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SVG Meets with Howard; Vows to Limit Negativity; Orlando Sentinel
Topic Started: Nov 20 2009, 12:09 PM (199 Views)
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Full Article: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-o...0,1594533.story

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Van Gundy said he was 'draining the enthusiasm' from his team and vowed to change his tactics

Orlando Magic superstar Dwight Howard told the Sentinel on Thursday that he asked Stan Van Gundy in a private meeting to quell what he perceived as the coach's recurring negativity.

The fiery, demanding Van Gundy confirmed that he met with Howard, who was speaking on behalf of the team.

"I think, as a team, there was a lot of negativity and it's not like Stan's a negative guy," Howard said before the Magic left for Boston to face the Celtics on Friday night. "But it's like there's always some clashes and focusing so much on our mistakes. Instead of bringing each other down, we have to pull each other up.

"That's the only thing I wanted from coach."

Van Gundy told the Sentinel that his negativity was "draining the enthusiasm" from his team. He vowed to change his tactics --- from practices to press conferences to the bench on game nights --- after listening to Howard's concerns.


My one concern with SVG has always been that he'd eventually lose the respect of his players because of his seemingly constant negativity.

I'm glad that instead of letting that happen, the players communicated their frustration to Howard, and Howard was able to sit down with the coach and come to an amicable resolution. That's how a good team works.

It's going to be a work in progress, but hopefully SVG can keep at it and bring a more positive mentality to the team.
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Reading this I was very concerned because when things come to the light of the media, you know its not just something small. At least they got to talk about it and it wasn't made to a huge deal it could have been with a different reaction.
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Reading this I was very concerned because when things come to the light of the media, you know its not just something small. At least they got to talk about it and it wasn't made to a huge deal it could have been with a different reaction.

Agreed.
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