before taking his next job, whenever that is. Better late than never, I guess. Hornets probably aren't going to make the playoffs this year, and I particularly liked the following comments from Coach Clifford, sounds like a stand-up guy who is pretty easy to respect.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article195339604.html
NBA players and coaches have lives and careers most anyone would envy: Lucrative salaries, charter-flight travel, and five-star hotels. Getting ripped by fans just comes with the deal, according to Hornets coach Steve Clifford.
When Clifford first decided to make coaching his profession, his father, an accomplished high-school coach in New England, explained the reality of public scrutiny, even at the preps level.
“He said to me, ‘If you need every day for people to tell you you’re doing a good job, or you need affirmation, don’t coach,’” Clifford recalled.
“With your job, there’s probably 90 percent you enjoy, and 10 percent you don’t like. To me, that’s just the way the world works. Look at my job: chartered planes, coaching great players, you’re in these arenas, a great office. So with talk radio and media, people are going to second-guess you. If that’s the worst thing that happens to you every day? Come on.
“You can either be petty about it and say, ‘How is Pete from Raleigh questioning my coaching ability?’ Or you can say that’s part of being a coach in the NBA.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article195339604.html
NBA players and coaches have lives and careers most anyone would envy: Lucrative salaries, charter-flight travel, and five-star hotels. Getting ripped by fans just comes with the deal, according to Hornets coach Steve Clifford.
When Clifford first decided to make coaching his profession, his father, an accomplished high-school coach in New England, explained the reality of public scrutiny, even at the preps level.
“He said to me, ‘If you need every day for people to tell you you’re doing a good job, or you need affirmation, don’t coach,’” Clifford recalled.
“With your job, there’s probably 90 percent you enjoy, and 10 percent you don’t like. To me, that’s just the way the world works. Look at my job: chartered planes, coaching great players, you’re in these arenas, a great office. So with talk radio and media, people are going to second-guess you. If that’s the worst thing that happens to you every day? Come on.
“You can either be petty about it and say, ‘How is Pete from Raleigh questioning my coaching ability?’ Or you can say that’s part of being a coach in the NBA.”
