What it takes to be a good coach

[Reber, Steven Edwin (Steve)]

I agree with the thread that Corie would be a good coach, if that is what he wants to do.   Magic Johnson was never a good coach, in baseball the good coaches are usually second basemen and catchers, effort positions.  There are people with inborn natural abilities that everything comes easy to, this is a disadvantage if you want to teach it to someone else.  The guys who had to struggle and get every extra advantage and trick to survive make good coaches.  Hopefully you recruit the best players you can, but if you can then impart the tricks and strategies (including just plain hard work on every play) that mediocre players use to compete in the same arena then you have something.  The impressive thing about Michael Jordan is that after winning two scoring titles, he worked his ass off all summer to improve his defense.  I think Corie's fifth year, and the shot block, leading to fast break, putback the missed layup, deny inbounds pass on the press, and when the press was bea!
 ten he was under the basket again to knock the last pass out of bounds and deny the layup sequence is what earned him a chance in the NBA.  His hard work and superior attitude kept him there.  
If someday Shaquille O'Neil was a recruiter, could he say "I can teach you how to make it in the NBA."  No, unless it is be born big and athletic.  Corie has demonstrated the recipie for taking a guy who MIGHT make it in the league and turning him into a long term player.  And if the money he might make coaching affects him at all, he has done some very poor financial planning. 
Steve in Columbus