pretty much this, but I do like his approach so far. I don't understand the worries about him not looking at Chad on Hard Knocks as I am under the impression that he kept looking out at practice, and I've had coaches when I played in school talk to us the same way.
A big difference between him and Cam is that Philbin addresses each player like a man... at least so far. He did with Chad, and when Karlos Dansby spoke, he went up to him and talked to him face-to-face. The story I will never forget about Cam is a couple players got into a fight on the plane from an away game after a loss, Rex Hadnot and Vernon Carey were arguing with a Defender... forget who. Cam just watched the fight and eventually said something, and all three players looked at Cam and said something along the lines of he had no control over the team, never tried to gain control, and pretty much blamed lack of preparation for a lot of the problems. Cam's response? "Well now that you got that out of your system, let's go home and get ready for practice tomorrow"
Don't mistake soft spoken for soft. Tony Dungy got a bad rep towards the end of his coaching career as soft because his Indy defenses were awful and he went lighter in practice during the playoffs. Well the main problems were A)Tony was running a defense that was starting to be outdated a little and B)The Indy defenders were not the same caliber as the guys in Tampa, who weren't just good but also smart and hardworking. Even with the late struggles, Dungy was a disciplinarian. Yeah he was caring, but he did build a VERY good Bucs team and got the Colts over the hump.
Not saying this will happen to Rex (though some signs have shown it beginning to happen), but coaches who are loud and ****y tend to see their teams turn on them rather quickly when things are even a little rough.
