This news about Beard comes less than two weeks after this came out: ‘(Nebraska Football Coach) Mickey Joseph Arrested For Assault’... So as the pressures of College Ball get more and more intense... the need for care and a healthy safety-value for that stress grows by the day. It’s time for institutions to start to get ahead of this right now.
Now Mike Leach is gone. Three serious situations of three Coaches from top University programs all within a two-week period.
The details of these sad situations may differ. But the intense pressures upon these men is something they all experience. As well as all the other Coaches.
Work-Life balance is critical these days. And many Coaches of sports organizations have a problem with that. Any medical professional who knows anything will tell you that stress is very damaging to the body and mind.
All Coaches want to win. That’s what the Game is all about. And that’s what Their future employment rests upon. And all fans want ‘Their’ team to win every game and every season. But maybe all this pressure has reached its limit. Maybe that’s what all this is trying to tell us.
When you think about how many people are involved in putting a team out there every day... not to mention the players and their families... there are countless families and individuals involved in these programs. And they create a team family in addition to their own.
This will be a sad holiday time for many families around these programs. Tragedy never takes a holiday.
