JTech194
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There's been a lot of talk about the players as it relates to the "Culture Change" spin that was put out by the dolphins to justify their recent roster moves.... But I want to shift the focus to the coaches and their responsibility in this negative culture that apparently was a problem last season.
Does having inexperienced coaches add to the behaviors of the players? For example, according to the Head Coach, some players didn't know their assignments because they weren't taking their work home to learn it.... Ok, that's part of it... But doesn't some of that have to be put on the coaches?
Were the coaches explaining the assignments properly to where the players could understand it? Did the coaches understand the assignments well enough to fully explain it? Everyone assumes because a coach is a coach that they automatically know the assignments inside and out but when you have inexperienced coaches and experienced coaches wasting time soliciting hookers and doing blow.. do they REALLY understand the nuances of the system well enough to articulate it to players?
I think Gase realized that this wasn't all on the players and that's why we saw the coaching changes that were made....
A player can take their assignments home to study all they want but if the materials they're using to study (that's provided by the coaches) is wrong... then is that on the players?
So the question is..... How much of a role do coordinators and position coaches play in how well a team understands assignments? And this also leads to disgruntled players or players questioning a those assignments.
Fictitious Example: During film study after a game the DC may say.. Hey Suh, why did you go through that gap? This was the formation, you were supposed to do this..
Suh, ummmm because thats what Coach Kocurek told me to do in this situation...
Coach Kocurek... That's not what I told you to. you must have misinterpreted what I meant.
Who's at fault in this exchange? It's hard to tell... So I think Gase ended up making changes with the coaches AND the players.
Does having inexperienced coaches add to the behaviors of the players? For example, according to the Head Coach, some players didn't know their assignments because they weren't taking their work home to learn it.... Ok, that's part of it... But doesn't some of that have to be put on the coaches?
Were the coaches explaining the assignments properly to where the players could understand it? Did the coaches understand the assignments well enough to fully explain it? Everyone assumes because a coach is a coach that they automatically know the assignments inside and out but when you have inexperienced coaches and experienced coaches wasting time soliciting hookers and doing blow.. do they REALLY understand the nuances of the system well enough to articulate it to players?
I think Gase realized that this wasn't all on the players and that's why we saw the coaching changes that were made....
A player can take their assignments home to study all they want but if the materials they're using to study (that's provided by the coaches) is wrong... then is that on the players?
So the question is..... How much of a role do coordinators and position coaches play in how well a team understands assignments? And this also leads to disgruntled players or players questioning a those assignments.
Fictitious Example: During film study after a game the DC may say.. Hey Suh, why did you go through that gap? This was the formation, you were supposed to do this..
Suh, ummmm because thats what Coach Kocurek told me to do in this situation...
Coach Kocurek... That's not what I told you to. you must have misinterpreted what I meant.
Who's at fault in this exchange? It's hard to tell... So I think Gase ended up making changes with the coaches AND the players.
