Rautins gets hammered all the time by basketball fans(well mostly Raps fans) as a boring commentator who keeps hammering on the same points. But I find he describes exactly what the problems are with the Raps.
I thought he did a masterful job during the tournament. He had them switching defenses continually. Zone to man to man to pressure and combo's thereof. On offense they went with whatever was working. If they couldn't fire up three's then then went inside as they did against Brazil albeit not in a win. Against Domincan Rep. they fired three's from everywhere.
Very good coaching job and a really atypical Canadian performance--hard working and gritty and never-say-die.
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