I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.
The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.
Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.
If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until the second half. To play defense and not foul is an art that must be mastered if you are going to be successful.