What type of improvements can we expect in player development from coaching?

[*bengalfan74*]

(05-09-2019, 01:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I think all this talk of "culture" and "motivation" and "pushing buttons" is mostly BS.

If a team is getting beaten on the field the coach has to make some change in scheme or personnel. I don't believe jumping up and down and saying "Yipee!! You can do it!" or pitching a hissy fit makes any difference at all.  It might help some high school kids, but I don't see it working with grown men.

There have been great coaches who were very fiery and there have been great coaches who were stoic.  There have been terrible coaches who were very emotional and terrible coaches who were very stoic.  At the NFL level coaching is about being smarter not about emotional speeches or squealing louder.

The only way a coach can motivate a team is to show them that he has the brains to help them win.  And the best coaches win in the week before a game instead of on the sidelines.

Who said anything about that ?

A good coach changes the culture by winning and he wins by knowing what to do and when to do it. That's what changes the culture, that's what instills confidence. That's what gains him respect.

The players liked ML as a person but when the rubber meets the road they didn't respect him as their HC, their leader. Finding ways to lose was a ML staple.