I often think about the words of one the world’s most renown Settlers of Catan players, Grant Williams. No, I’m not referring to “I’m gonna make both,” which happened against the Celtics 2nd round opponent, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Shortly after Grant was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, he joined JJ Reddick on The Old Man and the Three podcast where he talked about the differences between Joe Mazzulla and Ime Udoka.
The difference that stuck with me was how the two coaches responded when things weren’t working. Williams describe Udoka’s style as empowering the players to make changes on the fly, and, occasionally, just telling them to play better (with Udoka’s signature style including swearing).