The following are quotes from the Arizona Cardinal offensive
coordinator Todd Haley who was confronted by one of his players when the player
was taken out of the game. What stuck was his comment on “players coach.” My experience
in pro sports is that a player’s coach is the equivalent of a lack of discipline
and structure. Look at the records in every major professional sport and nary a
player’s coach has won consistently. This is not an old school idea; it is the
way to be successful and accountable. Todd I tip my hat to you. You got me
interested enough that I might actually watch a series of down of the Super
Bowl, a non event in the Gambetta household.
"I only know one way to do it, and that's how I'm going
to do it," Haley says. "I was taught by one of the best about how you
coach and how you have success, and that person was Coach [Bill] Parcells.
I take some heat from it sometimes in this day and age where people say you've
got to be a player's coach and all this stuff. Well, that's not me. I'm wired a
certain way, and that's not going to change."
"Your dream as a coach is to be able to coach guys and
they want to be coached, they want to be pressed, they can take you getting on
their butt," Haley said the next night. "It makes it so much more
fulfilling when they rise up and play to their abilities. It's a special
feeling to know you had something to do with it."
tim sullivan
Vern I have a different definition on what a player coach is and it’s not a bad thing. Someone who is approachable, confident, fair, consistent knows how to motivate his team with personal concern.
The athletes discipline each other as adults there were unwritten rules like no whining if your not playing.
The player coach has a system that the teams follows or there’s the door. From my experiance as an athlete the player coach doesnt lack discipline he demands respect, if he is good he gets the respect, if not the whole system would fail. I would like to hear your thoughts on the player coach.