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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1688709" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Sports is an intersection of varying types of priorities and loyalties all coming (crashing) together in the same space.</p><p></p><p>The parents of a young player want to see the best outcome for their athlete child regardless of any other circumstance involved. A singular desire. Everything else is secondary.</p><p></p><p>A Coach has multiple purposes that must be performed simultaneously. Yes, coaches want the best for their young individual athletes. But this must be in concert with other top priorities like... winning the game, winning the league, always being fair to other players, and setting an overall right tone for the futures of both the players and the program in general.</p><p></p><p>Totally leaving aside any specific player situation here...</p><p></p><p>Players just get to play. Coaches have to do all these other things and they can’t coach “scared” or worried about what others might say or do. Do I sit a guy and worry that he’s going to get mad and leave? Do I sit a guy and his PARENTS get mad and criticize me on social media? Do I play someone ahead of somebody else who deserves it more? Do I worry about The Media? My next contract?</p><p></p><p>Social media and the transfer rules (and Name & Likeness) have all made coaching exceeding more complex and difficult. Coaches “can’t" coach scared. Coaches can’t be afraid about might be said of them by anyone in social or corporate media. Or that some player might leave because he doesn’t like the rotation or something.</p><p></p><p>It’s a matter of trust. The player and his family must trust that the coach they selected to play for has the overall best interests of the player in mind - always. The coach must trust that the player will commit him or herself to the coach’s vision of how he/she best fits in - always. The coach has to trust in himself that he will do whatever is necessary – even if it looks unpopular – if it is the “right thing” to do in that situation and that it was necessary for the success of the program.</p><p></p><p>Everything works out in the end. Sometimes you get an Ayo who proudly carries a team on his back and restores it to prominence. Sometimes you get a guy who washes out after a year and carries his duffle bag off to someplace else.</p><p></p><p>It’s about trust and commitment from everyone involved. Winning is a pleasurable offshoot that we fans tend to fixate on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1688709, member: 748116"] Sports is an intersection of varying types of priorities and loyalties all coming (crashing) together in the same space. The parents of a young player want to see the best outcome for their athlete child regardless of any other circumstance involved. A singular desire. Everything else is secondary. A Coach has multiple purposes that must be performed simultaneously. Yes, coaches want the best for their young individual athletes. But this must be in concert with other top priorities like... winning the game, winning the league, always being fair to other players, and setting an overall right tone for the futures of both the players and the program in general. Totally leaving aside any specific player situation here... Players just get to play. Coaches have to do all these other things and they can’t coach “scared” or worried about what others might say or do. Do I sit a guy and worry that he’s going to get mad and leave? Do I sit a guy and his PARENTS get mad and criticize me on social media? Do I play someone ahead of somebody else who deserves it more? Do I worry about The Media? My next contract? Social media and the transfer rules (and Name & Likeness) have all made coaching exceeding more complex and difficult. Coaches “can’t" coach scared. Coaches can’t be afraid about might be said of them by anyone in social or corporate media. Or that some player might leave because he doesn’t like the rotation or something. It’s a matter of trust. The player and his family must trust that the coach they selected to play for has the overall best interests of the player in mind - always. The coach must trust that the player will commit him or herself to the coach’s vision of how he/she best fits in - always. The coach has to trust in himself that he will do whatever is necessary – even if it looks unpopular – if it is the “right thing” to do in that situation and that it was necessary for the success of the program. Everything works out in the end. Sometimes you get an Ayo who proudly carries a team on his back and restores it to prominence. Sometimes you get a guy who washes out after a year and carries his duffle bag off to someplace else. It’s about trust and commitment from everyone involved. Winning is a pleasurable offshoot that we fans tend to fixate on. [/QUOTE]
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