Coaches who bench their best player 'for the system' deserve the L

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name one title won by benching your best player in the fourth. i'll wait. #nba #nfl #sportsanalysis #coaching

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Here's what I need somebody to explain. [pause] You got a star. Fourth quarter. Game on the line. Coach pulls him because 'he wasn't in the flow.' [pause] The flow. Name me one title team. One. That won a championship by sitting their best player down in a deciding moment. I'll wait. [pause] You can't. Because it doesn't exist. The system doesn't win games. The system creates conditions. Players win games. When you bench your star to protect a system, you're not being smart. You're being scared. And the scoreboard doesn't grade on philosophy. [pause] The system works because of the players. Not despite them. And that's the take.

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Conversation starters

• what coach has made you the most mad with this exact move
• is there ever a situation where pulling your star in the fourth is actually right
• who gets blamed more when it goes wrong — the coach or the player