Talk:Lute Olson

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Sorry for the problem - it was an honest mistake because I am new to Wikipedia. I incorrectly thought that giving proper citation and credit to the article I was referring to would be sufficient (I did not claim to write that article). Anyways, I have redone the temp page without the direct link to the actual article. I only gave a link to the general page. That is ok, right? Again, sorry for the confusion and error.

Contents 1 now is it updated and ok 2 Uncanny ability to turn potential into professional 3 Routine leaps 4 Career totals are incorrect.

[edit] now is it updated and ok

Here is the ORIGINAL composition of the Lute Olson page, with only a reference to the general website where one could go to get more information. Once again, sorry for the previous error of possible copyright violation. Now this can be the correct version of the Lute Olson page. Thanks.

[edit] Uncanny ability to turn potential into professional

Phrasing like this seems a little too praising for an encyclopedia: "...for Olson's uncanny ability to turn potential into professional as his guards routinely make the successful leap to the NBA. Olson's abilities do not end with guards, however..."

Also, it's not really true that his guards "routinely" make the successful leap to the NBA. It's true that several of his guards have gone to the NBA, but it is a still a minority (10%? 20%?) of the total who have played for him.

Haven't made any changes, but the Career totals do not equal the career record. Thetaxmancometh 00:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Routine leaps

Starting with Steve Kerr in 1984, every starting PG but Jason Gardner (and perhaps Mustafa Shakur) has played in the NBA. That is pretty routine.

[edit] Career totals are incorrect.

Even after correcting the Loss column to equal the sum of the season-by-season losses, the career totals that result from summing wins and losses are incorrect. According to http://www.coachluteolson.com/bio.html, Olson's career record was 761-269 prior to the 2006-2007 season. Arizona went 20-11 that season, and so his career record should be 781-280. The totals part of the season-by-season tables understate his wins by 5, and his losses by 2.

I have updated the table using http://www.coachluteolson.com/images/lute-bio.pdf and the columns accurately sum to 781-280.