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You are absolutely right about ERs coach's evaluation of the strengths of weaknesses of the opposing team and playing his team accordingly. He did an excellent job of that against JC and Belfry and that is what every coach hopes to do for his team.

You can bet today, with his knowledge of the game, he is the one who feels he could have done something differently to win the last game against Belfry. It was a very close 3rd game and the win could have been theirs. So is he going to pass the buck to the players on the floor, no, I think not. But hey, it was Belfry. They played a great game. In high school if a team wins, it's the players who win, if they lose, it's the coaches who lose because they have failed to teach them what is necessary to win, considering an equal playing field of course. If a player's skills needs improvement, it is up to the coach to recognize this and for the betterment of the team give that player direction on how to improve his/her performance.

Anyone care to share stories about how their coach has helped them? Perhaps it could be started on a different thread.