Watching some college basketball yesterday and caught the big BYU win over SDSU lead by BYU guard Jimmer Fredette. When I watched him play, the thing that struck me the most was how composed he always is, he never lets the emotion of the game get to him, he is always in control. When the ESPN analysts talked about Fredette looking for pickup games at the prison to hone his skills back in his hometown, I was intrigued. Here is the ESPN segment that goes into it,
One of the virtues that is undervalued by coaches is mental toughness. I do think it is something that can be developed like any skill. But its harder to develop because in order to be mental tough, you have to be in the position to make mistakes over and over again and then learn from them. It's a painful process, but it's the only way to become stronger.
Wow, all I can say is WOW. But anyone who has coached for any length of time knows that it's a grind. And to think that Coach Jerry Sloan did it for 1 team for 23 years as a head coach, WOW... definitely will be missed, here was his press conference,
If it weren't for 1 Michael Jordan, Sloan probably wins 2 rings in the 90s. Still unbelievable that Sloan never won the Coach of the Year award.
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