I had a high school coach like that. We had a full practice after an ugly loss. It was capped off by placing the ball on one baseline and lining the team up on the other. First person to get the ball gets to go shower and then repeat that scrambling diving drill until only one was left. He was a former pro who never made it in the NBA and played in Europe until he knees were shot. The funny thing is that he was coaching a varsity team for a school that had about 150 kids, K through 12. I was one of ten kids in my graduating class. You made the team by showing up for the first practice. There were no cuts as you could barely field a full squad in any sport. Needless to say we weren't exactly overflowing with talent. He seemed to get that up front as all we did for practices leading up to the start of the season was have us run suicides and punishers (basically double suicides). He had a stop watch and if the whole team didn't meet the criteria, we'd have to repeat the sprints. He'd repeatedly be reprimanded by our principals for cursing during the games. He signed us up to play in a base tournament against grown ass men. He got thrown out for bitching about officiating and the only reason I ever gained his respect is that he tried to forfeit the game, but I told him I wouldn't and I'd finish the game. In my first start, I had like 10 or so rebounds at the half and when I got to the locker room, he grabbed my by the shoulders and slammed me into a locker and said "whatever the fuck you are smoking, I want some." Dude was a complete psychopath.
I guess it's understandable to an extent. He was invited to a Nuggets camp to try out and played against some of the highest non-NBA competition in the world. He became a military spouse and figured he'd help the community by doing what he knows best...only to be stuck with us.
Hopefully Kidd has grown. And by all accounts he has, then again we haven't seen him at the helm of a struggling team this go around.
I guess it's understandable to an extent. He was invited to a Nuggets camp to try out and played against some of the highest non-NBA competition in the world. He became a military spouse and figured he'd help the community by doing what he knows best...only to be stuck with us.
Hopefully Kidd has grown. And by all accounts he has, then again we haven't seen him at the helm of a struggling team this go around.