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Coach Rana is one of my best friends since HS. He used to run the night gym basketball games when we were 15. Everyone was mostly in their 20s and games got real rough but it was never a problem the older guys respected him. After uni he went on to coach cw jeffries hs to success then eastern commerce. Then took ryerson right up to elite overnight. Hes had great success coaching the world team vs the us at the nike hoops summit for several years and won the first ever gold medal in canadas history of international ball. And hes a great guy!
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I think there's a huge difference between coaching a pro team where it's about incremental, long-term improvement and consistency; vs. these intense international tournaments where you've got to come together really quickly, come up with a gameplan against teams you've rarely played against with players who have rarely played together, while every game has near must-win stakes. Rana's success with the junior men's teams in this type of tournament (often with players who are on the senior men's team now) makes him the best choice for leading the senior team at the worlds.
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octothorp wrote: View PostI think there's a huge difference between coaching a pro team where it's about incremental, long-term improvement and consistency; vs. these intense international tournaments where you've got to come together really quickly, come up with a gameplan against teams you've rarely played against with players who have rarely played together, while every game has near must-win stakes. Rana's success with the junior men's teams in this type of tournament (often with players who are on the senior men's team now) makes him the best choice for leading the senior team at the worlds.
This is something which new president Glen Grunwald will have to manage and promise players who always showed up, a place on the roster in world cup & olympics over star players who don't bother to show up until a major tournament is announced.
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octothorp wrote: View PostYeah, I'm strongly in favour of Ejim and maybe Heslip making the WC team because they're both really solid international players and have been there for Canada on every step of this.
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Hotshot wrote: View PostThe thing is with coaching the Canadian team is that you need to have at least 30+ players be willing participants & on call because you will never have the luxury of the best 12-16 Canadians suiting up, especially in tournaments during the season where NBA players and Euroleague players will not participate. Therefore you need to give the bottom 30 players incentives to show up and give them minutes and accolades even when you have better players ready to show up.
This is something which new president Glen Grunwald will have to manage and promise players who always showed up, a place on the roster in world cup & olympics over star players who don't bother to show up until a major tournament is announced.
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octothorp wrote: View PostYeah, I'm strongly in favour of Ejim and maybe Heslip making the WC team because they're both really solid international players and have been there for Canada on every step of this.
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that 2015 Fiba America's team only had CoJo, Wiggins, Stauskas, Olynyk, and Powell as NBA players (+plus Bennett, Sacre and Nicholson) and that team steamrolled the competition during group games (+135 over 7 games), and should've qualified had it not been that stupid Venezuela game. You don't need a full team of NBA players to be competitive.
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jerome wrote: View Postthat 2015 Fiba America's team only had CoJo, Wiggins, Stauskas, Olynyk, and Powell as NBA players (+plus Bennett, Sacre and Nicholson) and that team steamrolled the competition during group games (+135 over 7 games), and should've qualified had it not been that stupid Venezuela game. You don't need a full team of NBA players to be competitive.
The team that lost to Venezuela however were very young & inexperienced bunch and faced strong physical pressure that eventually wore them down. Young inexperience guys tend not to do well in playoffs like atmosphere until they experience it for a couple of years and mature. You take the same group of guys today and they would win.
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jerome wrote: View Postthat 2015 Fiba America's team only had CoJo, Wiggins, Stauskas, Olynyk, and Powell as NBA players (+plus Bennett, Sacre and Nicholson) and that team steamrolled the competition during group games (+135 over 7 games), and should've qualified had it not been that stupid Venezuela game. You don't need a full team of NBA players to be competitive.
can play shut down defense when needed .
If Wiggins thinks we just need him cause of his name just stay home . If you come you have to commit to team ball and team defense .
Olynyk , Tristian Thompson Powell Cojo and Murray ... Will give you muscle and the defense required ... I do think we missed Thomspon's muscle against Venezuela ... Heslip for his commitment to the programs has an automatic spot I think ..
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jerome wrote: View PostSo is Nash still affiliated with the national team anymore?
Steve Nash if needed should suit up in a must win game senerio ... He is still Canada best PG and he is retired ..
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