I guess the best way to explain MY reasoning is to use an example of Pee Wee Basketball. I coached at my Community Center in Germany. My favorite group were my 6yr olds. I remember showing up at our first game, and just like we were in a Disney movie of the lil kids vs. the GIANTS (Little Giants comes to mind) my kids were like Tatoo (Fantasy Island) vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar!!! I had to trust my "planning" and "execution."

Suffice it to say, while EVERY SINGLE TEAM WE PLAYED played "kill the carrier", my kids kept their spacing, passed to each other and shot better than everyone else. After EVERY SINGLE GAME, the Coach AND PARENTS would ask what I did.

#1: I literally cut up EVERY #23 jersey, at every age group!!! I told everyone they can "be like Mike" all they wanted when they played their dads, but they couldn't "be like Mike" on my teams. I didn't want Superstars, I wanted TEAM players.

#2: I told them to give me 30 minutes of hard work doing drills only, then I'd give them 10 minutes of free time and the last 5 minutes "everybody against the Coach!"

My point is, NOT ONE TEAM executed plays that whole season. I had 5!!! They had teams full of 6yr old supersnots, faster and taller than my kids, but they didn't know the first thing about basketball other than dribble-dribble-dribble and shoot; and SWARM my ball handlers. Pathetic, even for kids!

My kids ran circles around everyone, even when some Coach decided to raise the goal from 8ft to 10ft because my kids were too good!?! Same crap we do in MF!?! Can't beat it, ban it!!! <<<---Loose cannon comments.

Short answer is, I'll take a well, executed plan with the Budweiser horses than no plan with Arabians!!!