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Finally a coach who calls out players
Topic Started: Oct 10 2007, 11:39 AM (304 Views)
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http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_ma...ant-finall.html
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New Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy is a breath of fresh air on the club's bench --- the club's first coach who isn't afraid to publicly chastise his players.

After the first preseason game Monday night --- a loss to the Atlanta Hawks --- he ripped his team's offense (too slow), defense ("ridiculous"), benched Keith Bogans for sloughing off and even included $100 Million Man Rashard Lewis in the group he called out for not running the floor.

The Magic have been talking for the past few years about holding players accountable. Now it looks as if Van Gundy, along with GM Otis Smith, will give that mission statement some teeth.   
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I totally agree. We havent seen a coach who is not a complete p**sy in some time.
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Well, getting called out is what they needed. Now we finally get some results. The free throw shooting is dramatically different and after the 1st hawks game this team is the total opposite. They now play with fire and aggression, something lacking before the "calling out". I must say that SVG seems to be the perfect coach this team needed.
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