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Originally Posted by nobles_point
This is 100% true.
I had one of my managers at work talk to me about the art and science of coaching or managing once and he said,
It requires more thought and etiquette than most people have the patience for.
Coaching isn't manipulation and intimidation despite what has made some individuals like Darryl Sutter successful.
Manipulation and intimidation are lazy shortcuts that have diminishing returns.
This is why some coaches have an expiry date. Yeah, it can be hard to genuinely reach a person, connect with them, or motivate them to play better.
But that's why they're paid a lot of money. The coaching profession in hockey needs a wakeup call and to look in the mirror.
I haven't done a Hockey Canada course in a while, but childhood psychology should be the focal point taught to coaches before skills and systems. If you want better teams you need better players and if you want better players you need better people.
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I don't get this.
Darryl Sutter won it all multiple times in the hardest league in the world.
To say he doesn't know how to coach literally shows you have no idea what you're talking about.
It hasn't taken long for the line between being a coach that is hard on players but fair and respectable(something most players have said Darryl is) has turned into 'not necessary to be a hardass.'
To me it is pretty telling that some of the greatest players to play the game who were coached by some of these manipulating coaches who according to some don't know how to coach despite evidence to the contrary are NOT coming out and throwing those specific coaches under the bus.
In all the years that Babcock coached the great players in Detroit, with their consistent success, all they ever said was his tactics wear out. Does that mean he didn't make them successful? Sure they wanted him fired, but why on earth would a GM fire a coach that was creating results?
What does everyone think Berube did last year in St. Louis? Give them a hug and tell everyone they are loved? Seriously.
