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Originally Posted by browna
Because it involved being a jerk to get players to commit to it and stick to it.
Ward played good cop I am sure to the players then as he is now. For him to change his style to be a jerk won't work long term as players would see though it. Who knows, maybe that attitude is what he is trying, but rom the last 8 days it appears they aren't really buying in to anything he is saying right now so his credibility ship has sailed.
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I remember Duhatsek talking about this on the radio many years ago when Darryl was still GM. I can't remember if Playfair was coach, Darryl was, or if Keenan was. However, he said that the assistant is often the buddy and he's the sounding board for the players, they coach the players trust with vulnerable things. The head coach is the hard tough guy in the room. He's the boss and needs to be hard on you. That makes it hard for an assistant to transition from buddy to hardass. Some guys can do it, many cannot. It isn't common for a teams assistant to successfully transition to head coach with the same team.
Playfair didn't do it and Ward isn't exactly breaking the mind either.