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What was met with general disdain around the blogosphere I found intriguing and possible. Natalie, where are you to help me out on this one? This seems like a matter that requires more than just a link and a blurb!
Anyways… Detroit Pistons head coach Flip Saunders, speaking about Rasheed Wallace, mentioned that he could see Sheed becoming an NBA coach some day.
On the surface, the disdain given such a statement is warranted. When one thinks of Wallace, one thinks of a hot temper and technical fouls. Not exactly conducive to player development, strategy, and all the facets of head coaching.
However, if your own coach gives the endorsement and your teammates refer to you as Coach Wallace, then perhaps something is being overlooked. Coaches get technicals too, and those often serve to pump up the team. Motivationally speaking, one Coach Wallace technical is worth at least five technicals from any other NBA head coach.
On the basketball side of things, it makes total sense as well. A few weeks back, I recall reading an article with a blurb from what I believed to be a Pistons practice. The players were running the plays out of the book, except everyone switched up their positions. Sheed happened to be playing the point and knew how to run the play to perfection from every position on the floor. To him, it seemed like something totally trivial. Basketball smarts. Mhm.
Perhaps Sheed will age well and by the time the opportunity rolls around, this won’t be such a far-fetched concept for most to grasp. As logical as the concept of Coach Wallace may seem, I’ll agree with Will Brinson and say that as of now we still see him as donning that headband and just being Sheed. It’s hard to imagine him any other way.
