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For anyone who has ever been in a company, on a team, or has observed life in general...............
Eventually words mean nothing.
And from my observations, that is all Cool Shades has to offer.
The team needs to KNOW that they will be held accountable. This is why some of the best coaches say very little. They know words are cheap. Instead of being loquacious, they know that taking actions is how to get your point across. Think Chuck Noll. He was never a Chatty Cathy. But you knew, if you didn't have your **** tight, he would go to work on finding someone who will. And the people know it. Even the good/great coaches who are garrulous, like Tuna and Jimmy Johnson, STILL back up their talk with taking action and cutting players who aren't getting it done, even high draft picks or high profile free agents.
When you form of making players accountable is taking away ping pong and air hockey privileges, you might not be sending the message that being unfocused, error ridden or lacking effort is intolerable. When all you got is more talk with not much action, your effectiveness will be ****. I will reference again, the clips on Parcells entering his 2nd season knowing he was on the hot seat. He said, "I gotta do it my way, and I no players will want to be friends with me, but I got to do it." Cool Shades hasn't ever got this point; he still wishes to be friends with the players instead of kicking fanny when needed. It is obvious. Words don't command respect. This team showed up, playing its arch rival, being more talented and more healthy, and got their faces caved in. And the Ravens are not even a good team, they are average at best.
I remember running a sales staff, and I was all about passionately imploring the guys to do what was needed for maximum sales. It worked well for a while, but slowly the "all words" coaching stopped getting my message across. People slowly started to do some slacking things. Then on one trip, two guys stayed a few extra days in DC, wracking up some inappropriate expenses, such as lots of booze and even dozens of roses (to impress some ladies, I would say is safe to say). One guy's performance was not so great, the other guy was a leading salesperson. I fired the low performer after that; his sales would have got him fired eventually, but him pushing the limits made for an earlier demise. That got the rest of the crew listening a little harder and focus much better. I needed far less words to get their attention.
Now, if the story about the Steelers out late partying in Miami before that game is true, and no one got punished, other than taking ping pong privileges away, I'd say Tomlin sucks as a leader. You can get away with a "words only" coaching effort for a while, but eventually, you will lose the team, as it appears has now happened.
Eventually words mean nothing.
And from my observations, that is all Cool Shades has to offer.
The team needs to KNOW that they will be held accountable. This is why some of the best coaches say very little. They know words are cheap. Instead of being loquacious, they know that taking actions is how to get your point across. Think Chuck Noll. He was never a Chatty Cathy. But you knew, if you didn't have your **** tight, he would go to work on finding someone who will. And the people know it. Even the good/great coaches who are garrulous, like Tuna and Jimmy Johnson, STILL back up their talk with taking action and cutting players who aren't getting it done, even high draft picks or high profile free agents.
When you form of making players accountable is taking away ping pong and air hockey privileges, you might not be sending the message that being unfocused, error ridden or lacking effort is intolerable. When all you got is more talk with not much action, your effectiveness will be ****. I will reference again, the clips on Parcells entering his 2nd season knowing he was on the hot seat. He said, "I gotta do it my way, and I no players will want to be friends with me, but I got to do it." Cool Shades hasn't ever got this point; he still wishes to be friends with the players instead of kicking fanny when needed. It is obvious. Words don't command respect. This team showed up, playing its arch rival, being more talented and more healthy, and got their faces caved in. And the Ravens are not even a good team, they are average at best.
I remember running a sales staff, and I was all about passionately imploring the guys to do what was needed for maximum sales. It worked well for a while, but slowly the "all words" coaching stopped getting my message across. People slowly started to do some slacking things. Then on one trip, two guys stayed a few extra days in DC, wracking up some inappropriate expenses, such as lots of booze and even dozens of roses (to impress some ladies, I would say is safe to say). One guy's performance was not so great, the other guy was a leading salesperson. I fired the low performer after that; his sales would have got him fired eventually, but him pushing the limits made for an earlier demise. That got the rest of the crew listening a little harder and focus much better. I needed far less words to get their attention.
Now, if the story about the Steelers out late partying in Miami before that game is true, and no one got punished, other than taking ping pong privileges away, I'd say Tomlin sucks as a leader. You can get away with a "words only" coaching effort for a while, but eventually, you will lose the team, as it appears has now happened.
