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Collins, on Knicks coaching change
Posted: March 22, 2012 at 7:36 pm
THE RECENT resurgence of the New York Knicks, winners of five in a row after Wednesday night's 82-79 win over the 76ers, has been directly attributed to the resignation of coach Mike D'Antoni on March 14 and the promotion of assistant Mike Woodson to head coach.
But how can a team, almost two-thirds of a way through a season, immediately become so much better because of a coaching change? The Knicks were wildly inconsistent under D'Antoni this season, having put together a seven-game winning streak to go with two six-game losing streaks, the last of which precipitated the resignation.
Sixers coach Doug Collins has been through midseason coaching changes, both as a coach and as a player. The quick success, he says, isn't so much about X's and O's, but perhaps due mostly to an attitude change by the players.
"In 1977, we went to the NBA Finals and the next year we started 2-4, and our coach was fired," said Collins, speaking of the Sixers and coach Gene Shue, who was replaced by Billy Cunningham. "Then after that, we won 14 out of 15.
"Usually anytime there's a coaching change, the one thing you see [improve] is the intensity. Mike D'Antoni is a very dear friend of mine, and he's a terrific coach. I'm sorry that it didn't work out for him in New York, and Mike Woodson's a really good guy. He's a guy who spent a lot of time in Atlanta and did a hell of a job there, and now is trying to put his fingerprints on it.
"Normally [with a new coach], there's a different excitement, you're not hearing the same voice. Maybe some guys figure they're going to get a chance to play. I think those things factor into a change. Some guys are affected the other way and are sorry to see the coach go. Normally what you see are more intensity, more aggression and passion. For whatever reason, it's probably more psychological more than anything else."
As the saying goes, you can't fire players. So when times get tough and coaches seem to have lost the players and/or the fans, it's usually the coach looking for another job.
"It's the tough part of our business," Collins said. "A coach gets let go when they've lost four or five in a row then the team wins six and it kicks you in the gut. It's the nature of the business. I don't think people realize, as a coach, all the things you go through and you feel. I was just kidding with [Temple coach Fran Dunphy], when you lose, you walk around town with your head down and your eyes down. Hester Prynne had the scarlet A; as a coach you have a scarlet L, for loser. It's just the nature of the business. It's a fraternity where everybody respects each other so much because everybody knows how it is. It's a tough profession."
Coach Doug Collins was looking for his 400th career win against the Knicks, but he'll have to wait. Collins, who has had stints in Chicago, Detroit and Washington, downplayed the significance of the milestone.
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Former Southlake Carroll standout to enter coaching ranks
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By Brent Shirley
Riley Dodge knows a lot about Texas high school football.
As Southlake Carroll's quarterback, Dodge led the Dragons to a Class 5A state championship win against Austin Westlake in 2006.
Now Dodge, after finishing his college career, is returning to his home state to coach.
Dodge has accepted an assistant coaching position at Westlake, the team he beat in '06.
"I have a passion for football and coaching," Dodge said. "I have my whole life."
In an e-mail, Westlake head coach Darren Allman said he hopes to sign Dodge to a contract by the end of the school year, but the deal isn't official yet.
Dodge is finishing his secondary education degree at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La., where he transferred after playing at North Texas for three years.
Dodge grew up around the game. His father, Todd, was Carroll's coach during its historic championship run of four 5A titles in five years, which ended with his son's state title. Todd Dodge became head coach this year at Class 4A Marble Falls, about 50 miles northwest of Austin.
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KEISSER: Ripley long ago found cozy home at LBCC
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Those who have never experienced life on a community college campus have little idea how enriching and comfortable it can be. Just ask Dan Ripley, who stepped on such a campus fresh out of high school and has basically never left.
The former Olympic and world-ranked pole vaulter is being honored Friday when he is inducted into the Long Beach City College Hall of Champions for his 15 years as head coach of the women's track and field program, where he led the Vikings to three state titles (1995, 1996, 1999), two state runner-up finishes, and seven first- or second-place finishes in the Southern California Championships.
The Vikings finished in the top four at the state meet every year from 1990 to 1999.
LBCC's rich history in track was male-heavy for decades before Ripley arrived and jump-started the women's program.
"When I arrived, Ron Allice's office had shelves of trophies lined up around the room from all of his championships," Ripley said of the legendary former Vikings and Long Beach State head coach, now the head track coach at USC. "You got one for finishing in the top three at the Southern California and State meets, and I remember thinking how great it would be to just have one."
By the time his coaching career ended, he had his own trophy stash. But Ripley is savvy enough about coaching and the community college experience to realize there's more to being a coach and teacher than winning, and that the two-year experience
It was for him. His two years at Cypress College launched his athletic career and set him on a path to eventually teach and coach, although at the time he thought it would be at the high school level.
His state title in the pole vault at Cypress earned him a scholarship to San Jose State.
Even while his athletic career as a pole vaulter was taking off, he was already coaching, returning to Cypress as an assistant in 1976.
He's remained on a community college campus ever since, save for one year when he went into private business with a pole vault manufacturer. He became the head coach at Mt. San Antonio College in 1980 for seven years before being hired at Long Beach City College. When he retired from coaching in 2002, he became a full-time professor in the Life Science Department.
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'Sydney FC has been the greatest coaching experience of my life'
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High Lavicka and Karol Kisel with the A-League grand final trophy. Photo: Getty Images
Vitezslav Lavicka is ready for an emotional farewell, writes Michael Cockerill.
Vitezslav Lavicka will say his goodbyes away from the spotlight, and before most of the crowd have settled into their seats for Sydney FC's final, and decisive, game of the season. It will take place perhaps 45 minutes before kick-off, when the players are just getting ready to warm-up and only the most devoted fans are inside Allianz Stadium. Lavicka will do a lap of the stadium, walking around the perimeter fence, chatting to those who are interested, perhaps posing for a photograph or signing an autograph. It is, what he describes as, his ''old-fashioned habit''. To engage the supporters, whether it be with former clubs such as Slovan Liberec or Sparta Prague, or, over the last three seasons, with Sydney FC.
Many coaches would not dream of putting themselves so close to the firing line. Football stadiums are, almost by definition, a refuge for malcontents. Fans are usually passionate, opinionated, and often quite vicious. But Lavicka - a polite, respectful, and patient man - generally manages to disarm them. True enough, one ''supporter'' midway through the low point of this season, charged down to the fence to yell abuse and throw his membership card at the Sky Blues coach. Lavicka barely flinched. Now, as he gets ready for his final appearance in the Allianz Stadium dugout, he has only kind words to say about the supporters. ''The Sydney FC fans, they are great, really great,'' he says. ''For me, it will be emotional when I do my walk around the stadium on Sunday. Usually it is just to say hello, and maybe speak a couple of words. But this time, it will be goodbye. It was the same at Slovan, and Sparta. I always leave part of my heart at the clubs where I work. And for me, Sydney FC has been the greatest coaching experience of my life.''
Anything less than a win in the final match of the regular season against Newcastle Jets and the Sky Blues will miss out on the finals for the second year in a row. After the euphoria of winning the championship in 2010, his first season at the club, Lavicka is in danger of departing with, at best, mixed reviews. Barring a miraculous charge through the finals series, it may be he finishes his time at Moore Park in the red. Whatever the case, the former Czech international will be remembered with kindness, even fondness. There's been no burning of bridges, no trail of destruction in his wake. Lavicka is a nice guy, some might argue too nice for the cesspit of professional sport. But he's won a championship in both his homeland (Slovan Liberec) and in Australia. That's a record to be proud of. Not that he's in the business of self-promotion.
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Low Vitezslav Lavicka shortly after Sydney FC's 4-0 home defeat to Melbourne Heart in December. Photo: Anthony Johnson
Talk to Lavicka about his time with Sydney FC, and he has a habit of deflecting the credit. He talks about the ''great people'' behind the club, and the ''co-operation'' he has enjoyed with members of his coaching staff such as Tony Popovic, Steve Corica and Ian Crook. ''I am a democratic coach, and I like to co-operate with my coaches very closely,'' he says. Most European coaches would never acknowledge they have learnt from the Australian game. Not Lavicka. He readily concedes he is a better coach than when he arrived.
''This was my first overseas experience and many, many people in the Czech Republic ask me to make a comparison,'' he says. ''I always say it is a different style to Europe, there are many different styles in the A-League, and the quality is going up all the time. You see a team like Brisbane Roar, and you can see how the game here is growing up. It is a young league, and of course there are things to improve, but people here should be proud of the A-League. I know I am.''
Despite the roller-coaster ride which has followed the championship season, there has never been a moment when Lavicka has regretted his decision to come to Sydney. It's been hard since his family returned to Prague last year, and that is a factor in the parting of ways. But for Sydney FC's longest-serving coach, the overwhelming impression has been a positive one. Both personally and professionally. In his office, there is a DVD collection of every game. All 88 of them. He can't take them all back to Prague, but one tape will definitely be in his luggage. The grand final win over the Victory in Melbourne. ''This is one of the best moments of my career, it is staying in my mind, in my heart, forever.''
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Prulife Grows Premium By 33%
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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Life Insurance arm of London-based Prudential Plc posted a 33 percent growth in total gross premium last year propelled by a more active and larger sales force and increased sales through brokers.
Pru Life UK's total gross premium income in 2011 was P10.4 billion, up from P7.8 billion in 2010. Of the amount, first-year premiums and single premiums amounted to P8.1 billion, an increase by 26.56 percent from P6.4 billion in the previous year and renewal premiums totaled P2.3 billion.
"Our improved performance was brought about by recruiting more financial advisers and increased productivity. We recruited over 1,000 agents in 2011. Furthermore, there was significant growth in the business brought to us by brokers," Antonio De Rosas, Pru Life UK president and chief executive said.
De Rosa also said Pru Life's new businesses were mostly made up of variable unit-linked insurance policies, accounting for about 94 percent and the remaining balance was made up of traditional policies.
In 2011, De Rosas added that Pru Life's net income also increased by 6.56 percent to P682 million from P640 million in the previous year.
De Rosas attributed the company's continued growth to its aggressive recruitment strategy, training and coaching programs for financial advisers, and the launch of innovative products.
These products are Pru Link Exact Protector, a revamped version of one of Pru Lige UK's bestselling unit-linked or investment-linked products, the PruLink Exact Plus.
"This year, we will be aggressively expanding our agency force," De Rosas said.
The company recruited more than 1,000 agents last year. De Rosas said they want to hire some more this year. To date, Pru Life UK has about 3,000 agents.
"This year we'll have much more than that. We're aggressively requiring agency force," De Rosas said.
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Posted: March 21, 2012 at 6:27 pm
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Komets' assistant battling for next big chance
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Gary Graham can't afford to be shy. Throughout his life as a North Side student, a hockey player, a fireworks salesman, mortgage broker and coach, Graham has always had to sell people on what he could do as opposed to what they thought he couldn't do. And then he always had to keep proving it as he kept trying to climb levels.
Fewer than a dozen hockey players from Indiana have played at the AA or AAA minor league level and even fewer have become successful coaches. Graham missed making it as a player but is convinced he can make it as a coach. All he wants is a chance to convince everyone else.
The 1997 North Side graduate has been the Komets' assistant coach for four seasons, and if he makes it to a head coaching job someday, his story will be legendary because his chances truly started from almost nothing. A defenseman, Graham was a good player by Indiana standards, and managed to play a year-and-a-half of junior hockey before his playing career hit the ceiling.
He understood he was only going to advance so far as a player in part because he didn't start playing until age 12. His playing days had fizzled but not his passion.
``It's funny how you get into coaching,'' he said. ``I was always the guy who was leading, either as captain or as the class president at North Side or owning my own business for 10 years. Coaching seemed a natural to me.''
After coming home and going to Ball State, he started coaching the Snider club team and led the Panthers to the Class AA state title game. The next year they won the city championship.
Then Graham worked as an assistant coach with a junior team in Indianapolis that finished one win a way from advancing to the national tournament. Following that, Graham returned to North Side where he coached the Redskins' club team, taking a squad that finished last the previous season to the city title.
While working in his fireworks business during the off-season, Graham became friends with Komets defenseman Guy Dupuis. During his part-time job, Dupuis would sell Graham advertising signs and talk about hockey.
``Guy knew my passion for coaching, and one day after they won the triple overtime game against Port Huron (in 2008), I told him I really needed to take this to the next level,'' Graham said. ``Because I didn't have a playing career, I knew I had to have somebody help get me into it. I asked Guy, `What do you think about getting me in front of Al Sims?' He said he could do that.''
Graham figured if he was lucky, he might get a few drills he could use from Sims or a chance to observe training camp. The Komets coach, Dupuis and Graham met one summer night on Chipoltle's patio, with Sims quizzing Graham on hockey philosophy and systems. Sims sensed Graham's passion right away.
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Borree takes over Gremlins
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HOUGHTON - Karl Borree has been chosen to take over Houghton High School's varsity football head coaching position.
His hiring was confirmed by the Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board of Education Monday.
"I've really loved football my whole life, and being up here, I was just waiting for the right opportunity where I thought I could help," he said.
That love of football is something that has carried Borree through a playing career at Northern Michigan University and coaching in several stops, including at Michigan Tech, where he was an assistant under Bernie Anderson from 1992-2001.
Borree, a specifications coordinator at Horner Sports Flooring in Dollar Bay, also served the last two seasons as an assistant coach in Hancock's program.
Transferring that love of the game into the Gremlin program is a priority for Borree as he establishes his mark.
"I always had a lot of fun playing football and I have fun coaching it, and I think it's important for the players to have fun," he said.
Borree takes over for Marc Sanko, a Michigan Tech student who was head coach for one season before leaving the area for graduate school. He is the fourth HHS coach in the last five seasons.
It's still nearly five months until fall practices kick off in August, so Borree said talk of tactics will wait until he has a better handle on his team's strengths and weaknesses and can reinforce the fundamentals.
"Especially in high school, you try to fit your offense and your defense to your personnel as best you can," he said.
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