Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Difficulty of Managing Playing Time

Great quote from Phil Jackson on managing playing time and keeping the big picture in mind:

"It's just trying to keep everybody prepared to contribute.  Sometimes you can only play a guy a couple of minutes.  They just have to understand that whatever they have to do, to go in there and play is an important part of it.  A coach can always read disappointment on a player's body language.  But this is a team that wants to win and they know to do so they have to be willing to put “me” second to team.  That's an important aspect of it."

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