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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 5283099, member: 439"]
JB understood how he needed to coach each player individually to get the best out of them.  Some younger posters may not remember the anger that Rony Seikaly had for JB because of how tough he coached him.  He yelled at Rony all the time and kept pushing him.  Meanwhile, he seemed to lay off of Derrick Coleman and only got in his ear in selective situations.  Years later, JB revealed in an interview that Rony needed a fire lit under his butt to get the best out of him.  DC, however, would shutdown and tune JB out when he went full JB on him.  So he found that zone (pun intended) with Coleman where he could drive him and keep him engaged.  DC had the natural talent to dominate, you just needed to keep him focused.  Rony was raw athleticism as a freshman and needed all the hours of work to hone his skills.  In the end, two different coaching approaches and two success stories.  No coach after JB was able to get the best out of DC, including Chuck Daly.
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