a different point about K
Didn't want to start a new thread, but do want to comment on an interesting K attribute: his sophisticated analysis of his players.
Commenting on Kyle's quiet style - here's the link: http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/20...der-ar-528128/ - K describes Kyle's focus in his "world" as "very pure, genuine." Further, noting that Kyle has "no agenda," K observes: "When he talks, it's just very innocent."
I have a point here, but I think maybe I'm asking as much as telling what it is. It's something about how K describes and/or analyzes in language that seems especially telling in its precision. While I can certainly imagine coaches describing one of their players as "genuine," I'm thinking few if any would use "pure" [save describing someone as a pure point guard]. And "innocent" is a charming word in this context, about a charming quality. [Admittedly, one may imagine a coach referring to a player as "innocent" in a rather different, decidedly less charming, context.]
Kyle does seem pretty quiet off the court, an innocent, almost. That's why I was always struck last season by what I saw as his "anger" on defense. I now think that was almost but not quite the right word to apply to Kyle's "pure, genuine" intensity on defense.
Kyle's an interesting guy. K's way of analyzing Kyle's transition to a somewhat more vocal leader is a window into why K himself seems so different in the coaching world. Maybe my observation is little more than fawning over K. But periodically, when we get to see into his ways, they just strike me as so different from, and so much more interesting than, his fellow coaches.