Nebraska Post Game presser...

[Rayvin56]

Coach Williams - Post Game Press Conference vs UCONN - Dec 21, 2016 - Huskers.com

More respect from Amy Williams.

 

[UcMiami]

She sounds like a very level headed coach, and I like what she says about pressure situations (hadn't heard it expressed this way before):

'You do not rise to the occasion in pressure situations, you fall to the level of your training.'

I think it is a good way to approach things as a coach because it gives you a positive message and a specific goal to work on in practice - looking for players 'who can rise to the occasion' isn't something a coach can control at any point in a season, or that current players can work on - it is a nebulous concept, and is subject to change with every 'pressure shot' you take. But a coach can control practice and players can work on raising their practice habits.

You look at successful coaches and that is what they are striving for in practice - Geno and his impossible situations imposed during practice scrimmages, or Belicheck spending large amounts of time on crucial 'situational' football - so when those situations come up in games it is familiar to everyone on the team. Need to score ten points in 3 minutes and get defensive stops, been there, done that, understand what is required. Or as various former players have phrased it - practice not until you get it right, but until you can't get it wrong.

 

[Rayvin56]

She sounds like a very level headed coach, and I like what she says about pressure situations (hadn't heard it expressed this way before):

'You do not rise to the occasion in pressure situations, you fall to the level of your training.'

That quote was definitely the gem in this presser, and, as you alluded to, the reason why UConn practices until they can't get it wrong (or at least that is the goal).

 

[johnnyc]

You look at successful coaches and that is what they are striving for in practice - Geno and his impossible situations imposed during practice scrimmages, or Belicheck spending large amounts of time on crucial 'situational' football - so when those situations come up in games it is familiar to everyone on the team. Need to score ten points in 3 minutes and get defensive stops, been there, done that, understand what is required. Or as various former players have phrased it - practice not until you get it right, but until you can't get it wrong.

Specific example.....Malcolm Butler recognized and reacted to a situation that he had been trained for as depicted in the Patriot documentary Do Your Job.



Like that coach says in the doc.....you win and lose games in practice.

 

[huskeynut]

Like WIlliams a lot.

I hope she succeeds in turning Nebraska around and getting national recognition.