Two Thoughts From Indiana Coach Tom Crean

Players will always say they got "shots up" but we are curious to know that they put "shots in". It is important that quality exceeds

One thing to ask yourself after a workout. Did you put "work" into the workout or just work to get "out"? There is a big difference.

Tom Crean Notes

General Philosophy

1. Passion is critical to success

2. Be honest with yourself

3. Analyze what goes right as well as what goes wrong

4. Learn from the good and bad

Assistant Coaches

1. Have ones that want to be head coaches

2. Make your boss Coach of the Year

3. Everything you do leads you to be a head coach-make your boss become better (take problems away from him)

Teach Your Players

1. Unselfishness

2. Giving

3. To be a great teammate

4. Camaraderie

Championship Teams

1. Execute under pressure on both ends

2. Find a way to get the most easy basketbs (off reb, turnovers, fastbreaks)

-Everyone knows who takes the bad shots, who won't pass, etc... but most selfish act is not running back on defense every trip

-All practices test how you play through fatigue

-Crean feels that in the 40 minute college game: 35 + deflections a game + 42% field goal % = 85-90% win percentage

Tom Crean Notes

Here are some clinic notes from Indiana head coach Tom Crean:

*Need to commit to player development. Developing skills is the most important thing a coach can do.

*"Just Coach the Team" - sign on his office wall.

*Assistant Coaches- Must be known for something: recruiting, scheduling, offense, defense, etc.

*Study leadership/football coaches/ Frank Beamer VA Tech special teams.

*Frank Beamer owns special teams and they are the best in the country. How do you score in all different situations? You must have a plan.

*Van Gundy- studied last 5 minutes of every game. Breaks down film to help his coaching.

*Cannot pick and choose ownership- will gett you beat!

-Can't pick what is passionate to them

-Assign roles, but everybody must be involved

-Agendas=jealousy and disloyal coaches

*If you are gone, you must re-connect with staff and players- keep in touch.

*Anything that happens in an organization comes back to the leadership of the organization- late to class, in the cafe, always treat people the right way.

*Dwayne Wade (Crean's former player at Marquette) shot cart- charted stretch of 15 shots where he could have used the backboard over 5 games. Shooting % whent up when he learned to use backboard.

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