I have written in the past about one of today’s inductee’s and how much he deserved to be honored. Jerry Tarkanian and I were roommates in college, so I have a special spot in my heart for him. I was his assistant for a year at Riverside City College. We were 37-0 and won the [...]
In a highly contested seven-game series, the NBA Finals are over. I know this because it is almost the 4th of July. The Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs left it all on the court. The Heat has earned the title of “World Champion.” The Heat’s Lebron James was clearly the MVP of the [...]
The NBA Finals will be rapidly coming to a close this week. The San Antonio Spurs are up 3-2 on the Miami Heat with two games to play in Miami. I don’t know what the odds are in Las Vegas as the eventual winner, but even though Miami is down in the series I’ll bet [...]
In my previous blog post on Home Court Advantage (HCA) I asked you to consider a possible theory I have as to the source. I did not tell you what you might do to mitigate the HCA. I will give you something in that regard, momentarily. The first thing I want you to clearly get [...]
The NBA Finals began last night at the home of the World Champion Miami Heat. The words “Home Court Advantage” (HCA) will be heard often over the next couple of weeks. The San Antonio Spurs erased Miami’s advantage with a solid 92-88 win. The stat guys will tell you that the HCA is worth a [...]
Adventures at CAL Todd Team Coaching has done a lot of work at the University of California(UC), Berkeley. Women’s and Men’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Women’s Swimming, Softball, and Gymnastics teams have all participated in our Building A Championship Team process. In addition we have worked with all of those coaching staffs in our Coaching Excellence [...]
There's A "Shark" In The Water This week my college roommate, Jerry Tarkanian, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. I say, totally deserved and about time. I have never much cared for the “Shark” nickname. I can look at it this way ... perhaps in the same vein as “pool shark.” [...]
There has been a big flap lately around the firing of Mike Price, Head Basketball Coach at Rutgers University and the subsequent firing of the Athletic Director. Even the President of the University came into question. I am not questioning the firing at all. I do question the “surprise and shock” going on around what [...]
I have never thought of myself being resistant to change. However, I must consider it given my reaction to the current view I have to the games of March Madness, 2013. As they have done before in other sports, the media has changed the face of collegiate basketball. And, not for the better. It is [...]
I know it is the time of year for conjecture about the “Road to the Final Four” and who should be on it. However, at some point, maybe we need to “chill” and see how the current system plays out. After all, changing just to be changing doesn’t work and never did. I am definitely [...]