I personally think a lot of people in the corporate world are suffering this right now, people can't just WORK anymore. With the big data, analytics, tracking, and software systems that everybody is deploying now, a lot of people do more work trying to prove they are busy than actually working!!
Some of these coaches, especially ones who never played the game at the highest level and had a lot of success are forced into this type of mentality. It sometimes becomes salary justification because a coach who runs quick practices, motivates, draws up a simple and easy to execute game plan and runs a bench easily will be questioned if losses pile up. These coaches need endless video sessions and rules and need to come up with fresh ideas to show that they are actually doing something to make their teams better.
I wonder what would happen if we ever went back the coaching of many years ago where there may have been a head coach and maybe an assistant talking to these players but with some of the standards and technical knowledge of today?? Today's players have so many voices they have to listen to... head coach, assistant coaches, video coaches, skills coaches, team trainers, personal trainers, team physical therapists and than personal ones as well. If a young guy is up and down between the minors and the big club, you can almost double it. Is everybody on the same page? I doubt it but I am sure the message sometimes get's confusing.
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