There are a lot of coaches out there who dont have CLUE ONE about how to really coach! These individuals consistently do far more damage to athletes than they do good.
They tear down self-esteem rather than build it up. They create an extremely unsafe learning environment for their athletes. They use fear, humiliation and demeaning, disrespectful behaviors as teaching tools. They are emotionally and sometimes indirectly (or directly) physically abusive. They directly and indirectly pressure athletes to continue to play when injured. They regularly kill the fun and passion that their athletes once had for the sport. These coaches have lost their way and stray terribly far from the true mission of coaching a winning program.
Youre NOT a good coach when you call an athlete out in front of the team and tell that athlete with an out-of-control red faced demeanor that, You absolutely suck! Youre the worst MFer I know, I hope you burn in hell! Get the F off my team! Youre NOT a good coach when you see an athlete get physically hurt and yell out, You deserved that you loafing MFer.
How are these kind of a comments constructive? Does it help our athletes understand exactly what he is doing wrong and what he needs to do to fix it and improve? How does it help? Does it motivate an individual to want to work even harder to improve? Does it help that individual feel good about themselves? Does it cause the athlete to give you more effort?
Youre NOT a good coach if you think that your most important job as a coach is to impress the media, see yourself on camera and stir social media.
I dont care what kind of ego you have your job is to coach not just give speeches!
Bad Coaches who mistreat elite athletes will never build a winning program. That type of coach will cause many elite athletes to leave his program.
Bad Head Coaches who throw drink cups, kick over chairs and call staffers MFers during staff meetings will never earn the respect of their staffers but will instead cause those staffers to talk about the Head Coach behind his back, especially if the problem is the-man-in-the-mirror.