A busy weekend
The big decision last week was what basketball event was I going to watch this past weekend. Should I head to Truro to take in the North Pole Hoops East…
New Look…New Season
With a new basketball season about to begin, I thought it was time to get back to updating my blog more regularly. Hopefully I’ll do a better job than I’ve…
Playing at Pace
This post is from an email I sent to colleagues at Basketball New Brunswick following our first CP Atlantic training POD on Sunday October 3, 2010. We had our first…
This is a Bad Trend
Congratulations to the Saint John Atlantics for winning the men’s league championship this past Sunday evening with a 64-52 win over my new team, the All Stars. For those keeping…
Coaching Royalty
I found this great video of Coach K and Bob Knight referenced on Sefu Bernard’s blog so I thought I would post here as well. I love the stories these…
Zone, zone. Everywhere Zone!
For those that played me with over the years you’re well aware of how much I dislike playing zone defense. Consequential as a coach I seldom have my teams play…
Power Rankings
A few days ago Peter Vincent and I decided we would attempt to start a weekly “Power Rankings” of school teams in the province. The concept was quit simple; ask…
This could be ugly
The NBIAA season begins next week, at least for Junior teams, but it seems like we have had no time to properly prepare. Not only are soccer and football keeping…
Salt and Pepper Shakers Strike Again
I’m back from Toronto. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to post while away as we had a very busy itinerary. If we weren’t in meetings or on-court for coaching clinics,…
National Meetings
I’m off to Toronto for the annual CP Head Coaches meetings. Over the next four days we’ll be going over the new 2009-2010 CP curriculum and getting an overview of…