rank the coaches!

Hooper did a great job ranking the Major Atom teams. Does anyone have insight on the abilities and accomplishments of the coaches?

Coach Claude from Vaughan is an amazing coach. He has had his group of boys (that are major atom now) running plays/sets and playing fundamental team basketball since they were grade 3's and 4's in Novice a few years back.

Coach of IEM as well, has his boys produce better results then the actual talent then have.

When you face Coach Claude he is serious about the game he does not joke. He expects his players to play at their best everygame and they deliver for him.
Another great coach in this age group is Coach Devon from YAAACE, what he pulls out from the players he has year after year is amazing. He has had to start almost from scratch every year for the last three years and his team is always ranked in the top teams. His team is disciplined and they work as a unit on the court. I am excited to see how the team does this year.
BJCC and Guelph also have very good coaches and their teams are also fierce competitors on the court.

Thanks for the replies. Keep them coming! It's very hard to find good coaches. There's nothing worse than paying $600 plus to play on a rep team and then finding out the coach has no clue about player development or running a team.

I've seen coach Claude in action and he looks like the kind of coach that will help kids reach the next level or two!

I agree with you Steve 100% about putting coach in place that has no idea in player development. But is that the coach fault or the organizations. Just look at Brampton this year. Players left to go to other teams because they were not happy with the coaching they got last years and did not have the confidence in the coach they put in place for the A team this year. But we have to thank Brampton because they sure made alot of other teams better so that we can try to beat Vaughan this year.
5 players went to Mississauga, 1 to Vaughan, 1 to Yaaace, 1 to Toronto Triple Threat & 2 are playing down on the B team..
All player that played on Brampton A team last year.

Mad Parent; I'm one of those parent that took my kid out of brampton this year because I didnt like the coaching. I agree with you totally. Great post.

I am truly disappointed about the outcome of the situation with the Brampton Atom #1 team from last year.. They were a group of truly talented boys, who enjoyed playing with each other and who had tons of potential. However I do have to agree with Mad Parent when they said, that alot of teams are now better with the addition of these Brampton players. I wish all the ex Brampton Warriors, who now have different homes around the GTA, all the best. Kick ass on the court this season and show them what Brampton got ( I mean had )

I have to agree with the arguments for Coach Claude.. I honestly believe he is the only coach in this age group that really understands the game.... I do believe however, that coaching was a key element in Vaughan's success . In my opinion, his coaching abilities, far outweighs the talent he has on his team( at least lat year )
It would be interesting too see what would happen if there was another coach with his abilities with really skilled , talented players
Do you think Vaughan would come on Top ???
My point is ... We need to see more coaches like Claude period .. It is a shame that I can only give my praise to one.

I have to agree. Coach Claude brings the best out of his players, knows ther strengths, utilizes them and finally gels them together into a team that has shown why they can continuously achieve success.

Taking this a step further, how about the caoches and managers that have underserving sons/daughters on their teams. What a horror story!

underserving? lol

Anavidfan...very bold statement that coach claude "is the only coach in this age group that really understands the game"

I agree he is a very knowledgeable coach and you can see that he is very passionate about the game but there are still several good coaches in this age group.

They don't get recognized as much as they should because they don't have the same amount of talent as Vaughan.

[quote="anavidfan"]I have to agree with the arguments for Coach Claude.. I honestly believe he is the only coach in this age group that really understands the game.... I do believe however, that coaching was a key element in Vaughan's success . In my opinion, his coaching abilities, far outweighs the talent he has on his team( at least lat year )
It would be interesting too see what would happen if there was another coach with his abilities with really skilled , talented players
Do you think Vaughan would come on Top ???
My point is ... We need to see more coaches like Claude period .. It is a shame that I can only give my praise to one.[/quote]






Anavidfan - What makes you HONESTLY BELIEVE that coach claude is the only able coach in this age group ?

Hooper and loveball.....
There are specifc reasons why I have ranked Claude on the level that I did and why I don"t have alot of faith in the coaching abilites at this level
...First of all - situational basketball is different than fundamental skill training- for example, alot of these coaches can teach you to keep your elbow in and follow through on your free thow, but cannot teach you what to do , when there is 10seconds left on the clock and your down by 3- what do you actually do at that moment ? What Play does the coach call then ? Do you have to go for a three ? or can you penetrate, get fouled , go to the line, stop the clock, hit 2 free throws and leave 8 seconds on the clock and get back and play Defense....
Once again , There is a big difference between situational in-game coaching and fundemental skill training

Another example of what Claude does that alot of other coaches don't is that he accesses what a player does best, and defines a role for them on his team ... and alot of times that is the key to success!
Case in point, not every player can be a point guard and not ever player is going to be a good shooter, but every player can have a role to help their team win and it is the coaches job to define that role and make sure every player knows what their role is.

You have no idea what your talking about lol.. I am not even going to argue.