What is it about June Jones

He has a way with CONFIDENCE. You can just tell by the way he is on the sidelines. He just expects to win. It is not my personality, but I love how laid back he is. You never see him raise his voice. A lot of kids will respond to that. Especially in game situations. If you're not worried, they arent either. But to me the key is just confidence.

Every successful head coach has "it" - whatever it is.

Many guys are great assistants, coordinators even, but lack that quality to be successful running own program.

And Xs and Os is only a small part of "it."

I think the thing that sets June Jones apart is the same thing that sets Mike Leach apart. He can walk into a program that doesn't get the best talent and make them the best. He takes good players that other school passed on for whatever reason and teaches his system so well that they can succeed. I think that is the reason that come draft time you always here the same arguments about QBs that play for the two coaches, they put up hugh numbers and are great QBs in there system, but people always question whether or not they are great QBs.

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It is his system. It's his knowledge of details and how to make it work with any kind of talent and correct it.

The same with Paul Johnson.

They know how to teach it, correct it, and what other teams can do to stop it.

I'd agree with the aforementioned, but would add...

Coaches like June Jones, Paul Johnson, and Bobby Knight... know their stuff a lot better than most coaches know theirs...

Which means, all things being equal, they'll beat most coaches most of the time.

However, all things are never equal, and therefore, talent may rule the day, the ball may just bounce funny, or the fact that these are still kids that play the game...

So in short, I think its situations like these, that the importance of coaching, really shines through.

"I think the thing that sets June Jones apart is the same thing that sets Mike Leach apart. He can walk into a program that doesn't get the best talent and make them the best. He takes good players that other school passed on for whatever reason and teaches his system so well that they can succeed. I think that is the reason that come draft time you always here the same arguments about QBs that play for the two coaches, they put up hugh numbers and are great QBs in there system, but people always question whether or not they are great QBs."


This is a great quote about qb play. What makes a good qb? Is it a guy who is smart and wins or a guy who can throw a ball 60 yds off his knees?

I guess the latter seems pretty enticing but what people like June Jones and Mike Leach have figured out is many of the measurables that people salivate over really do not matter for the system of football they play.

Has anyone read Moneyball? The A's are a great example that throws the atypical stereotype of what a baseball player should look like and they consistently win with a small team salary.

to me the best part of jones is what i heard in an interview i found on youtube. Jones talks about it is selling the "philosophy" of the system to the kids. If its fourth and six inches or fourth and 12 we are going to run our same routes. Actually pass not run. And its getting the kids to buy into that.

But to me the part that should be considered the "it" factor to me is selling the kids to make them believe what they are doing is the best and most important way of doing things. Look at what everyone talks about lombardi, that they would talk about his one play and everyone knew they would run it. Same thing with GA tech and Johnson, McCartney at Colorado in 80/90's. They sold the things that htey were going to do. Getting the kids to "buy" into it. TO me that is the it factor.