Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbachwas an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, he won 938 games and nine National Basketball Associationchampionships in ten years. As general manager and team president of the Celtics, he won an additional seven NBA titles, for a grand total of 16 in a span of 29...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 September 1917
CountryUnited States of America
He has the players too happy.
I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.
And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.
Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.
When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years;
If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.
Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.
You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.
You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You don't have to do that. They know you're in charge.
It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.
You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Most of your great coaches do some teaching and developing of players. Phil may be able to do it, but he hasn't shown it. His teams have been ready-made.