Faith, family and football motivate Miami Hurricanes linebac

[BucCANEers]

I just read a nice article on McCord a few minutes ago.

CHOOSING THE CANES

Devout and dedicated according to his teammates, McCord – a U.S. Army High School All-American – picked the Hurricanes two years ago because of what he saw coach Al Golden do on the sideline before Jake Wieclaw booted the winning field goal in a 6-3 win at USF.

“Usually they let the kicker be by himself and calm him down when they ice the kicker to try to shake him up, but Coach Golden and the whole team was right there with him jumping on his back getting him hyped,” McCord said.

“I was like, ‘That’s the type of team I want to play for.’ It showed a lot of pride and it showed that [Golden] was a player’s coach. He was having fun doing his job. He’s not out there mad all of the time. He was out there having fun with the players. I really liked that.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/03/3667869/faith-family-and-football-motivate.html#storylink=cpy


http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/03/3667869/faith-family-and-football-motivate.html

 

[Stingarov]

Golden offers something the rest of the coaches in the NCAA for the most part can't offer, and that is an ability to get at a player's self-motivation, to foster it, and to use it as a weapon against fatigue, weakness, lethargy and losing. Doesn't need to scream, doesn't need to micromanage, doesn't need to give a pretense of calm cool collected equanimity. He's jacked up, expects and understand his player's will be jacked up, and empowers the leaders on the team to police the guys to keep them in check and stay frosty. Never needs to be told to ease down, never just grinds metal. Always constructive.

 

[BucCANEers]

Golden offers something the rest of the coaches in the NCAA for the most part can't offer, and that is an ability to get at a player's self-motivation, to foster it, and to use it as a weapon against fatigue, weakness, lethargy and losing. Doesn't need to scream, doesn't need to micromanage, doesn't need to give a pretense of calm cool collected equanimity. He's jacked up, expects and understand his player's will be jacked up, and empowers the leaders on the team to police the guys to keep them in check and stay frosty. Never needs to be told to ease down, never just grinds metal. Always constructive.

Yep..Getting mad is ok, but not 70% of your coaching. Coaches needs to teach players. They are teachers. If they mess up, bring them close and teach them want they did wrong Teach them what they need to do on the next play. Mold not scold.

 

[Dingaan1828]

Leaders don't need to be feared or aloof. You can be close to your players as long as you stay clearly out in front. Al just gets it.