Marty Mac's World: Only certainty is Kings must choose wisely

[Bricklayer]

Well, its not just that. Its also that the NBAers are basically sitting at the absolute pinnacle of their profession, and know it. Many many alpha male types, or at least wannabes. And that doesn't mean that a woman can't have those traits, but for the NBA player it is backed up by...well, just about everything. While the women players are still struggling to establish their sport, fill the stands etc., guys in the NBA are paid dozens of times more than the President, and are practically worshipped in some circles. Nor is there any "higher" level of the sport. And so when a relative amateur stumbles into their waters, it is NOT the same thing as the same coach stumbling into the WNBA. Not remotely. The NBAers assume, perhaps rightly, perhaps wrongly, that they are the elite, that they have all the answers, and that nobody who hasn't walked a mile in their shoes knows the sport any better than they do, let alone has earned the right to tell them to do it differently. The WNBAers assume some of those same things, but there are still people they look up to in the sport. Still a level above them. For the NBAers there's NOBODY to look up to who isn't already in the NBA. Let alone some guy with AAU, IBL and WNBA credits to his name.

 

[BigWaxer]

Brick you said exactly what I was thinking... No knock on the WNBA I don't watch it for a reason and thats all outlined in your post between the differences in the leagues.

 

[slugking50]

Well, its not just that. Its also that the NBAers are basically sitting at the absolute pinnacle of their profession, and know it. Many many alpha male types, or at least wannabes. And that doesn't mean that a woman can't have those traits, but for the NBA player it is backed up by...well, just about everything. While the women players are still struggling to establish their sport, fill the stands etc., guys in the NBA are paid dozens of times more than the President, and are practically worshipped in some circles. Nor is there any "higher" level of the sport. And so when a relative amateur stumbles into their waters, it is NOT the same thing as the same coach stumbling into the WNBA. Not remotely. The NBAers assume, perhaps rightly, perhaps wrongly, that they are the elite, that they have all the answers, and that nobody who hasn't walked a mile in their shoes knows the sport any better than they do, let alone has earned the right to tell them to do it differently. The WNBAers assume some of those same things, but there are still people they look up to in the sport. Still a level above them. For the NBAers there's NOBODY to look up to who isn't already in the NBA. Let alone some guy with AAU, IBL and WNBA credits to his name.

Ok I can see that point to a degree.

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i don't know why people feel like disputing the differences between men's and women's basketball. set aside the differences in the level of play and there are still fundamental differences between men and women that exist regardless of the profession. this isn't a political issue. men and women are different. fact. therefore, coaching men and coaching women is different. fact.

end of story.

Well thats a tad obvious. Next your going to say men are generally speaking quicker, faster, stronger, and taller.

Are there other differences too? <----

 

[Padrino]

Well thats a tad obvious. Next your going to say men are generally speaking quicker, faster, stronger, and taller.

Are there other differences too? <----

eh...physical differences don't really concern me that much as far as the game of basketball is concerned. it certainly contributes to the way the game is played, but both leagues are chock full of players who understand basketball, have been surrounded by it for the majority of thir lives, and don't really need to be "coached" so much as given a game plan. the psychological differences are the ones that i was referring to, primarily.

and sometimes its the most obvious things that people miss. the reason this argument was being made in the first place was because many people seem to think that the transition from coaching wnba players to nba players wouldn't be as difficult as it really is. i mentioned the fundamental reasons for the difficulty of this transition, and brick then went on to elaborate on the more intricate differences between the two leagues and their players. i think we've fairly established that coaching wnba players and nba players are two different and distinct jobs, so i have nothing more to add to this discussion.

 

[kingkung]

what about coaching bunnies?