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Post by tjburgess on Jan 20, 2013 19:16:08 GMT -6
I am curious over what most people think makes a good coach.
I am curious about all answers but specifically do you think to be a good coach you have to be a former player?
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Post by coachmitts on Jan 20, 2013 19:54:26 GMT -6
I am curious over what most people think makes a good coach. I am curious about all answers but specifically do you think to be a good coach you have to be a former player? I don't believe that. I played in middle school til I broke my neck playing. I played my freshman year then quit. I am in no way considered a former player but believe I am a good coach. I dedicate my self to the program as much as I humanly can. I learn, listen and ask as many questions as I can. I stay loyal to my HC and make sure to do anything I can to help our team win. I believe as long as you continue to build positive relationships and always learn you can be a good/great coach. Once you stop doing those, you become a worse coach. |
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Post by fantom on Jan 20, 2013 20:10:38 GMT -6
I am curious over what most people think makes a good coach. I am curious about all answers but specifically do you think to be a good coach you have to be a former player? No BUT... To be a good coach I think you have to love the game. The question that I always have is, if you love it why didn't you play? |
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Post by tjburgess on Jan 20, 2013 21:02:29 GMT -6
For me it was because I also love music. When in high school we had to choose very early between sports and band. I choose band and don't regret it for a second but I never lost my love for the game and still study it. Lately I have taken to studying it even more and can't seem to learn enough....
I'm not a coach, but one day would might be interested. I just hear a lot of people talk about not having respect for coaches who never played.
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Post by CS on Jan 20, 2013 21:11:03 GMT -6
For me it was because I also love music. When in high school we had to choose very early between sports and band. I choose band and don't regret it for a second but I never lost my love for the game and still study it. Lately I have taken to studying it even more and can't seem to learn enough.... I'm not a coach, but one day would might be interested. I just hear a lot of people talk about not having respect for coaches who never played. I could see that. If you played then its easier to teach technique because you know it and have used it in most cases. But they never need to know if you don't want them to. Unless when you're teaching them you look and sound like a jack ass. However, what concerns me about your post is the "might be interested" part. It's very hard work and crappy hours to have any doubts. |
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Post by td4tc on Jan 20, 2013 21:16:39 GMT -6
i think it definitely helps to have played (you can sympathize with much of what they are going through) but some guys that have played in the Pros don't always become great college coaches..different games and ideals with student athletes vs pros..kind of the same thing for college vs HS but not as big a discrepancy...still student athletes
now what makes a good coach is to make tough decisions and stick by them like the Harbaugh boys who are going to the Super Bowl..took balls to replace injured QB permanently and to fire OC late in season but got to hand it to them both for the decisions they made
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Post by CoachP on Jan 20, 2013 21:28:29 GMT -6
For me the number one thing in determining a good coach is what are those student athletes doing 10 years down the line?
In our program like many others I'm sure stress the importance of education - we want to see all of our players go onto college/university even if it isn't to play ball.
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Post by austinator on Jan 20, 2013 21:56:15 GMT -6
I am curious over what most people think makes a good coach. I am curious about all answers but specifically do you think to be a good coach you have to be a former player? No BUT... To be a good coach I think you have to love the game. The question that I always have is, if you love it why didn't you play? Going to chime in, as I never played but I want to coach. My parents were the reason I did not play football. We (My parents and I) had a rocky time during HS and one night before my senior year they asked me what was the one thing they could do to make my senior year enjoyable - my immediate response "let me play football." I love the game. I can't get enough of it. I'm 26 now and I spend my free time reading books and watching film about football. 9 years after my senior year, my parents realize that football is my passion and keeps me sane. There's not a day that goes by that I don't wish I could have played when I was younger. |
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Post by austinator on Jan 20, 2013 21:57:43 GMT -6
and let me be clear, I love my parents and they have helped me grow into the person I am today. They made a ton of sacrifices for me, but I just want to play...still
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Post by coachweav88 on Jan 21, 2013 8:18:50 GMT -6
A great coach is a great playcaller and gives great pregame speeches.
Those two things can take slow, weak, unathletic kids and turn them into Ray Lewis.
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Post by irishdog on Jan 21, 2013 8:33:30 GMT -6
If you look at the great head coaches at every level most all of them played football, BUT, not all of them were great players.
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Post by blb on Jan 21, 2013 8:35:27 GMT -6
A good Football coach is a good teacher of Football.
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Post by s73 on Jan 21, 2013 9:20:21 GMT -6
Agree with many previous posts. I think a GREAT coach is also one who has the foresight to plan for the unexpected and the worst case scenarios.
In other words, a great coach is prepared for the expected as well as the unexpected. I think a great coach routinely prepares for what he thinks he will see as well as the stuff he doesn't want to see. He's rarely caught without an answer.
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Post by jml on Jan 21, 2013 9:23:26 GMT -6
A good coach is a good teacher/communicator and he pays attention to details.
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Post by austinator on Jan 21, 2013 9:29:45 GMT -6
For me the number one thing in determining a good coach is what are those student athletes doing 10 years down the line? In our program like many others I'm sure stress the importance of education - we want to see all of our players go onto college/university even if it isn't to play ball. A good coach is a good leader and teacher of young men. When I look at the good coaches, I look to guys like John Wooden, Tony Dungy, and others who led teams to championships and helped players grow into men. A good coach understands that the life and sports are built on the same principles - fundamentals. A good coach emphasizes that it's the little things that add up to the great things (paraphrase of a Wooden quote, IIRC). By emphasizing the little things, much in the way that Saban does at Alabama and Wooden did at UCLA, success is achieved on the field and in life |
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Post by fballcoachg on Jan 21, 2013 11:06:57 GMT -6
We have a guy on staff who never played at any level, was actually a golfer. He did a very good job for us this year, is bright, eager to learn, and a "good soldier." He tries hard and does his best and comes to you if he has any questions. That being said, there is one issue I have seen. As someone that hasn't played, and another poster alluded to it, you don't have the same concept of what the players are doing/going through. We also had a very long and heated debate about the depth chart and how you can kill a kids confidence constantly moving him up and down the depth chart on a whim. Because he never played team sports, he had a hard time grasping some of the psychological aspects of the game.
All in all though he is going to be a good coach because of his work ethic, teaching skills, and admitting what he doesn't know.
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Post by 42falcon on Jan 21, 2013 11:14:02 GMT -6
Teaching & coaching are the same gig just in a different setting.
Great coaches are those who:
-have great subject matter knowledge
-passion for the subject matter that is evident and often transferred to their students (players)
-builds strong relationships with their players on a level above that of the "game" but at the level of the "person"
-understand that all students have the ability to learn the skills necessary to play the game if the opportunity to learn those skill is presented.
-understand that not all players learn the same way or at the same rate & in turn have the flexibility to adjust their pedagogy to meet their players needs
-engage in life long learning
Those are just a few.
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