I graduated within the last 7 years. My coach yelled at all of us, his assistants, and even the other teams head coach. My coach grabbed facemasks said things like 'I don't think you're big enough to start this game'. My coach used foul language. I would do anything for this man and I have no doubt anyone whos played worked for him would day the same thing. Oh and he wins more games than anyone else. I feel this no yelling thing is part of the everyone is special crowd. I don't support it and would love to see some research on the topic.
yes, and less give everyone a trophy and a blackshirt.......out of control is one thing.......Pelini was a f'ing idiot......raising your voice selectively is another
I think that's what he's getting at though. The coach Lux is referring to is legendary in Nebraska High School football. And it works for him. But it's also a culture that is engrained into that school. I guarantee you that guy doesnt go all Pelini on people. He'll pick and choose his spots. And like I said, you have to find that happey medium between yelling and not, as well as from player to player, cuz each is different. We had two kids on our flag team screwin around so we made em run a lap around the field. One started laughing, the other cried. It is what it is.
In koch's book, Anatomy of an Era, there are numerous players from that time even that would talk about how Osborne never raised his voice. He had an established being that all he would have to do was give someone a look, if even that. TO's prestige was enough. Player after player stated that knowing they let TO down was far more effective than yelling ever was. Not so say other coaches didnt completely dress them down, but TO never did. His presence was enough. These are the mind games a coach as legendary as the one Lux played for can use. He can teach teach teach, but when it doesnt come to fruition, he can use the freakout mentality. It works there. And he's earned the respect it would take for such a thing. Now you take some young coach only at a place two years comes in and does it, I guarantee you most kids/players' reactiion will be "god, what a f'ing bad guy. Who's this dooshbag think he is?" Know what I'm sayin?
The bottom line is, if you think that kids and college players are not generally different from a mental and emotional standpoint in their ability to handle a complete dressdown, youre doing yourself a disservice. Cuz they are. And moving forward in the athletic world, the coaches that realize this and deal with it properly and find the balance and proper time for "yelling" will be successful in the future. We can harp all we want about Bo Pelini's tyrades and how my old coach yelled at me and it didnt affect me and so on, but the scoreboard doesnt lie. When Bo went off, way more times than not, the team imploded, regardless how much the players "loved" the guy, and up in Eugene, theyre playing for National Championship, and have been in the hunt each year for about 6 years now. So I'd say whatever theyre doing works, FOR THEM.
And lastly, it's not just about yelling, it's the message. What is being taught.