He marvels at the athletic ability of players today, although he coached Lew Alcindor, now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
He saw problems with the team's mentality and with the ability of players from various countries to communicate.
"The ability of players to work towards unity, in and around the group, are also taken into account.
"Yes, I've been coaching in these godforsaken places, a fish out of water, but to me it's all about knowing the ability of players".
The idea is to capture more useful information about, for instance, inter-player co-ordination, players making themselves available for passes and the ability of players to block the passing options of opponents through positional play.
The suit accuses the league owners of conspiring to illegally limit the players' rights and salaries and restrict the ability of players to offer their services to competing employers.
Their enduring success is based not just on the ability of players to think their way out of difficulty but a refusal to stand still, something fertilised by an incessant competition for places.
Developers felt enormous pressure, he said, and he hopes this version will be the most popular ever, particularly given new features, like the ability of players to record and make short movies of the action they just played.
The teams (the Green Bay Packers are the only American exception) are privately owned, and the leagues, which is to say, the owners, have rules to restrict the ability of players to sell their services in the open market.
It requires him to scrutinize the advertisements and other signage that dot outfield walls and the stands in baseball's 30 stadiums to ensure that they do not hamper the ability of players and umpires to track the ball.
