Jim Calhoun and Bob Diaco Philosophy

[Waquoit]

This is what some folks aren't getting...

Well, I get it and I still say it's too soon to tell. Folks are making grand pronouncements of a very small sample size. If Friday was a horse race, it would be a toss-out.

 

[whaler11]

Well, I get it and I still say it's too soon to tell. Folks are making grand pronouncements of a very small sample size. If Friday was a horse race, it would be a toss-out.

I guess the disagreement is I'm not seeing any grand pronoucements other than the odd thread about firing the offensive coordinator.

 

[Waquoit]

I guess the disagreement is I'm not seeing any grand pronoucements other than the odd thread about firing the offensive coordinator.

FWIW, I had this in mind: "Personally I think they need to think about adding someone to the staff next season who has been a head coach at the FBS level because for all the potential Diaco may have, he needs some help unlocking it."

"He needs" vice "he may need" after just 4 games? That's where I'm coming from.

 

[Waquoit]

I guess the disagreement is I'm not seeing any grand pronoucements other than the odd thread about firing the offensive coordinator.

FWIW, I had this in mind: "Personally I think they need to think about adding someone to the staff next season who has been a head coach at the FBS level because for all the potential Diaco may have, he needs some help unlocking it."

"He needs" vice "he may need", after just 4 games? That's where I'm coming from.

 

[whaler11]

FWIW, I had this in mind: "Personally I think they need to think about adding someone to the staff next season who has been a head coach at the FBS level because for all the potential Diaco may have, he needs some help unlocking it."

"He needs" vice "he may need" after just 4 games? That's where I'm coming from.

Well I said I think they need to think about it... but it's not really much of a grand pronoucement that he needs or may need help - it's not like support isn't pretty standard across professional undertakings.

 

[BlueMAB]

IMO, there's a huge difference between saying winning wasn't the priority in the first few games, and saying the coaches quit.

 

[Waquoit]

Well I said I think they need to think about it... but it's not really much of a grand pronoucement that he needs or may need help - it's not like support isn't pretty standard across professional undertakings.

Isn't the support/mentor role filled by Patterson? And you're saying this after losing on the road in a deluge by a field goal. What did you say when we were losing at home by 8 touchdowns to Middle Tennessee? That guy didn't have a former HC looking over his shoulder. Perhaps BD should have bought himself more time by running a bunch of kids off the team.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

And here we go......I'm out. Time for a break from the BY. See you guys next year.

 

[whaler11]

Isn't the support/mentor role filled by Patterson? And you're saying this after losing on the road in a deluge by a field goal. What did you say when we were losing at home by 8 touchdowns to Middle Tennessee? That guy didn't have a former HC looking over his shoulder. Perhaps BD should have bought himself more time by running a bunch of kids off the team.

You say you understand the points people are trying to make and then post stuff like this that reflects the opposite.

 

[Excalibur]

This is what some folks aren't getting:



Noting evidence that points to the issues with the 'plan' or the person responsible for the 'plan' should certainly be in bounds. If you have a problem that people are over emotional in communicating those comcerns that is fair. But it's a topic people are passionate about and it's a message board - that's how the internet works.

It's not the plan that's being criticized. It's the short term decisions/results.

 

[BlueMAB]

And here we go.I'm out. Time for a break from the BY. See you guys next year.

See you Sunday.

 

[Waquoit]

You say you understand the points people are trying to make and then post stuff like this that reflects the opposite.

I guess you are right. because you lost me with this one.

 

[Waquoit]

Bob Diaco = Jim Calhoun. Got it.

It was a Tony Robbins reference. "If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results."

 

[FAIRTIDES]

It was a Tony Robbins reference. "If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results."

Interesting. I once heard Bill Parcells talking about his approach to games that threatened to get away in the early stages. His first step was stopping the oscillator and the poop thrower. Reestablish equanimity by not doing stupid stuff that goes with trying to immediately catch-up. I specifically remember him saying that while things are being settled down, "A punt is never a bad thing." He was talking about a playoff game (Jets/Denver) when the Jets had had everything possible go wrong in the 1rst few minutes; ending up being down by multiple scores. The Jets ended up being one dropped pass from winning the damn game.

While he might be a hair conservative for me, RD did accomplish two things with his approach to USF. He reestablished equanimity and, in the end, the team had a chance to win.

 

[whaler11]

You say you understand the points people are trying to make and then post stuff like this that reflects the opposite.

I'm not reacting to losing to South Florida by a field goal.