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Post by calkayne on Jul 22, 2010 3:12:01 GMT -6
I am looking for advice on how to instill an attitude when you dont have a deep enough squad to bench player A and let player B take over.
The Attitude/Philospophy is relatively unimportant. What is important is that in each of the Defensive and Offensive Squad there are perhaps 13 players that can play.
How do you manage to sell this attitude to your players and how do you deal with the resistive personalities.
My trouble is, I dont feel I can keep punishing the Starters for not selling out on the Attitude. Both the player and I know that he is going to be getting the vast majority of the reps anyway, so whats the point?
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 22, 2010 7:05:49 GMT -6
The point is to create a culture of the attitude that you are looking for will take some time and growing pains. Sometimes this means loosing 1 or 2 of the 13 starters and living life with player B. In the end you will experience short term pain and get long term gain.
The flip side of this is the get to know these guys find out what drives them what motivates them internally. Share some of yourself with them as well this builds and fosters a relationship with them in turn they will be more willing to play for you and buy in.
We try to do both really connect with the guys on a personal level but at the same time put in the attitude that we want to see. We have had 3 players transfer out and 1 decide not to play instead ran track last year (year #1). 2 of them are great players both could be huge parts of our team but did not want to buy into the team first philosophy we did poorly last year but the experience for our players was great. In turn we have a huge group of young guys returning we will be great int he next few years.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Jul 22, 2010 9:26:32 GMT -6
I know well the frustration you are feeling.
Preach, motivate, connect, demand - try everything.
But,
The bottom line is this: Player A must KNOW that if he isn't living up to expectations, you will go with player B, even if it means losing the game.
For me, it took 2-8, 0-10, and 3-7 seasons, and over 100 quitters in three years to turn the attitude around.
You can't compromise what football is to accomodate poor attitudes and lazy kids.
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Post by lnueva32 on Jul 22, 2010 9:47:35 GMT -6
Get rid of players with poor attitudes. Your going to win or lose without them because they're not giving themselves to team. Like 42falcon said, "you have to build a culture of the attitude."
Set to the tone to current and future players that you have high expectations and will accept nothing less than. For example, our cross town rival has some talented players but they have horrible attitudes and work ethic.....1-9 last year & 3-7 the year before.
What's the point of keeping around cancerous players? I would rather lose all my games and have players play for the coaching staff and most importantly for each other!
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Post by spreadjet31 on Jul 22, 2010 10:09:25 GMT -6
I'm in the same boat. 2nd year at a once powerful school that has fallen on hard times. Last year the seniors did not buy in and really brought down the morale. To make matters worse, the parents of the seniors offered no support and actually attacked program from the shadows.
We endured a 1-7 season, graduated those guys and have instantly seen an improved attitude. Stay the course and make the tough decisions and your players will grow to respect you.
I don't know how much better our record will be, but I'm optimistic that this season will be more successful and satisfying to the team as a whole because we will be a "TEAM".
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Post by blb on Jul 22, 2010 10:16:52 GMT -6
I'm in the same boat. 2nd year at a once powerful school that has fallen on hard times. Last year the seniors did not buy in and really brought down the morale. To make matters worse, the parents of the seniors offered no support and actually attacked program from the shadows. We endured a 1-7 season, graduated those guys and have instantly seen an improved attitude. Stay the course and make the tough decisions and your players will grow to respect you. I don't know how much better our record will be, but I'm optimistic that this season will be more successful and satisfying to the team as a whole because we will be a "TEAM". In my experience (including this year, first in a new job) this is pretty typical. Human beings are naturally resistant to change and seniors have the most to lose with a new coach. Don't compromise what you believe in, especially with regard to commitment, discipline, accountability. Just like teaching, the second year will be better. |
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Post by calkayne on Jul 22, 2010 11:33:44 GMT -6
Thanks for the support Coaches.
In my position however, our squad on O and D are so small that the option of benching players is void.
The main issue being, that they are so afraid of failing they mostly dont try. They settle for mediocrity and dont buy into the idea of trying to be a playmaker.
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