As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don't know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.
I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.
In training camp, you know what each person is doing.
What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.
I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.
Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today.
I have a wealth of experience, but I do not want to coach. I rather like the role of recruiter.
Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.