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Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

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Chuck Daly
Age: 78 †
Born: 1930
Born: July 20
Died: 2009
Died: May 9
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Charles Jerome Daly
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Nba
Player
Coach
Willing
Coaches
System
Players
Basketball
Role
Accept
Accepting
Assigned

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