Pete Newel

Pete Newel passed away this week. I never got to hear him
speak or to meet him. He was on my list. 
I remember listening to John Bach, the assistant coach with the Bulls at
the time speak about Newel. He spoke about Newel and his ideas about basketball
almost with reverence. He was a guy big on fundamentals. I think the following
quote sums up the base of Pete Newels philosophy: “We have an adage at camp,” he
said in one of several telephone interviews we did. “The quality of your shot
will depend on the quality of your footwork.” John Bach also told me
that newel had his players at Cal practice shooting with medicine balls to
increase their range.