Post by bigm0073 on Feb 15, 2009 20:21:38 GMT -6
Some points I would like to add....
My experience with coaches is that "experience" very often does not mean crap. I have had older coaches who have the most experience and they are not Worth a crap... Have had right out of college / young guys and they do all of the little things to be succesful... The one thing I do make all of my young coaches do is either volunteer or basically get "peanuts" the first year... See if they are about it... If they make it through that first year most often they are keepers (this is from my experience... These guys will line fields, administrative stuff, equipment, film exchange.... ANything!).
Now something I experienced last year at my school:
Just hired and brought some of my staff from my other school... I have the head baseball coach with football experience and he wants to coach... He is a little abrasive and in your face but he knows his stuff and wants to coach... One problem is he wants the full supplement (We did not have it)...
I have another guy email and call me... 30 years coaching former head coach... here is his quote:
"Coach I read about you in the paper and it sounds like we have similar ideas in coaching. I like your philosophy. I would like to talk to you about coaching.... I do not care the position and I will WASH BALLS, LINE FIELDS, MEET ON WEEKENDS ANYTHING YOU NEED!! I do not need a supplement, I just want to coach!!
DING, DING, DING!
Well we met, hit it off great and he coached for me last year and was a HUGE addition to our staff. Ran special teams and coached our secondary but more than anything was a great sounding board (He is 50 and I am 35). He has been through what I have and gave me some great sound advice through the year. He was a keeper.
My two cents - Do no make the supplements all equal and also beware of people that always bring up money... My wife is a senior financial analyst and partner in a mergers and acquisition company (she use to work for Merril Lynch) in here world they are motivated by money.
In our world that really should not be the sole motivation. This is not business, it is coaching... If you are a "Bean Counter" this is the wrong profession to be in. These guys also have a tendency to add up everyones responsibility and what they do and do not do... I do not do well around these type of people.
My experience with coaches is that "experience" very often does not mean crap. I have had older coaches who have the most experience and they are not Worth a crap... Have had right out of college / young guys and they do all of the little things to be succesful... The one thing I do make all of my young coaches do is either volunteer or basically get "peanuts" the first year... See if they are about it... If they make it through that first year most often they are keepers (this is from my experience... These guys will line fields, administrative stuff, equipment, film exchange.... ANything!).
Now something I experienced last year at my school:
Just hired and brought some of my staff from my other school... I have the head baseball coach with football experience and he wants to coach... He is a little abrasive and in your face but he knows his stuff and wants to coach... One problem is he wants the full supplement (We did not have it)...
I have another guy email and call me... 30 years coaching former head coach... here is his quote:
"Coach I read about you in the paper and it sounds like we have similar ideas in coaching. I like your philosophy. I would like to talk to you about coaching.... I do not care the position and I will WASH BALLS, LINE FIELDS, MEET ON WEEKENDS ANYTHING YOU NEED!! I do not need a supplement, I just want to coach!!
DING, DING, DING!
Well we met, hit it off great and he coached for me last year and was a HUGE addition to our staff. Ran special teams and coached our secondary but more than anything was a great sounding board (He is 50 and I am 35). He has been through what I have and gave me some great sound advice through the year. He was a keeper.
My two cents - Do no make the supplements all equal and also beware of people that always bring up money... My wife is a senior financial analyst and partner in a mergers and acquisition company (she use to work for Merril Lynch) in here world they are motivated by money.
In our world that really should not be the sole motivation. This is not business, it is coaching... If you are a "Bean Counter" this is the wrong profession to be in. These guys also have a tendency to add up everyones responsibility and what they do and do not do... I do not do well around these type of people.
