11-23-2021, 10:23 PM
(11-23-2021, 09:30 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: To the best of my understanding, one of the first things a new coaching staff does is work on installing their culture. Sometimes, this rubs players the wrong way and they get upset, though there are other factors involved sometimes as well (aka losing). It's important for coaches to squash that by either bringing the player aside and communicating with them or getting them out of the locker room. I think that is what we were watching last year.
That information was given to me by a guy I know who was a DC at the NCAA level and is now DC for a 6A school down in Dallas. Not huge credentials, but he has enough experience to intelligently comment on situations like this. From my perspective, it worked. The locker room seems great from an outside perspective, team is winning, everyone seems happy. I hope it continues.
Interesting that a coaches opinion would be that the problem is never with the coach and always with the player.
Personally I think some coaches just screw up and lose all the time so they don't really have a "culture" to install.
