.. Hugh Durham… some of ya’ll remember Old Hugh… little short fellow about 5’10” — high squeaky voice — won a few bball games (around 750 ) with boys who couldn’t play in the ACC….
I took his bball class at FSU — back in the day —
Anyway…. I asked Coach about how he organized his practice…
Old Hugh told me he spent…
- 20 % of his practice on drills, skills and conditioning…
- 60% on defense…
- 20% on offense and whatever the next team might do….
I was surprised… so I asked him why he spent so much time on D….
He said with “his guys” (Hugh knew I was from NCState) ….
“If you play good defense… you should always be in position to win the game”
“On offense … these kids can’t remember (what he really meant was learn ) half of what I tell them, so keep it simple….
and you’ll win more than you lose…”
True story — 1978.
Yep — BenettBall — when successful — is the real deal.
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