[Vern Gambetta]

Vern Gambetta on January 25, 2009 at 3:37 am #15287

The following are quotes from the Arizona Cardinal offensive coordinator Todd Haley who was confronted by one of his players when the player was taken out of the game. What stuck was his comment on “players coach.” My experience in pro sports is that a player’s coach is the equivalent of a lack of discipline and structure. Look at the records in every major professional sport an

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[Novice]

Novice on January 25, 2009 at 11:40 am #77128

Great post the player’s coach thing is not working well for the Cowboys.

[sprint400]

sprint400 on January 27, 2009 at 2:10 pm #77194

The red sox have been very successfull with a players coach. Francona has brought 2 world series. Like wise with the Celtics. Rivers is considered a players coach. Former yankees manager Joe Torre is a players coach. All he did was win 4 world series. Like wise KC Jones of the Celtics. They won 3 championships. I could go on, the point is your observation is to general and an oversimplification of the situation.

[burkhalter]

burkhalter on January 28, 2009 at 3:12 am #77201

Many of the pro guys are spoiled babies. Boldin being one of them it looks like. He blows up and doesn’t know the full story.

Most players seem to prefer a coach who gets on their asses and pushes them. Especially if their is mutual respect. Parcells and Belichick are known to be hardasses yet 99% of their players respect them. Listen to one of the original prima donnas like Keyshawn just gush over Parcells.

Rivers may be considered a players coach but he has no problem getting on someone’s ass but his guys play hard for the most part so is there a need to….

Someone like Urban Meyer is a little bit of both.