Culture is vastly overrated

[champs99and04]

Culture basically just means that everyone's on the same page and speaking the same language. I don't analyze everything Edsall says like some of you, but typically when coaches talk about "setting the tone" or "establishing a culture," it's just a roundabout way for them to vent about the players a previous coach recruited or to express frustration that their players aren't learning faster. You'll hear a lot of that on the basketball board this season, I'm sure.

The OP seems to be equating "culture" with "young kids who lack discipline and march to their own drum," which is weird, but whatever.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Coach RE says, it's about building a team, it's about building a program. Demoting kids for skipping classes or getting low grades? What is he thinking? Please get real. You won't listen to him. Jimmy Johnson is not available. Your option is either RE, or an up and coming assistant(Diaco is available, how did THAT turn out?). At the time I thought he was the answer. When you are paying what the Huskies are, your options are limited

 

[Waquoit]

Pal is so out of touch with what drives successful organizations that I probably shouldn't bother with a response, but I'll try to do so briefly

I'm afraid you're out of touch here, we're not talking about the organizational culture you're talking about. We're talking about a coach using the term "culture" as a shield from criticism. It's right on top of the hack coach tool kit. It's a tell. HCRE is so obvious and tone-deaf here, bringing it out after the coaches lost the game. The players aren't stupid, they can see a coach in CYA mode, not team mode.

 

[Excalibur]

My point was not to defend Edsall. For him to bring up culture now is as bad as Diaco talking about "plays that cause losing" when he was the cause of losing.

 

[Palatine]

Culture basically just means that everyone's on the same page and speaking the same language. I don't analyze everything Edsall says like some of you, but typically when coaches talk about "setting the tone" or "establishing a culture," it's just a roundabout way for them to vent about the players a previous coach recruited or to express frustration that their players aren't learning faster. You'll hear a lot of that on the basketball board this season, I'm sure.

The OP seems to be equating "culture" with "young kids who lack discipline and march to their own drum," which is weird, but whatever.

Think of Calhoun. Now remember anytime a player talked back to him. That player was told to shut up and punished. Doiing what Calhoun said is not a culture. Calhoun's program was run by (a brilliant coach) who was a dictatorial bully.

You can call it culture. But it is obedience. A behavior.

 

[junglehusky]

Uh oh, Danny Hurley is using the culture excuse too! #FireHurley

 

[huskymedic]

Uh oh, Danny Hurley is using the culture excuse too! #FireHurley

 

[Stainmaster]

Uh oh, Danny Hurley is using the culture excuse too! #FireHurley

Hurley’s had the job for over seven months, and still hasn’t netted a single five star recruit, made the second weekend of the tourney, or beaten Cuse. How can Palatine stand for that?!

 

[Palatine]

I don't mind coaches using the word "culture" to cover the fact they are completely and totally in control of everything that happens inside their program. If they win, I don't care what they say. In fact, I have learned to pay no attention to anything coaches say. I watch their teams play, that tells you everything.

 

[UConnNick]

That ain’t happening nor should it.

Well, then I guess you're comfortable with being relegated to the dregs of FBS football in perpetuity?

When Calhoun arrived we eased admission standards for men's BB recruits because we had to if we were ever going to effectively compete in the Big East against other programs that do the same thing. Nothing has changed. It's still true in the AAC or most any other league, except the Patriot and Ivy.