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Post by aggieman007 on Oct 26, 2005 21:40:40 GMT -5
A@T has always had great running backs. This year teams has good a running back Sweeney maybe not a HICKS but he can get the job done -5 yards rushing is not getting it done.So is the coach to blame for the team failure or players?
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Post by Bigboy on Oct 27, 2005 8:12:28 GMT -5
If you are part of a team, everyone on the team has to accept responsibility for their successes and their failures.
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Post by Maxell on Oct 27, 2005 9:04:20 GMT -5
A@T has always had great running backs. This year teams has good a running back Sweeney maybe not a HICKS but he can get the job done -5 yards rushing is not getting it done.So is the coach to blame for the team failure or players? The buck ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS stops with the coach no matter what the issue. He is responsible for RECRUITMENT He is responsible for PREPARATION He is responsible for MOTIVATION He is responsible for EVALUATION If for some reason the job is not getting done, the coach is the one who must RECOGNIZE it early and make an adjustment of scheme or personnel. The coach is ALWAYS responsible. Let's play fantasyland for a minute. What if the best coach you can think of (I'll use NE Patriot's coach) was coaching A&T this season? Have you seen that NFL Network Training Camp show? If Belichek(sp) had started in March with spring training with everything else being the same, what would our record be now? I think we would be at a minimum 7-1 and maybe even undefeated. |
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Post by ecograd on Oct 27, 2005 9:19:30 GMT -5
Maxell...noone on this board has made more sense than you...you've said it best!!!
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Post by Bigboy on Oct 27, 2005 10:15:19 GMT -5
The coach is part of the team. The buck may stop with him but the players play the game. As I have been saying all season, for some reason a lot of people think will have a sheeet load of talent on this team. We have maybe a hand full of talent at best and most of them are on defence. You can be considered the best coach on the planet but if you don't have more than a hand full of talented player you will not be successful.
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Post by Bigboy on Oct 27, 2005 10:32:52 GMT -5
I know, the coaches are responsible for recruiting these players and they should take all the blame if our talent level is poor. I do agree with that.
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Post by Maxell on Oct 27, 2005 12:52:37 GMT -5
The coach is part of the team. He is the LEADER of the team. Any coach that considers himself just "a part" of the team diminishes his leadership role. That is the problem. A leader must be a part but be separate. His decisions must be quick and correct. He must take ALL of the blame and work behind the scenes to correct the problems or he is no leader. Someone once said that as a leader moves, others must follow. If that leader looks around and no one is following he's not leading, he's "just taking a walk." |
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Post by DOOMS on Oct 27, 2005 13:00:17 GMT -5
That sums it up really.
Historically some of the most successful coaches have gone in public and said "I didn't a, b, and c. It won't happen again." Then they go into the locker room, jack a kid up and cuss him out, throw another kid off the team and tell the team this isht will never happen again. Then they go home, drink liquor, and beat their wife.
Coach Small is going to go into a press conference and tell you "we're working every week." He'll try hard not to hurt somebody's feelings and motivate through nurturing. The one cat on staff that didn't work that style is, well, I don't know where he is now. The other cat on staff that didn't work that style is at Central cheating with Asberry.
That ain't Small (thank God). Small's coaching style is more Cliff Huxtable than Billy Jack or Buford Pusser. When you coach like that, you need mature, responsible self-starters playing for you and almost acting as player-coaches. Unfortunately for Coach I don't think we have too many of those.
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Post by captaggie on Oct 27, 2005 13:07:38 GMT -5
The coach is part of the team. The buck may stop with him but the players play the game. As I have been saying all season, for some reason a lot of people think will have a sheeet load of talent on this team. We have maybe a hand full of talent at best and most of them are on defence. You can be considered the best coach on the planet but if you don't have more than a hand full of talented player you will not be successful. I would rephrase your first sentence, "The coach is the leader of the team." An effective leader, regardless of profession, accepts responsibility for the performance of their org/team. Org/team execution is a function of the leader's ability to analyze, adapt, decide, and communicate. When analyzing, the leader adapts the resources and decisions to the situation. IMO, this is where Coach Small has had the most difficulty. He appears to be entrenched to his particular scheme. Thats fine, as long as his players have the skill sets to complement the scheme. Regardless of how grand the plan (scheme) if your resources can not adapt, you'll fail. |
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Post by da heretic on Oct 27, 2005 15:31:43 GMT -5
Good stuff, Capt.
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Post by aggieman007 on Oct 27, 2005 22:47:28 GMT -5
I agree with both capt and maxell SMALL has to step up and take the blame for the season and team. |
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