https://twitter.com/mzenitz/status/1465058106791153668?s=20
> Long before Russell Westbrook was benched down the stretch of Wednesday's 111-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel was given assurances that the organization would support him in taking a hard line while coaching the star, sources told ESPN.
> Over the past week and a half, Lakers management has told the coaching staff to coach Westbrook as they see fit, even if that means pulling him from a game, as Vogel did for the final 3 minutes, 52 seconds of the fourth quarter against Indiana, sources told ESPN.
On Westbrook's defense in the last game, which was reportedly the "final straw":
> Apart from his offensive struggles, Westbrook failed to execute on the defensive end. The final straw, pushing the staff to honor their instinct to bench him, was when Caris LeVert blew by Westbrook on defense for a layup with 7 minutes, 13 seconds remaining.
> The coaching staff had repeatedly emphasized the scouting report to take away LeVert's right hand, and Westbrook, guarding LeVert at the top of the key one-on-one, didn't angle himself properly to thwart the drive and allowed LeVert easy access to the paint en route to the hoop.
On the reaction to benching from LeBron:
> Indeed, even LeBron James danced around the subject of Westbrook's benching, perhaps not wanting to draw further attention to the indignity for the former league MVP.
> "Would you think that would bother Russ not being in a late game?" he said, answering a reporter's question with a question, rather than giving a straight answer.
> James was left to speak on Westbrook because the 14-year veteran -- who exited the court with 8.4 seconds remaining on the clock -- departed from the arena without speaking to reporters.
> Westbrook also had already vacated the locker room by the time his teammates were finished showering, sources said, forgoing any postgame discussion with the team
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33106148/los-angeles-lakers-star-russell-westbrook-benched-late-loss-coach-frank-vogel-had-green-light-sources-say
Source: https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1484048933210910728
Tweet: LeBron James says “there is no blame” for how the Lakers coaching staff has impacted L.A.’s recent stretch.
Well, at least he's not trying to throw Vogel under the bus. This team blows.
Ralf Rangnick's Pre Match Press Conference - United v Aston Villa - FA Cup 3rd Round - Monday 10th January
Interesting Note: Rangnick was 36 minutes late to press conference. This Was apparently because he wanted to get changed after being caught in the Manchester rain.
https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/1479454652303384583?s=20
Laurie Whitwell:
https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479455609108021249?s=20
Rangnick on players taking on instructions: "They are at least trying. I am sure they are listening. I think we showed in the last games that they're trying to follow the advice we give. We conceded less goals than before. But it is about balance between offence + defence." #MUFC
https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479455996288323594?s=20
Rangnick: "We have players' contracts expiring in summer, one or two wanting to leave, it's about the player dealing with that in a professional way. Every player has opportunity to show up in training. If I realise this is not the case I'll address with players directly." #MUFC
https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479456688524697603?s=20
Rangnick on dissatisfied fringe players: "This is not only an issue with a club like Manchester United. When you have a big squad, in our case 12, 13, 14 who don't even play. Those players are not happy, that is obvious."
https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479459743408214017?s=20
Rangnick: "I tend to explain to players every two, three weeks why they are not playing. Obviously I cannot do that every game. That is an issue in our team as well as other clubs." #MUFC
https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479459862207770631?s=20
Rangnick on midfield additions in January: "It doesn't help (now) if there is a profile missing, we need to work with players we have. We had too many turnovers, we shouldn't make it easy for the other team. It's about responsible decision-making at the right moment." #MUFC
[https://twitter.com/lauriewhitwell/status/1479462149252689920?s=20](https://twitter.
... keep reading on reddit ➡I was shocked to discover russ won dpoy in his ncaa college conference when he's always been poor in the league defensively. The main issue with russ is off ball defense and he consistently overhelps but I don't understand how someone with so much defensive upside was never allowed or asked to further improve on that role.
Texas is required to post open jobs to the public before the position is filled. This is the role designed specifically for Patterson. https://twitter.com/skaggsob/status/1480357872861167617?s=21
In 2006, K-State was descending into the Ron Prince years. Despite his own many, many shortcomings, assembling a coaching staff was not one of the, Notable names included on this first staff included:
James Franklin - OC Raheem Morris - DC Grad assistants Scott Frost and Ricky Rahne have both also been FBS coaches with some degrees of success.
KSU went 7-6 that season with a loss to Rutgers in the Texas Bowl, which surprisingly enough for today’s readers, actually wasn’t the worst loss of the season. Nevertheless, this was as good as it got for Ron Prince and he was shown the door after the 2008 season, or when the power towel incident became too embarrassing.
This definitely got me thinking, everyone can name stacked coaching staffs on good/great teams, but when has there been a better staff under a worse head coach of bad team?
Tweet: https://twitter.com/cfbheather/status/1467224652384808962?s=21
Seems like Marcus Freeman was the best choice for the sake of ND’s playoff chances
Name (2015 Role) - Current School Current Position
Nick Saban (HC) - Alabama HC
Lane Kiffin (OC/QB) - Ole Miss HC
Kirby Smart (DC/ILB) - Georgia HC
Mario Cristobal (OL) - Miami HC
Billy Napier (WR) - Florida HC
Dan Lanning (GA) - Oregon HC
Mel Tucker (AHC/DB) - Michigan State HC
https://twitter.com/brucefeldmancfb/status/1468040707143135235?s=21
https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/rugby/xv-de-france/stade-toulousain-antoine-dupont-positif-au-covid-20220120?s=09
https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-name-2022-coaching-staff-5db7319aab30
https://twitter.com/mikemayer22/status/1484576832557101056
Mets announce their 2022 coaching staff:
Manager: Buck Showalter
Bench coach: Glenn Sherlock
Pitching coach: Jeremy Hefner
Hitting coach: Eric Chavez
Assist hitting coach: Jeremy Barnes
First base coach: Wayne Kirby
Third base coach: Joey Cora
Bullpen coach: Craig Bjornson
