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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1834141" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>I dunno. I mean, he can't even diagram inbounds plays. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>IMO people should chill about BU's visibly-expressed temper. He's an extremely effective coach, he has been coaching for years, and one doesn't achieve his level of success without understanding what buttons need to be pushed to motivate 19-22 year-old. MM may despise him now. Am guessing he won't a year from now. As I recall, you get positive results by pushing your players farther than they are generally willing to push themselves or each other.</p><p></p><p>I didn't like getting yelled at by a coach, either, and I played briefly for a Bob Knight wannabe 40 years ago. But he got the best out of his players and he didn't get there by coddling us. Oh, and he also subsequently moved high schools and nearly won a state championship with much better athletes than we were. Then retired out west and ended up coaching college ball out there, becoming, apparently, a much-loved, avuncular figure in contrast to his bombastic persona 20 years earlier. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I was back home in October talking with a childhood buddy of mine and former teammate, a Division I pitcher who threw a no-hitter at Ohio State, who called him the best coach he'd ever had.</p><p></p><p>BU is at the, shall we say, more demonstrative end of the coaching spectrum. I have no problem with that. (Will Iowa fans soon begin posting "Bradcon" memes?! Meh; who cares?) He's not Chris Holtmann, for sure. But then again, Chris Holtmann once pursued an official into the tunnel screaming at him after a game. And I believe that Holtmann has been ejected from more BT games than BU (only 1, IIRC) has. So there's that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1834141, member: 2886"] I dunno. I mean, he can't even diagram inbounds plays. ;) IMO people should chill about BU's visibly-expressed temper. He's an extremely effective coach, he has been coaching for years, and one doesn't achieve his level of success without understanding what buttons need to be pushed to motivate 19-22 year-old. MM may despise him now. Am guessing he won't a year from now. As I recall, you get positive results by pushing your players farther than they are generally willing to push themselves or each other. I didn't like getting yelled at by a coach, either, and I played briefly for a Bob Knight wannabe 40 years ago. But he got the best out of his players and he didn't get there by coddling us. Oh, and he also subsequently moved high schools and nearly won a state championship with much better athletes than we were. Then retired out west and ended up coaching college ball out there, becoming, apparently, a much-loved, avuncular figure in contrast to his bombastic persona 20 years earlier. Anyway, I was back home in October talking with a childhood buddy of mine and former teammate, a Division I pitcher who threw a no-hitter at Ohio State, who called him the best coach he'd ever had. BU is at the, shall we say, more demonstrative end of the coaching spectrum. I have no problem with that. (Will Iowa fans soon begin posting "Bradcon" memes?! Meh; who cares?) He's not Chris Holtmann, for sure. But then again, Chris Holtmann once pursued an official into the tunnel screaming at him after a game. And I believe that Holtmann has been ejected from more BT games than BU (only 1, IIRC) has. So there's that. [/QUOTE]
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