Geez... Ask a question and get jumped on!
Geez... Ask a question and get jumped on!
Doc - I'm not a real big follower of MBB but I know that Knight has ONE title as does Bobby Cox plus Pinella has won everywhere he's been. Heck, I've seen Coach K & even Dean Smith get fired up! About the only one I haven't seen blow a gasket would have been the great John Wooden.
IMHO, today's athlete is much different from the past. They tend to be more cocky/confident & likely to try to see how much they can get away with ( or how far they can push their coach ). I don't wish to get into the differences between male & female jocks but simply look at the modern successful HC's in WBB. In this years Final 4 alone only Chancellor isn't emotional. Pat, Geno, & Tara ALL never sit down & prowl the sidelines. Go back a few more championship games to see Vivian & Kim do the same. Having played organized sports all the way to the D1 level ( yes, @ Tech! ) I know that I personally needed to see my coaches ( head & assistants ) get fired up & I WASN'T an emotional player ( more of the Borg/Sampras/Montana midset of "just doing what's expected of me" ). It does a player good to see his/her coach show some emotion if they want their players to do the same. Just my .02!!
Gene
I can remember the crowd at the old Memorial Gym going wild when Tia would get sent in and immediately got an aggressive foul. Leon would look like he was all upset, but I wager that's exactly what he had in mind when he called Tia off the bench. You do what you have to do to get the players and crowd fired up and into the game. Crouching on the sideline looking nervous certainly doesn't do it.
R.I.P. Tia and THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!
Tia passed away several years ago from a heart condition. She sat down in a chair to take a nap at her mothers house and never woke up.
Sorry... your post was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Many people have stated this same thing before.
I'm not a big follower either, but some people seem to think that someone that doesn't coach that way can't win, and that if you do coach intensely, then you are destined to win. Coaching is about ALOT more than just intensity.