GATA

[knapplc]

The incoming players who've yet to experience a Miles workout better get used to hearing at least one well-used Miles term: GATA.


It stands for Get After Their … well, behind.

More than a term, it's a mind-set.

"Every drill, that's what he's preaching, going hard 100 percent of the time, not taking a play off and not letting the other team score, or just because you're tired, not letting something bad happen," Ubel said. "He even has a couple of drills that are called GATA."

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Smiles is making them work. Good. If nothing else, a faster tempo should be more fun to watch, and it should be easier to recruit guys to play in a system like that.

 

[Omaha-Husker]

One of my favorite things about Smiles. He may be all fun and games off the court, but if you aren't working in practice you aren't playing.

 

[Comish]

Also fortuitous timing that the ncaa now allows some off-season work with players to a greater degree than before.

Especially helpful for a coach/team/program in transition......