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<blockquote data-quote="Heisman's Ghost" data-source="post: 724840" data-attributes="member: 4015"><p>Dodd was renowned as a "gentleman" coach who treated his players well. That said, early in his coaching career, he did not hesitate to get rid of two assistants who just were not very good. They were not bad people and their wives were friends with Dodd's wife and he did not want to do it but as he said in his biography it was something that had to be done because it was obvious that they were stuck in old ways of doing things and would not adjust to the realities of college football evolving in the 1950s. He did not go into much detail but it was obvious that the key to Dodd's success was finding two assistant head coaches or coordinators they would be called now that embraced new ideas and techniques. Both ended up as ultra successful head coaches in their own right: Ray Graves at Florida and Frank Broyles at Arkansas. Finding and keeping the right assistants was huge then and it is now. Someday, someone should write a book about different coaches in the modern era who looked to be sure fire successful head coaches and research why they failed. I would be willing to bet in many cases it boiled down to having poor assistants. Then again, there are some like Willie T who if they had a whole roster of "Frank Broyles" award winners they would still screw up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heisman's Ghost, post: 724840, member: 4015"] Dodd was renowned as a "gentleman" coach who treated his players well. That said, early in his coaching career, he did not hesitate to get rid of two assistants who just were not very good. They were not bad people and their wives were friends with Dodd's wife and he did not want to do it but as he said in his biography it was something that had to be done because it was obvious that they were stuck in old ways of doing things and would not adjust to the realities of college football evolving in the 1950s. He did not go into much detail but it was obvious that the key to Dodd's success was finding two assistant head coaches or coordinators they would be called now that embraced new ideas and techniques. Both ended up as ultra successful head coaches in their own right: Ray Graves at Florida and Frank Broyles at Arkansas. Finding and keeping the right assistants was huge then and it is now. Someday, someone should write a book about different coaches in the modern era who looked to be sure fire successful head coaches and research why they failed. I would be willing to bet in many cases it boiled down to having poor assistants. Then again, there are some like Willie T who if they had a whole roster of "Frank Broyles" award winners they would still screw up. [/QUOTE]
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