You have 30 seconds to make the substitution, it’s a tight game, who are you going with? I have a hard time deciding what I’m going to eat. You put a 30 second shot clock on me of where I’m going to eat, it’s gonna be bad decision after bad decision!
That’s Mo Dakhil on the balance of timing, confidence and clarity that goes into coaching, and in response to the question of whether or not it’s oxymoronic to call coaching, something focused on repetition and following instruction, creative.
If it wasn’t enough to have an in-depth discussion on coaching as it relates to fine or performative art, I also asked Mo to relive one of the most wrenching professional events he’s ever been part of, when the Clippers lost a 7 point lead, with 49 seconds left and tied 2-2 in a playoff series to the Thunder, and he was in the locker room cutting tape as Chris Paul and the rest of the team trickled silently in.
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