Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.
It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people remembered me as 'Coach,' and as the years went on, people just started knowing me from the game.
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.
People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.
Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.
I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.
I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.
I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.