Chapter 46: Good Luck to You

"Learning the triangle offense was like learning a foreign language; just when we thought we had it down, trouble cropped up again.

Some of us hoped Phil would change his mind and scrap the whole plan.

Now I understand why Doug never changed his mind—the head coaches are all stubborn.

'This is what we're going to do,' Phil told us, 'you have to figure it out on your own.'

Through constant repetition, we did just that.

Players gained more confidence in plugging the holes they found in the defense and stopped blaming themselves.

During the 1989-1990 season, from the end of November to the beginning of January, we racked up a record of 14 wins and 3 losses.

Maybe believing in this system made us winners. Who knows? Who cares?

Anyway, I fell in love with the triangle offense.

Every player on the court got to touch the ball almost every time we had possession, feeling like a part of the offense, whether they shot the ball or not.