▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁his ▁players ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁successful ▁co aching ▁care ers ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁right : ▁Sh ar man , ▁Alex ▁Hann um , ▁Tex ▁Winter , ▁Jack ▁Gard ner , ▁For rest ▁Tw og ood , ▁and ▁Bob ▁Bo yd ▁in ▁basketball , ▁and ▁Rod ▁D ede aux ▁in ▁baseball . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁manager ▁S par ky ▁Anderson ▁got ▁his ▁start ▁in ▁the ▁sport ▁while ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁US C ▁bat boy ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁all , ▁ 1 4 ▁of ▁Barry ' s ▁baseball ▁players ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁major ▁le agues . ▁ ▁Barry ▁was ▁also ▁nation ally ▁ren owned ▁as ▁an ▁innov ator — he ▁was ▁the ▁person ▁most ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁elim ination ▁of ▁the ▁center ▁jump ▁after ▁every ▁free ▁throw ▁and ▁basket ▁in ▁basketball , ▁a ▁move ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁much ▁faster - p ac ed ▁game ; ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁behind ▁the ▁move ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁center ▁line ▁and ▁ 1 0 - second ▁rule . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁invent or ▁of ▁the ▁triangle ▁off ense , ▁which ▁his ▁pup il ▁Tex ▁Winter ▁has ▁ref ined ▁to ▁bring ▁great ▁recent ▁success es ▁to ▁the ▁NBA ▁champion ▁Chicago ▁Bull s ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers ▁teams . ▁And ▁Barry , ▁along ▁with ▁Kansas ▁coach ▁Ph og ▁Allen , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁primary ▁national ▁advoc ates ▁of ▁the ▁delayed ▁off ense ▁( comm only ▁referred