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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is the second time that Coach Ward has talked about the players taking ownership of the team. If he’s got a “coaching style,” this is it. Ward seems to be all about empowering the players. Scott Oake raised a good point about striking a delicate balance between empowering and surrendering control to the players.
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Yup - he was also careful to add something to the effect that they all discuss and get input, and then as coaches they sit down together and make decisions. That is excellent, and the way good businesses are managed.
Players see things differently from coaches (and employees from managers!) and at the end of the day they are all trying to get to some specific place...so someone needs to take the lead and make decisions for the group. Great philosophy!