistant at Wichita State.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><a name='more'></a>“I’m grateful to Coach Jones and very appreciative of Mr. Faison (athletic director Brian Faison) for allowing him to bring me on,” Shay said. “I look forward to the opportunity because this is an exciting time to be a part of this program.”<br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay followed Pearl to Knoxville from Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was first the director of basketball operations for two seasons (2001-03) before being elevated to a full-time assistant prior to the 2003-04 season.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay was a high school rival of Brian Jones as both prepped in west-central Illinois before going onto collegiate careers at Iowa and Northern Iowa, respectively.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I have known Jason for a long time and could not be more thrilled to have him join our coaching staff,” Jones said. “He has a great basketball mind and his knowledge and experience will be a nice fit for us as we continue to grow at the Division I level.”</div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-27725479609487067212013-07-13T05:38:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.145-07:00Summer Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5olESf1Duy6JdfW2j4Vq7k04_BQ3-uRc51qJPLzVTJ7IOObCkEPdY6b-YMLSSErlTjP3ygGXnIMkOYGTZrapdA72fwrqYRY4VqS4g0i_gc4jRJUL7-C84NkrhbUYd0q9dnzn-nNZRO0/s1600/Basketball.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5olESf1Duy6JdfW2j4Vq7k04_BQ3-uRc51qJPLzVTJ7IOObCkEPdY6b-YMLSSErlTjP3ygGXnIMkOYGTZrapdA72fwrqYRY4VqS4g0i_gc4jRJUL7-C84NkrhbUYd0q9dnzn-nNZRO0/s200/Basketball.jpeg" width="195" /></a></div>Our summer league wrapped up on July 2. We had 60+ Galesburg girls play in our summer league on 8 different teams.<br /><br />Our number one priority of the summer was to work on the basic fundamentals of defense. Our feeling was our presses and traps the last couple years had become less effective because our players were not familiar with basic movement skills that are learned in man to man defense. While we did not become a great half court mm team this summer, we feel like our players improved in the skills of playing defense. It is our hope we can then become a better pressing team this winter.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The returning varsity players showed a real determination starting in the spring in the weight room, and it carried over into the summer at camp and then in games. The two characteristics which stood out with this group were chemistry and competitiveness. They seem to be a group that genuinely likes playing together. They were all on the same page and supported each other. One of the evidences of the positive chemistry was to watch who the players interacted with and who they did not interact with. Often as a season goes on, you realize you don't see certain kids together. With this group with shooting partners, weight room partners, sitting on the sideline watching a game, sitting together at a restaurant-- it seemed like it was always different players together. A great example of this chemistry was with Haley Kelso after she was injured- she never missed a thing. Even though she could not play, she was at every practice, every game, and every weight session.<br /><br />In terms of competitiveness, this group really does not seem to like losing. It is not that any team probably likes losing, but some groups take it harder than others- this group takes it hard. As a coach this translates into a group which is anxious to take instruction.<br /><br />On the younger levels- junior high and frosh-soph, it is obvious we have some very talented players. Our Purple Team made up of an "all-star" team of 7th and 8th grade players competed successfully vs. frosh-soph team this summer. Our Silver Team made up of freshmen and sophomore players lost very few games while playing in our league, at Salem, and at Purdue. In the Galesburg Summer League, the Silver competed successfully vs. many small school varsity teams. What makes this even more impressive is that we had one freshmen and three sophs playing with the varsity the entire summer. The key with all of these young players is whether they are willing to work over the next several years to improve their skills.<br /><br />On the varsity level, we started the summer with 18 players at our varsity level camp. This number included one freshmen, three sophomores, twelve juniors, and two seniors. While it is exciting to have that many players interested in playing varsity, it is also tough knowing there will have to be cuts if all continue to play. We had the 18 players divided to play on two different teams during our summer league, at Purdue, and at Salem.<br /><br />Our varsity level had ups and downs during the summer. We had some real ups where we showed in our first weekend tourney we could play with some of the better teams in the area, at Salem where we beat some very good teams, at Purdue where we defeated some good teams. We showed some real potential. But then we had some downs. When we lost Haley Kelso at Purdue, we played the top team in the camp and really struggled. When we returned to Galesburg and played without her the last weekend, we lost 3 of 4 games.<br /><br />But sometimes adversity produces positive results. We decided to rotate into the varsity group some of our FS age players who had been so successful this summer. In our last two games we used Kailyn Boydstun and Kaylah Townsell with the varsity group. Both of them gave the varsity group a real boost with their quickness and aggressiveness.<br /><br />So we started the summer with 18 players working out on the varsity level, and we finish the summer with 21 girls. We are excited about the possibilities for the varsity level. With 21 girls competing for positions and playing time on the varsity level, we think it will make us competitive!!Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-9735748439551292842013-07-13T04:56:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.235-07:00Wins Produced<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xQcdIoyivz_SsYk5dxpVxP5tWqdw7UISbOx4O7Fj4cjd9zdnDFdANzNnp6oG_E643TtYJyydyqCZwFZ001rqFPb6Ma9abi5ovZwx9BaFp3YtLUhCiqPgJY1MVKL7dWSc0aZAsEHSwkA/s1600/Butler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xQcdIoyivz_SsYk5dxpVxP5tWqdw7UISbOx4O7Fj4cjd9zdnDFdANzNnp6oG_E643TtYJyydyqCZwFZ001rqFPb6Ma9abi5ovZwx9BaFp3YtLUhCiqPgJY1MVKL7dWSc0aZAsEHSwkA/s1600/Butler.jpg" /></a></div>The following is ranking of players with stat of wins produced...<br /><br /><br /><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br />Advanced statistics have made quite a bit of headway in the basketball world over the past couple of years. However, the general public, NBA pundits, and NBA front offices still tend to fawn over players that score a lot of points, regardless of how efficient they are. Which is why a player like <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anthoca01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Carmelo Anthony</a>, who the advanced stat Wins Produced ranks as the <em>seventh (!!)</em> top producer on his own team, will get plenty of MVP votes this year. So, as an alternative to the traditional NBA awards that will be presented over the coming weeks, we thought we'd reveal The Wins Produced NBA Award Winners, based on the <a href="http://wagesofwins.com/how-to-calculate-wins-produced/" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Wins Produced</a>stats housed on <a href="http://www.thenbageek.com/" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">The NBA Geek</a> website. The envelopes, please.</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">MVP: <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Kevin Durant</a></strong> - 20.6 Wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;">It was a close one, but Durantula edges out The King for the MVP due to his 241 more minutes spent on the hardwood this season.</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br /><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Rookie of the Year: <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/drumman01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Andre Drummond</a></strong> - 7.9 Wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;">Nope - not <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lillada01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Damian Lillard</a>, and not <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/davisan02.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Anthony Davis</a> - the ROY goes to the Pistons' Andre Drummond, whose rebounding, block, and steal numbers were out of this world.<br /> </div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Sixth Man: <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/drumman01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Jimmy Butler</a></strong> - 10.6 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;">The Bulls' super-sub had a breakout sophomore campaign and helped the Derrick Rose-less squad into the playoffs.<br /> </div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">First Team All-NBA<br /><br />Guards</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paulch01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Chris Paul</a></strong> - 16.7 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardeja01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">James Harden</a></strong> - 13.6 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Forwards</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Kevin Durant</a> </strong>- 20.6 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">LeBron James</strong></a> - 20.0 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Center</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/chandty01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Tyson Chandler</strong></a> - 13.2 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br />No huge surprises on the first team, as all five players were All-Stars this season and are widely viewed as elite players.</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Second Team All-NBA<br /><br />Guards</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryst01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen Curry</strong></a> - 11.3 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/conlemi01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Mike Conley</a></strong>- 11.1 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Forwards</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/ibakase01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Serge Ibaka</strong></a> - 11.5 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/farieke01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Kenneth Faried</strong></a> - 10.7 wins</div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Center</strong></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/noahjo01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Joakim Noah</strong></a> - 11.4 wins</div><div style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><br />Curry,Noah and Ibaka probably have a good shot at making it onto one of the real All-NBA teams this year, but the other two really have no hope. But Conley killed it in steals this season, and was above average in pretty much every other category for a point guard. Faried, meanwhile, is a monster on the glass, gets you above average defensive stats (blocks and steals) and is a very efficient scorer.<br /> </div><div style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Third Team All-NBA<br /><br />Guards</strong></div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wadedw01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Dwyane Wade</strong></a> - 10.9 wins</div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/caldejo01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Jose Calderon</strong></a> - 10.5 wins</div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Forwards</strong></div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/drumman01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;">Jimmy Butler</a> </strong>- 10.6 wins</div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kirilan01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Andrei Kirilenko</strong></a> - 10.6 wins</div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Center</strong></div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gasolma01.html" style="color: #db2420; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Marc Gasol</strong></a> - 10.1 wins</div><div style="display: table; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"><br />Wade and Gasol won't raise many eyebrows, but the other three members of The Wins Produced Third Team All-NBA certainly will. There is the aforementioned Butler, who is an efficient scorer and very importantly takes care of the ball (almost half the turnover rate of other small forwards) and doesn't foul (once again, almost half as often as other small forwards). AK47, despite missing significant time this year, crushed the average small forward numbers for rebounding, assists, steals, blocks and shooting efficiency. And Calderon was his usual self, despite the midseason upheaval of being traded twice - his assist and shooting numbers were off the chart, and he took care of the ball.</div></div><div style="display: table; font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; width: 480px;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial;">If you want to know how they figure "wins produced", get your college stats book out and start reading this website..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial;">http://wagesofwins.com/how-to-calculate-wins-produced/</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Chaparral Pro', Georgia, Arial;"><br /></span> </div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-82269517638366183722013-07-13T04:49:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.333-07:00Player Impact Estimate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ShjX0o0ymoGq9TGLv1CyKBXgLzUg-wM29zdc60oueNMfchst2xyTVwQBXNBSiNJdYKz0XD0LF6RUO5W5r1RrWkzzi-8LuuVRGDLAAF9C6LpzpYCxtI3T7IzYhC-nLYHTgo1Jil1MyVY/s1600/Catchings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ShjX0o0ymoGq9TGLv1CyKBXgLzUg-wM29zdc60oueNMfchst2xyTVwQBXNBSiNJdYKz0XD0LF6RUO5W5r1RrWkzzi-8LuuVRGDLAAF9C6LpzpYCxtI3T7IzYhC-nLYHTgo1Jil1MyVY/s320/Catchings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Story on stat used to evaluate NBA and WNBA players....<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: ff-din-web, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br /><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">PIE In the Sky</h1><div class="byline" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Anthony Oliva, WNBA.com</div><div class="body" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><span class="dropcap" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 38px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">T</span>amika Catchings is the reigning WNBA MVP. She's a versatile forward that can score, rebound and distribute the basketball. LeBron James, the 2012 NBA MVP, can claim the very same.<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">And in the past, the comparisons between these two superstars would have stopped there.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">For the 15-plus years that the WNBA has been in existence, drawing parallels between WNBA and NBA players ended up as an exercise in subjectivity. The styles were different. The rules were different. Maybe above all, the<i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">game clocks</i> were different (the NBA plays for 48 minutes and the W goes for 40). So, when you wanted to measure an NBA player against one in the WNBA (or vice-versa), you had to use some imagination. <b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Until now.</b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><a href="http://nba.com/advancedstats" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e75300; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" target="_target">NBA.com/stats</a> has developed a new rating called the Player Impact Estimate, or <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">PIE</strong>, that calculates a player’s impact on each individual game they play. Because the formula accounts for a player’s influence relative to each specific game, it eliminates statistical biases created by league, style of play or even era.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">And now, thanks to PIE, we can make a definitive link between Catchings and James.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">The PIE formula compiles everything a single player does in a game -- points scored, rebounds, blocks, missed free throws etc. -- and weighs that number against the same stats generated by everyone in that same game. For the mathematically-minded, the individual player’s stats are the numerator (top) of this equation and the cumulative stats of everyone in the game are the denominator (bottom). The formula then computes a percent value for each player which gives us, in laymen’s terms, the percentage of positive things attributable to that player in that game. Below is the PIE equation.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><img alt="PIE charts" src="http://www.wnba.com/media/pie-formula-620.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><span class="dropcap" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 38px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">S</span>ince entering the NBA nine years ago, James, who has taken his Miami Heat team to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances, has arguably been the most dominant player in the NBA, just as Catchings has been in the WNBA. But quantifying individual excellence is something that is not easy to do in a team sport such as basketball. The PIE equation, however, does just that. And utilizing this formula to look at the past 10 seasons in both leagues, Catchings and James appear to be virtual matches in terms of overall effectiveness.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Using the PIE formula, NBA.com/stats analyzed every individual season from an NBA or WNBA player since 2001-02 and James and Catchings -- big surprise -- clearly rose above the rest of their contemporaries. That said, not only did Catchings and James lead their leagues with eight seasons ranked in the top 100 of PIE overall apiece, but these two perennial All-Stars have accounted for 16 of the top 79 seasons (20.25 percent) in the NBA and WNBA over the past 10 years.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">So why PIE?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">This statistical measurement is called PIE because the sum of every player in a certain game will add up to 100, thus allowing us to sort these values in a pie chart. See below for two example PIE charts for recent games for both Catchings and LeBron. Also, <b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">click on each image to get a full PIE breakdown of those games.</b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><table style="width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.wnba.com/features/lebron_james_vs_boston_celtics.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e75300; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><img alt="LeBron PIE chart" src="http://www.wnba.com/media/lebron-pie-chart-310.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.wnba.com/features/tamika_catchings_vs_atlanta_dream.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e75300; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><img alt="Tamika PIE chart" src="http://www.wnba.com/media/tamika-pie-chart-310.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Above you will see PIE charts for James' Game 6 performance in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics on June 7 and Catchings' game against the Atlanta Dream on May 27. Click on the images for a complete PIE breakdown.</strong></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><span class="dropcap" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 38px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">I</span>n all of her regular season games in the past 10 years, Catchings’ PIE percentage amounted to 16.63%. By comparison, James checked in with a PIE percentage of 16.32%, or only 0.31% points lower than Catchings’.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Once you remove two outlier seasons -- James’ rookie year as an 18-year-old kid directly out of high school and Catchings’ injury-riddled 2008 campaign -- the difference becomes even more miniscule. Discounting those seasons, Catchings’ PIE percentage jumps to 17.1%, whereas James’ improves to an identical 17.1%.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">The only difference here is in the decimal points. James’ precise total of 17.11903% is ever so slightly ahead of Catchings’ total of 17.06901% -- <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">a mere 0.05002% difference</strong>. To grasp how insignificant that gap is, Catchings’ total would exactly match James’ if she were to have grabbed 20 more defensive rebounds -- for her career. That’s right, Catchings, who has grabbed 2,429 rebounds over her 11-year career, is only 20 rebounds shy from having the exact same mathematical impact on the games she's played in her career as James has for his.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><img alt="PIE averages" src="http://www.wnba.com/media/lebron-catchings-year-chart-600.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Above is a season-by-season look at the PIE averages for Catchings and James. Once again, if you take out James' rookie year and Catchings' injury-riddled season in 2008, they were never more than 4.1% apart in parallel years.</strong></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><span class="dropcap" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 38px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">A</span>nother common theme for Catchings and James -- and one that’s not hard to see -- is that when they step on the court, they are often the best player on it. In 689 regular season games, James had the top PIE rating 375 times, or in 54.4% of his appearances. In Catchings’ 322 regular season games, she was the top PIE player 121 times, or 37.6% of the time. While that number may seem to favor James considerably, it is noteworthy to consider that since the WNBA has only 12 teams -- versus 30 in the NBA -- that means that Catchings was more likely to face one of the league’s truly elite players on a nightly basis, thus skewing the amount of times she earned the top PIE rating.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Translation:</strong> Catchings and James are good. We all already knew this, but now we’re finding out just how good via the PIE ranking. And what makes PIE so noteworthy and telling for a player’s overall worth is that it correlates significantly to winning. The PIE formula generates a R2 value of .9084 which -- to the rest of us that dreaded the math portion of the SAT -- means that if you help your team generate a higher PIE rating than your opponent, then you are more likely than not going to win the game. In fact, when a team leads a game in PIE, they win 93.7% of their games.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">So, with that information in hand, it’s easy to deduce that no players in their respective leagues have helped their teams win more games in the last decade than Catchings and James have respectively. Which is why it is no surprise to see that Catchings has led her team to seven consecutive postseasons and one WNBA Finals, while James has also led his team to seven consecutive playoff appearances (including three NBA Finals) and is now only one win away from his first NBA title.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">Catchings and James may be of different genders playing in different leagues, but PIE gives us the methodology to compare their merits. And no matter how you slice it, they are truly elite. While watching their greatness with your own eyes is the real treat, the proof is in the pudding, er the PIE.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;">All stats are as of June 20, 2012</em></div></div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-14533164889783126882013-06-30T11:57:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.429-07:002003 State Finals<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOD5lJxKtngnA46-xD01cG-mYk7WKcg91KCE1PXyc3s_Cg41m9fQhHVw3LdVKncbYz5IbZpdH6Zi_giOa5iL8q-hvskeWy4IhrXLWDUFhqTOyzycRHuJgCsYXuoONn664mW6XS5VfRhA/s320/2002+State.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOD5lJxKtngnA46-xD01cG-mYk7WKcg91KCE1PXyc3s_Cg41m9fQhHVw3LdVKncbYz5IbZpdH6Zi_giOa5iL8q-hvskeWy4IhrXLWDUFhqTOyzycRHuJgCsYXuoONn664mW6XS5VfRhA/s400/2002+State.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2003 State Finals- <br />Press conference <br />with 6 year old Allen.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-16235021662469317282013-06-30T07:40:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.518-07:00Tony Bennett's Core Values<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5GIoqt8A9Ch_1ynES2deROvGeISCRedfmhqa8s9YElVuQy1Oar_LQZqpMgqPSUa8Glrmqg065xw7wUUiWs4qTA_uKrxxfPfjZrcJCrvWuznRYuANxduXKMPXR-6jVRyK0jJcvhaK3ew/s300/Bennett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5GIoqt8A9Ch_1ynES2deROvGeISCRedfmhqa8s9YElVuQy1Oar_LQZqpMgqPSUa8Glrmqg065xw7wUUiWs4qTA_uKrxxfPfjZrcJCrvWuznRYuANxduXKMPXR-6jVRyK0jJcvhaK3ew/s200/Bennett.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Coach Tony Bennett at the University of Virginia doesn’t believe in having a lot of team rules.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Instead his teams are taught 5 core values that must be constantly demonstrated both on and off the court.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">These same values were used by Coach Bennett’s father, Coach Dick Bennett at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay for over 20 years.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>1. Humility</strong></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong></strong>Knowing who you are – not thinking too highly of yourself but not thinking too little of yourself either.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>2. Passion</strong></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong></strong>Are you hungry to compete and excel and be enthusiastic about the opportunity to do so? Will you be passionate when you don’t feel like it?</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>3. Unity</strong></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong></strong>The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Basketball is a sport in which a team can come together and achieve greatness even without having the greatest individual talents.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>4. Servanthood</strong></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong></strong>Knowing your role and sacrificing as needed to make your teammates and your team better. It’s a key element to unity and greatness.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>5. Thankfulness</strong></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong></strong>Not only involves being grateful when things go well but also being thankful for what you learn during the hard times.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">One of the best things about these core values is that they apply to all teams regardless of age, level, or gender. It’s impossible to live by these values and not become a better person, a better player, and a better teammate int he process.</div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-30392397251925651662013-06-30T07:30:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.610-07:00Culture of Me vs Culture of We<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg1NrzheIgqZdiqlsy8_7QKnNlxgBpdeGjvIXz6QOiOplLTHYROTzP8GbL5OpL5IIL43sq_x0L0BCGtc56vkCDG25lFERZ3o4ZvqMXuhpb9HDEG93_7WjNPdfb5ehm0RIDSiyuS3zda0/s168/basketball_flaming.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg1NrzheIgqZdiqlsy8_7QKnNlxgBpdeGjvIXz6QOiOplLTHYROTzP8GbL5OpL5IIL43sq_x0L0BCGtc56vkCDG25lFERZ3o4ZvqMXuhpb9HDEG93_7WjNPdfb5ehm0RIDSiyuS3zda0/s168/basketball_flaming.gif" /></a></div>After the Chicago Black Hawks won the Stanley Cup, in the championship press conference Jonathon Toews used the word "we" 13 times, and the word "I" 0 times.<br /><br />After the Miami Heat won the NBA title, LeBron James in the post game press conference used the word "we" 0 times and the word "I" 18 times.<br /><br />We reveal so much with our language!!<br />Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-53590290155243381332013-06-30T07:24:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.698-07:00Championship Practices<br /><div style="color: #403b65; font: 27.9px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">CHAMPIONSHIP PRACTICES</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">A</span>BSOLUTE <span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">C</span>ONCENTRATION</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- no lapses of focus, attention to detail, little things matter</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">A</span>UTHENTIC ENTHUSIASM</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- genuine excitement, honest encouragement, real joy</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">R</span>ECEPTIVE TO COACHING</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- nothing is personal, respond to critique, two ears one mouth</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">M</span>ETICULOUS PREPARATION</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- prepared to practice, eat/sleep/study balance, training room on point</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">P</span>OSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- non-verbals scream excellence, visible confidence, police each other</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">E</span>FFORTLESS MOTIVATION</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- team provides energy, player driven, coaches never address</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">T</span>EAMMATES FIRST</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>team B4 me, help the helper, respect is earned and given</div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #403b65; font: 11.1px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica;">C</span>OMPETITIVE FAMILY</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- make each other better, leave it in the tunnel, leave it on the “W”</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">This is from Coach Neighbor's at Washington.</div><div><br /></div>Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027918325911153999.post-88012066143422622362013-06-25T11:45:00.000-07:002013-10-05T02:24:47.790-07:00Purdue Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNiufpc9IhCx-ZINAVYPgMi39VdFyy-kXrMC9KL1HwTmkhEUtd5BFOyz2fghpoTk866tMzjL2HxvIud4hAIKCSdglQw_j_x29syWir62Ac39iueJavYyl0ELifF3R9fHwuLmMHG_ySxs/s1600/Purdue+Black+Knot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNiufpc9IhCx-ZINAVYPgMi39VdFyy-kXrMC9KL1HwTmkhEUtd5BFOyz2fghpoTk866tMzjL2HxvIud4hAIKCSdglQw_j_x29syWir62Ac39iueJavYyl0ELifF3R9fHwuLmMHG_ySxs/s1600/Purdue+Black+Knot.jpg" /></a></div>Our experience at Purdue was a very good experience. All three teams worked hard, regardless if they were winning or losing. In the dorms and away from games, the players worked well and got along well.<br /><br />Purdue camp is the 8th college campus we have taken teams to camps for. Our visits have included- DePaul, Michigan, Western Missouri, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Notre Dame, and now Purdue.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Top and bottom lists for camp experiences....<br /><br />Best Food- 1- Purdue, 2- Carolina, 3- Tennessee<br /><br />Best Dorms- 1- Carolina, 2- Tennessee, 3- Michigan<br /><br />Shortest Walks- 1- Purdue, 2- Tennessee, 3- Notre Dame<br /><br />Best Arenas to Play in- 1. Carolina, 2- Tennessee, 3- Wisconsin<br /><br />Best Hospitality- 1- Michigan, 2- Tennessee, 3- Purdue<br /><br />Best Competition- 1- Carolina, 2- Tennessee, 3- Purdue/ND/Wisc<br /><br /><br />Our Silver (FS) team took 2nd in the JV division, losing twice to an AAU team. They had 11 players on their team and looked good as they pressed and ran.<br /><br />Our Gold (JV) team played in the lower varsity division against some pretty good teams. While they did not win as many games as they would have liked, they kept working the entire time.<br /><br />Our Black (Varsity) team played in the high varsity division, took 3rd in the league play and then 2nd in the tourney. We suffered two losses to a team from Ohio who won the camp championship, and then another loss a team from Indiana with a point guard who has been offered full rides to Purdue and to ND. While we were at full strength we looked pretty good. Unfortunately Haley Kelso injured her hand and missed one game on the first day and then two games on the last day. The group shows three very good qualities....<br /><br />1- They compete- they really don't like to lose.<br /><br />2- They have good chemistry- no cliques, no petty feuds. During games they really support each other but are not afraid to get on each other.<br /><br />3- Offensively they are very unselfish- the ball is definitely not sticky- they pass well and get the ball to the open person.Beny_PadaMuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717003104510633132noreply@blogger.com