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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 2023296" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Every guy is different. Any good roundball or hockey or football coach or baseball manager knows that sometimes kicking butt or screaming works with a guy and not another. And sometimes an arm around the shoulder instead works (or not). This is all about the dynamic mixture of the coach’s personality and the range of personalities on the team.</p><p></p><p>As we all know, coaches often have very legitimate reasons to be irate. But it’s knowing what he needs to do to direct that passion in the heat of the moment and reach each individual guy that separates the good coaches from the great coaches.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is always to get your guys to buy-in to your leadership and the team concept. By any means necessary. Make them know you care and whatever you do is for their benefit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You can't always get someone else to care or wake up. Not saying here that the Illini players don't care. But we've all seen instances where these guys just seem to check out for a while. This can happen to any team, anywhere. A coach can try every means to reach a player but in the end it's still on the player to be responsible and care about his play. When you take the court for any team at any level... it's no longer about you but about the whole team and all your fans. You have a greater responsibilty to people beyond yourself -- the great team family that includes players, coaches, students, families, alums, and general fans. That in itself should always be motivation enough for any player. And it that isn't... it's likely the coach can do little about that.</p><p></p><p>Players take on a 'sacred trust' to always give their all and do everything they can to win for their Global Team Family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 2023296, member: 748116"] Every guy is different. Any good roundball or hockey or football coach or baseball manager knows that sometimes kicking butt or screaming works with a guy and not another. And sometimes an arm around the shoulder instead works (or not). This is all about the dynamic mixture of the coach’s personality and the range of personalities on the team. As we all know, coaches often have very legitimate reasons to be irate. But it’s knowing what he needs to do to direct that passion in the heat of the moment and reach each individual guy that separates the good coaches from the great coaches. Bottom line is always to get your guys to buy-in to your leadership and the team concept. By any means necessary. Make them know you care and whatever you do is for their benefit. You can't always get someone else to care or wake up. Not saying here that the Illini players don't care. But we've all seen instances where these guys just seem to check out for a while. This can happen to any team, anywhere. A coach can try every means to reach a player but in the end it's still on the player to be responsible and care about his play. When you take the court for any team at any level... it's no longer about you but about the whole team and all your fans. You have a greater responsibilty to people beyond yourself -- the great team family that includes players, coaches, students, families, alums, and general fans. That in itself should always be motivation enough for any player. And it that isn't... it's likely the coach can do little about that. Players take on a 'sacred trust' to always give their all and do everything they can to win for their Global Team Family. [/QUOTE]
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