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Why coaches state obvious like "We need to get off to a fast start?"
Sccit:
--- Quote from: Infinite on September 04, 2013, 06:06:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: NIKCC on September 04, 2013, 05:51:44 PM ---sometimes we need to be reminded of the most obvious things, so that it can be freshly re-inforced in our minds when were ready to get out there and perform. it comes off as cliche, but thats what the great coaches do. it aint what u say, it's the energy u put behind it.
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Fair enough.
Just seems like something anybody could do. I mean.. I could look at a football game and say, "Ohhh, we got off to a slow start. Ohhh, we didn't tackle well enough, we need to tackle better. ...We are having too many dropped passes, this team needs to focus and catch the ball". You want to believe that a guy like Bell-a-check has some kind of superior wisdom that the average guy doesn't have.
Like Phil Jackson for example, you can tell from his books and interviews that he was on another level, so it makes sense that he had the success that he did.
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it's not what u say, it's how u say it
phil jackson was a genius...but he too had cliches for days
Teddy Roosevelt:
--- Quote from: NIKCC on September 04, 2013, 06:11:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Infinite on September 04, 2013, 06:06:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: NIKCC on September 04, 2013, 05:51:44 PM ---sometimes we need to be reminded of the most obvious things, so that it can be freshly re-inforced in our minds when were ready to get out there and perform. it comes off as cliche, but thats what the great coaches do. it aint what u say, it's the energy u put behind it.
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Fair enough.
Just seems like something anybody could do. I mean.. I could look at a football game and say, "Ohhh, we got off to a slow start. Ohhh, we didn't tackle well enough, we need to tackle better. ...We are having too many dropped passes, this team needs to focus and catch the ball". You want to believe that a guy like Bell-a-check has some kind of superior wisdom that the average guy doesn't have.
Like Phil Jackson for example, you can tell from his books and interviews that he was on another level, so it makes sense that he had the success that he did.
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it's not what u say, it's how u say it
phil jackson was a genius...but he too had cliches for days
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Not really. He was one of the few coaches that would give an insightful answer during post game interviews.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: Teddy Roosevelt on September 04, 2013, 06:16:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: NIKCC on September 04, 2013, 06:11:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Infinite on September 04, 2013, 06:06:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: NIKCC on September 04, 2013, 05:51:44 PM ---sometimes we need to be reminded of the most obvious things, so that it can be freshly re-inforced in our minds when were ready to get out there and perform. it comes off as cliche, but thats what the great coaches do. it aint what u say, it's the energy u put behind it.
--- End quote ---
Fair enough.
Just seems like something anybody could do. I mean.. I could look at a football game and say, "Ohhh, we got off to a slow start. Ohhh, we didn't tackle well enough, we need to tackle better. ...We are having too many dropped passes, this team needs to focus and catch the ball". You want to believe that a guy like Bell-a-check has some kind of superior wisdom that the average guy doesn't have.
Like Phil Jackson for example, you can tell from his books and interviews that he was on another level, so it makes sense that he had the success that he did.
--- End quote ---
it's not what u say, it's how u say it
phil jackson was a genius...but he too had cliches for days
--- End quote ---
Not really. He was one of the few coaches that would give an insightful answer during post game interviews.
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of course he did...
but he also had mad cliches and u most likely aint watched enough lakers to notice.
DeeezNuuuts83:
Not to say that coaches aren't intelligent, but they're not statisticians who can pinpoint their exact weaknesses and give a clear solution to the cameras on how to succeed. Additionally, a lot of times, they may only have basic answers when questioned on-the-spot (as it's not like they have answers prepared), and usually those answers will confirm their shortcomings by pointing them out and saying, "We need to do this better," which doesn't throw the team under the bus or make it sound like he thinks they're fucking up simple things. Or maybe they don't want to give away too much of their strategy before the game is over. It reminds me of how Gregg Popovich didn't want to answer too many questions as the earlier games of the Finals were in progress when asked about how he planned for his team to hopefully take the win.
At the same time, they probably save the real answers for their team. It's kind of like when you compare what boxing trainers say to their fighters between rounds compared to what they say to the cameras during the post-fight interviews, as very few trainers go into detail.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on September 04, 2013, 06:56:10 PM ---Not to say that coaches aren't intelligent, but they're not statisticians who can pinpoint their exact weaknesses and give a clear solution to the cameras on how to succeed. Additionally, a lot of times, they may only have basic answers when questioned on-the-spot (as it's not like they have answers prepared), and usually those answers will confirm their shortcomings by pointing them out and saying, "We need to do this better," which doesn't throw the team under the bus or make it sound like he thinks they're fucking up simple things. Or maybe they don't want to give away too much of their strategy before the game is over. It reminds me of how Gregg Popovich didn't want to answer too many questions as the earlier games of the Finals were in progress when asked about how he planned for his team to hopefully take the win.
At the same time, they probably save the real answers for their team. It's kind of like when you compare what boxing trainers say to their fighters between rounds compared to what they say to the cameras during the post-fight interviews, as very few trainers go into detail.
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Actually, I've been pretty impressed with the sport of boxing in this regard.
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