Jamie O’Loughlin, a veteran coach with championship experience at the Perth Wildcats and extensive work with the Cairns Taipans, joins the podcast to discuss the evolving coaching trends in the NBL and insights from NBL25.
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From noticing shifts in offensive and defensive strategies across the league to reflecting on his time helping the Wildcats secure back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017, O’Loughlin shares invaluable insights for basketball fans and aspiring coaches.
He also breaks down the differences between working with a resource-heavy program like Perth and a more constrained team like Cairns, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how NBL franchises approach building their teams.
- The coaching trends shaping NBL25: what teams are emphasizing more (or less) on offence and defence (2:00)
- Are the influx of foreign coaches bringing value similar to the early years of foreign players in the league? (6:00)
- The key coaching attributes NBL teams and GMs are seeking today (19:00)
- Behind the Wildcats’ back-to-back championships in 2016–17 and Bryce Cotton’s game-changing arrival (21:00)
- How Perth’s 2017 title run embraced Gregg Popovich’s “pound the rock” philosophy (26:00)
- The stark contrasts between coaching at a well-funded club like Perth versus a lower-resourced team like Cairns (35:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…