Home
Articles
Photos
Interviews
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Georgia Tech Recruiting
Dashboard
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Chat
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
The Culture is Real
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="steebu" data-source="post: 666509" data-attributes="member: 740"><p>What defines a player's coach? It's pretty hard to quantify.</p><p></p><p>For me, "player's coach" has a negative connotation. It's a coach who lets his players walk all over him under the guise of caring for them. </p><p></p><p>Here's an example: I think it was the 30/30 on the 90's Cowboys where Aikman recounted a story about how the year after they won the Super Bowl with Switzer guys were getting lazy and showing up late to practice. And one practice guys were really doggin' it, and Aikman [paraphrased] goes, "I told Switzer that the guys weren't into it, and I was getting frustrated and waiting for him to blow up and tear the team a new one. And then he goes, 'Hey guys, it looks like you aren't feelin' it today, so how about we all just go home and try again tomorrow.' And I just about blew a gasket."</p><p></p><p>Lou Holtz wisely said, "Don't beat a team when they're down."</p><p></p><p>I think CGC's done a pretty good job of that. After the Clemson shellacking it wouldn't have done any good for him to start yelling at the players and telling them none of them would even be an SEC benchwarmer. I think he realized this would be a tough year and is minimizing the "y'all suck ... ON THE LINE!" talk. I think once his program is in place we'll (probably?) see more of a "football coach"; he did play LB in college, after all. Dabo, for all his baptizing and "Family Matters" talk is a pretty tough guy. </p><p></p><p>Time will tell, but honestly, I don't think CGC is a player's coach by my definition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steebu, post: 666509, member: 740"] What defines a player's coach? It's pretty hard to quantify. For me, "player's coach" has a negative connotation. It's a coach who lets his players walk all over him under the guise of caring for them. Here's an example: I think it was the 30/30 on the 90's Cowboys where Aikman recounted a story about how the year after they won the Super Bowl with Switzer guys were getting lazy and showing up late to practice. And one practice guys were really doggin' it, and Aikman [paraphrased] goes, "I told Switzer that the guys weren't into it, and I was getting frustrated and waiting for him to blow up and tear the team a new one. And then he goes, 'Hey guys, it looks like you aren't feelin' it today, so how about we all just go home and try again tomorrow.' And I just about blew a gasket." Lou Holtz wisely said, "Don't beat a team when they're down." I think CGC's done a pretty good job of that. After the Clemson shellacking it wouldn't have done any good for him to start yelling at the players and telling them none of them would even be an SEC benchwarmer. I think he realized this would be a tough year and is minimizing the "y'all suck ... ON THE LINE!" talk. I think once his program is in place we'll (probably?) see more of a "football coach"; he did play LB in college, after all. Dabo, for all his baptizing and "Family Matters" talk is a pretty tough guy. Time will tell, but honestly, I don't think CGC is a player's coach by my definition. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
The 2014 ACC Football Championship was played in what city?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
The Culture is Real
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top