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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 880182, member: 2350"]
Look, - no crap to you, SWC - too many guys are ignoring a very important aspect of this, and that is that coaches like the possession arrow. The actual crux of this lies in the answer to "[I]Why [/I]do coaches like it?" Everyone opposed to the possession arrow needs to step back and take a longer view.

Actually, they [I]prefer [/I]the arrow is more accurate; because they fear the alternative. And why do they like predictability (or, the elimination of variables)? Because [U]coaches earn their living coaching basketball[/U]. Consider two more things, if you will: first, the pensions and stock options in their business aren't great. Second, the players themselves are routinely and dangerously unpredictable. Anyone else remember Chris Webber? How about Scoop Jardine? :) Want more? Okay, how many practices and games did Terrence Roberts participate in during his 4 years at SU, while never figuring out how to play the same defense they played all through his career?

Now, when strange things happen in their favorite team's games, fans (most of whom are almost completely stimulus-driven) chatter; when they happen a lot, they chatter a lot, and most of it is negative. When these things begin to cost the team wins (think $ - as in alumni donations!), they also begin to cost coaches their jobs. If you want qualified career coaches to run your program, you can't expect them to take chances with their income and subject their families' well-being to a sea of random and often bizarre variables. And this is why they think in a manner commensurate with John Wooden's comment above.
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