dee man wrote:What makes a good coach?
And their for what makes a great coach?
It’s hard to tell the difference between these categories today for a number of reasons.
There is no written code for coaches. No right way or wrong way to go about the task. Their is no written law that says this is the way to go about your job or what is acceptable.
The reason being clubs don’t care how they get the results as long as the win/loss ratio is good and the coach has the same attitude to win at all costs and take any human responsability and care,the real father like qualities of life out of the equasion.
The days of a coach putting his ethics,morals and responsibilities at the forefront of his coaching,instead of his own agendas and future plans are nearly gone,very few coaches believe that when they take on the responsibility of coaching these young men its more than just the football,its life they teach!
We have so called great coaches and coaches whose self promoted legend is bigger than any others that are in the same game.
The majority of these coaches to be honest couldn’t coach a grey hound bus.
Why?
They get everything they want handed to them on a platter.
every dollar they need for themselves and their minions.
Every available recruit they need to build a side that Bob the Builder could coach and win.
Every expense met.
Without the money that a club must produce to get the players he needs, he becomes like everyone else.
Without the players who tag along behind him, he becomes like everyone else.
He requires the best equipment, the best trainers, best facilities ECT, and all these come at a price.
And of course, on top of this comes not only their price tag, but also the money for the mercenaries that travel with him.
Then again we have the other form of coach.
The one I will call the pretender.
The guy who applies for a position at one particular club but is really after that at either his club or another.
He uses the small time club by accepting a job based on lies.
Players he is about to bring with him, sponsors ,gameplans,a new look when in actual effect he is bring nothing but bad times to a club that has know idea at what is happening.
What they are being used for.
Because before you know it, he is back at his original club or to the one he was after all along.
Who’s to blame?
Of course these particular coaches are, BUT, the clubs are the ones who are more so in the wrong.
Selling their soul, their culture and their identity for a quick fix.
These results mean that the faceless yet egotistical men that run the clubs ,for five minutes are heros.
But in the end these results can be disasterous for the club.
Sending their clubs bankrupt.
Making it easy for these particular coaches to come and go as they please.
It’s easy to find out who they are.
Just look at their resent history and how many clubs they have been at.
Give me the coach who comes in and works with what he has, looks after the clubs kids and promotes the club and his players as much as himself.
That win/loss records are not everything, but the well being of his players, supporters, sponsors and club are his number one priority.
To teach not only about footy but life as well.
Now that’s a coach.
Then again, maybe I have no idea.
Maybe it’s just me.
This is an excellent post dee man. I agree with you I think a really great coaches care about their players are teaches of life not just footy. Great coaches are there for their clubs and getting the best results they can for the people at their clubs.
Unfortunately alot of people in footy measure success by premierships and while all coaches should strive for this the real success is whether the coach is in getting the most out of his players and doing everything they can to make the club and team and their people the best they possibly can be.
A great example of this principle are junior coaches that promote development ahead of success by allowing their players to experience senior footy rather than chasing junior premierships.
. played cricket there today and not a whole lot there at all.
