Really cool insight here from Gene Sapakoff of The Post and Courier:
Whether or not Heat president and former head coach Pat Riley actually invented the concept of a sports “culture,” there is little doubt one of his former assistant coaches takes culture-building mega-seriously.
The obsession includes Spoelstra arranging for a visit to Clemson in the summer of 2018.
Goal: Gain leadership knowledge from Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney, whose culture-driven program was in between beating Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide for a pair of national championships.
Spoelstra’s visit included long chats and some one-on-one basketball on the indoor court attached to Swinney’s home near the Clemson campus.
“(Swinney’s) not a bad hooper, either,” Spoelstra later told The Post and Courier. “I beat him at horse on his home court, but he’s worthy competition on the hardwood.”
Spoelstra, in the midst of another deep playoff run, is going for a third NBA championship. Constantly, he’s talking about culture.
He dropped that word in talking about Swinney.
“Dabo is one of my favorite people in this profession,” Spolestra said. “He’s a ‘one-and-only’ personality. I love the way he’s built a positive culture of love and competition at Clemson.”
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Whether or not Heat president and former head coach Pat Riley actually invented the concept of a sports “culture,” there is little doubt one of his former assistant coaches takes culture-building mega-seriously.
The obsession includes Spoelstra arranging for a visit to Clemson in the summer of 2018.
Goal: Gain leadership knowledge from Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney, whose culture-driven program was in between beating Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide for a pair of national championships.
Spoelstra’s visit included long chats and some one-on-one basketball on the indoor court attached to Swinney’s home near the Clemson campus.
“(Swinney’s) not a bad hooper, either,” Spoelstra later told The Post and Courier. “I beat him at horse on his home court, but he’s worthy competition on the hardwood.”
Spoelstra, in the midst of another deep playoff run, is going for a third NBA championship. Constantly, he’s talking about culture.
He dropped that word in talking about Swinney.
“Dabo is one of my favorite people in this profession,” Spolestra said. “He’s a ‘one-and-only’ personality. I love the way he’s built a positive culture of love and competition at Clemson.”
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