Post by roofed! on Sept 3, 2004 0:15:06 GMT -5
www.dailytrojan.com/news/2004/09/02/Sports/He.Thinks.Therefore.He.Wins-709217.shtml
Abbreviated interesting passages:
For Haley, success comes by way of the metaphysical. Results come through knowledge, an understanding of the ultimate causes and the underlying nature of things. He assesses a situation until there is no assessing left to do, and even then, he assesses why there is no assessing left to do in case maybe there is something he missed assessing.
Confused? His players admit they would be in that same state if he didn't take all that, uh, extra thinking out of it.
Haley, 61, compares his work to that of a teacher, but professor might be a more accurate description. Haley conducts practices like a scientist, moving his arms slowly while going through detailed instruction of the task at hand. There are occasional fits of aggression, but even when the team disappoints him, as was the case at a recent practice, he sits in the corner, legs crossed, mind no doubt calculating the next best move.
"There are some things we do (at USC) that are high-percentage, that give us the best chance to have our team do as well they can do," said Haley, who coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team.
Haley's carefully crafted approach to competition doesn't stop with schemes on the court. He analyzes what makes each of his individual players tick, then like a surgeon, knives for a spark within them.
Then, moving on to the next step in his equation, he studies his team tirelessly to make the pieces fit together. Even after the Women of Troy started 2-0 in the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators Volleyball Classic last weekend, Haley expressed frustration amongst him and his players in trying to figure out what it's going to take to execute more smoothly.
Abbreviated interesting passages:
For Haley, success comes by way of the metaphysical. Results come through knowledge, an understanding of the ultimate causes and the underlying nature of things. He assesses a situation until there is no assessing left to do, and even then, he assesses why there is no assessing left to do in case maybe there is something he missed assessing.
Confused? His players admit they would be in that same state if he didn't take all that, uh, extra thinking out of it.
Haley, 61, compares his work to that of a teacher, but professor might be a more accurate description. Haley conducts practices like a scientist, moving his arms slowly while going through detailed instruction of the task at hand. There are occasional fits of aggression, but even when the team disappoints him, as was the case at a recent practice, he sits in the corner, legs crossed, mind no doubt calculating the next best move.
"There are some things we do (at USC) that are high-percentage, that give us the best chance to have our team do as well they can do," said Haley, who coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team.
Haley's carefully crafted approach to competition doesn't stop with schemes on the court. He analyzes what makes each of his individual players tick, then like a surgeon, knives for a spark within them.
Then, moving on to the next step in his equation, he studies his team tirelessly to make the pieces fit together. Even after the Women of Troy started 2-0 in the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators Volleyball Classic last weekend, Haley expressed frustration amongst him and his players in trying to figure out what it's going to take to execute more smoothly.
