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Too bad Loyola's AD wasn't at Duke
You're not a McCallie fan?
Goes to show a great player does not a good coach make.
Remember the Peter Principle? Well applied here.
Five players transferred after a 6-25 season in 2014-15, and 10 more after a 14-16 mark this season.
Zowie.
So as his life plays out for all of us to take in as some kind of television show for our bemusement- and, so far, falls apart - try and do this: Root for Manziel. Root for him because you're rooting for all of us. We all have demons. We all contributed in a small way to this. We all, of nothing else, should root for those who stumbled and couldn't quite recover.
It should be a little awkward avoiding mention of her coaching career in September when she is inducted into the Hall of Fame.
I have no problem extolling excellence in athletics but while it should end there the media and the advertisers who pay them have a long history of promoting them into heroic figures, role models for children, and the fans are eager to deify them. There's a symbiotic relationship between popular athletics and the media that covers them.Star athletes sell cereal. And cereal manufacturers advertise through the media. And we end up with Johnny Manziel, who goes from "Johnny Football", the personification of Jack Armstrong, into "druggie and alleged abuser of women" in a few short years. Why was he made into the all-American boy, freshman winner of the Heisman? Simply because he led his team to some big wins and drew viewers to TV?
Bill Reiter of CBSSports writes a column that ends with this:
Celebrating and sharing Johnny Manziel's rise gives us all a role in his collapse
We may all have contributed, but some contributed far more than others. And despite his contrite words I'll wager that this coming fall he and his colleagues will be anointing another demi-god who will decorate a cereal box and find himself or herself on the cover of People Magazine.
Most of us get our contact with elite athletes through the filter of the media. Often that filter fills with debris.
Yes and I have always felt bad for PeterRemember the Peter Principle? Well applied here.
Well, she's not an "all-star" coach for sure, but seems to stay over .500.Loyola took a risk when the hired her... what's interesting is that they improved under her. I wonder how much mentoring/training she had... Cooper's first coaching gig was a disaster because she couldn't get out of the "let me show you 'cause I can do it so much better" head into a COACHING head. that being said, re: Cooper, seems her coaching style still leaves a lot to be desired.
Well done Alydar. Let us not forget that Swoops was inducted as a player, not as a coach. It's a proven fact that sometimes the best players do not always make the best coaches. Look at the iconic coaches down through the annals of sports history. Most of them were not great (or even good) players. i.e., Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, John Wooden, Tara Van derveer, Sylvia Hatchell, Jody Conradt, Bill Parcells, Vince Lombardi, Bill Belichick, Pat Riley, Red Auerbach, CaseyStingell, Phil Jackson. I could go on, but you get my drift. It would certainly appear that Swoops' skills between the lines did not translate to her skills along them.
skills between the lines did not translate to her skills along them
Swoopes was more popular and powerful than the AD... it's not like she was hired for the UConn coaching position. A program that's trying to come up would take Swoopes no questions asked. ummmm Tyler SummittWell they hired her with miniscule coaching experience. Then they just turn her loose for a few years. No mentoring? No performance appraisals? No monitoring? I've said this a few times now on this board: an AD hires someone, it's his/her responsibility to lead and coach her into success, but they seldom take any responsibility in these situations.
Peter principle sure, but at least in industry Peter's boss is also held accountable (usually).
Swoopes was more popular and powerful than the AD... it's not like she was hired for the UConn coaching position. A program that's trying to come up would take Swoopes no questions asked. ummmm Tyler Summitt
I seem to remember that John Wooden was a 3-time All American at Purdue. It doesn't get much better than that!Well stated. As I said, I have no problem recognizing athletic excellence.
I hope that when the time comes to hire Geno's successor the decision-makers remember that point.
Well they hired her with miniscule coaching experience. Then they just turn her loose for a few years. No mentoring? No performance appraisals? No monitoring? I've said this a few times now on this board: an AD hires someone, it's his/her responsibility to lead and coach her into success, but they seldom take any responsibility in these situations.
Peter principle sure, but at least in industry Peter's boss is also held accountable (usually).
I seem to remember that John Wooden was a 3-time All American at Purdue. It doesn't get much better than that!
Too bad. I really like Swoopes but she apparently didn't learn much from Marsha Sharp when it comes to coaching. Sharp was a good coach who always exhibited patience and respect for her players and was about as good of an example as one could ask for.
He was; John Wooden also didn't see great success until he had been at UCLA for about 15 years. If he were hired today he might not have been there more than 5 years.