JessN: DeBoer is building something: What it is, is the question

[REBELZED]

Some players will shut down if you scream at them. Some players will run through a brick wall and win you the game.

I think the problem is - in this day and age of NIL, the transfer portal, social media, and the kids just generally being more prima donna-ish than ever - players are infinitely more likely to respond to screaming/"hard coaching" in the former manner instead of the latter. Why play somewhere you have some jerk yelling at you all day when you could go somewhere else where the coach is "nicer" and you still make a bajillion dollars?

I'd say the "old days" of coaches screaming and belittling players are going the way of the dodo. In some respects, it's because kids are softer and that style no longer works. But in other ways, coaches are becoming more sophisticated on the mental side of the game and figuring out better ways to motivate players than just jumping down their throats...

 

[The Ols]

I think the problem is - in this day and age of NIL, the transfer portal, social media, and the kids just generally being more prima donna-ish than ever - players are infinitely more likely to respond to screaming/"hard coaching" in the former manner instead of the latter. Why play somewhere you have some jerk yelling at you all day when you could go somewhere else where the coach is "nicer" and you still make a bajillion dollars?

I'd say the "old days" of coaches screaming and belittling players are going the way of the dodo. In some respects, it's because kids are softer and that style no longer works. But in other ways, coaches are becoming more sophisticated on the mental side of the game and figuring out better ways to motivate players than just jumping down their throats...

Water hose and salt tablets…even if you were good you got daily ass chewings. This will probably get me in trouble, but even though we were kids then, it made us tougher men. I wish today’s kids could have it the way my age group had it for a minute…
Shoot I’d still fight for some of those guys…

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Water hose and salt tablets…even if you were good you got daily ass chewings. This will probably get me in trouble, but even though we were kids then, it made us tougher men. I wish today’s kids could have it the way my age group had it for a minute…
Shoot I’d still fight for some of those guys…

I wish there was a way to meet in the middle.

I grew up when discipline was both strict at times but also showed some leniency at times.

Today it’s almost nothing but leniency and that creates soft athletes and young adults.

 

[Ledsteplin]

I like to see FIRE in a coach, didn't happen last year.
It's time for DeBoer to step up and show some emotion when the situation deems it appropriate.

I recall him getting fired up bigly over a bad call by the refs. Can't remember which play it was. But he was mad as all get out. It was late season, and I had never seen him get that worked up.

 

[TiderJack]

Water hose and salt tablets…even if you were good you got daily ass chewings. This will probably get me in trouble, but even though we were kids then, it made us tougher men. I wish today’s kids could have it the way my age group had it for a minute…
Shoot I’d still fight for some of those guys…

Sounds like we played about the same time Ols. The small of fresh cut grass still makes me nauseous thinking about summer practices. I remember being so thirsty and de-hydrated that I was sucking the sweat out of my tshirt I put on underneath my shoulder pads. I agree with still fighting for some of those guys and we still get together and tell old stories.