(11-19-2014 10:00 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(11-19-2014 09:47 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(11-19-2014 09:26 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  IMO, you've got to have a head coach who absolutely hates losing and shows it after losses; especially after embarrassing losses.

People show emotions in different ways; I myself have been described as stoic and calm in situations of great stress. I watch a lot of these true crime stories on TV, such as 20/20, and it always strikes how the detectives always come back to a person's demeanor - either he showed too much grief or not enough. How are people supposed to act after discovering their wife/child/parent has been murdered? .

I don't know why we need a coach who throws clipboards or yells or otherwise shows emotion. After an embarrassing 44-7 loss ( and I mean embarrassing, as I had to ride back to my car on a bus with one other Rice fan and otherwise all MSU fans), I don't care whether he throws a hissy fit or not - I care that he goes to work to try and correct the situation. Progress has been slow - slower than any of us would have wanted - but still there is progress.

Once again, you're exaggerating and overstating my position. Not tolerating losing does not necessitate "throwing a tantrum" or yelling at players...but it is reflected in how one looks and talks publically as coach's words get back to the players and affects their motivation and mindset.

I was thinking of the people who are unhappy that he is not on the sideline screaming into a player's face after a penalty or showing anger at a press conference. If that is not you, I apologize. But it is somebody, and several of them. It keeps coming up.

As for the players, what they see and hear at practice and in meetings is, IMO, 100 times more important than how the coach looked and sounded at a press conference.

Sometimes we don't need to air our dirty laundry publicly. I think the proper forum for showing the players he cares about winning is not in front of a mic, but in the interactions they have later, privately.

JMHO