Musings from the CU Suite

Written by Anthony Demangone, Powered by NAFCU

The NCAA men's basketball tournament is about to wrap up. As usual, it was filled with upsets and buzzer beaters. 

But my favorite part came during a press conference.

South Carolina's Frank Martin.

After a win against Baylor, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin settled in for a press conference. Sports Illustrated for Kids had a reporter there, and the 13-year-old raised his hand. 

“Coach, congratulations on the win tonight. Your team clearly won the defensive battle tonight. When you coach and teach your team defense, what’s more important: technique or attitude?”

What a great question.  And Coach Martin agreed. Here is how he responded.

“First of all, amount of respect to you. That’s a heck of a question. I’ve been doing this a long time, and that’s the first time anyone’s ever asked me that. That’s a heck of a question.

“Attitude comes first. We gotta have guys that are gonna believe in our mission, that are gonna believe in what we wanna do. Once they believe, then we can teach them the technique. It all starts with our mindset, and we’ve got guys that are completely bought in to what we do.”

Technique or attitude? 

It is attitude.

If you agree, as yourself this? How do you recruit attitude? Where can you see it? How do you uncover it during interviews?

As always, have a great week, guys. 

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