Post by jbp84 on Oct 29, 2010 2:32:16 GMT -6
I agree with everyone who said poor/absent leadership at the top.
A good friend of mine took an OC at his alma mater, with the understanding that he'd be the HC in waiting. The current HC is new this season, declaring he only wanted to do it for a few years before he retired. My friend was told to run his offense (wing t), and that's what he did. This team has won 6 games in the last 4 years, so it's definitely a rebuilding year. Plus, they've been trying to run the Tony Franklin spread for the last 4 years, so the entire offense is new to the players. The HC has spent all season badmouthing his assistant coaches to the other assistant coaches, sometimes in front of the players. (He'll rip on the offense to the DC, rip on the defense to the OC, etc). After several games into the season (all losses) he told my buddy that he wanted "a spread playbook installed by Monday", so sure enough next week they come out in spread with the same results. The HC spent halftime of their final game yelling at at his assistant coaches in front of the players.
I've only had one year coaching at the high school level, but I do think that players take their cues from their coaches. If you're negative and unprofessional, how can you expect your players to be positive and do things the right way? If a coaching staff can't work together as a team, how can the players? You don't have to be best friends, or even like each other, but you do have to set an example of professionalism and respect, and that begins and ends with the head coach.
A good friend of mine took an OC at his alma mater, with the understanding that he'd be the HC in waiting. The current HC is new this season, declaring he only wanted to do it for a few years before he retired. My friend was told to run his offense (wing t), and that's what he did. This team has won 6 games in the last 4 years, so it's definitely a rebuilding year. Plus, they've been trying to run the Tony Franklin spread for the last 4 years, so the entire offense is new to the players. The HC has spent all season badmouthing his assistant coaches to the other assistant coaches, sometimes in front of the players. (He'll rip on the offense to the DC, rip on the defense to the OC, etc). After several games into the season (all losses) he told my buddy that he wanted "a spread playbook installed by Monday", so sure enough next week they come out in spread with the same results. The HC spent halftime of their final game yelling at at his assistant coaches in front of the players.
I've only had one year coaching at the high school level, but I do think that players take their cues from their coaches. If you're negative and unprofessional, how can you expect your players to be positive and do things the right way? If a coaching staff can't work together as a team, how can the players? You don't have to be best friends, or even like each other, but you do have to set an example of professionalism and respect, and that begins and ends with the head coach.