Coaching

 What makes someone a superb coach? What  makes someone a person that others will willingly put themselves under the authority of?

 As many of you know, I am a MAJOR sports fan and often enjoy listening to the commentary and analysis I hear on various radio sports programs. Earlier today, Danny Kanel, who is serving as one of the Commentators for the Military Bowl- Maryland versus East Carolina University. The main story line of this
came is supposed to be that this will be the Final Game that Martland Coach Ralph Friegen will be coaching as the Head Coach of the Terrapins! Friegen was fired on the 20th of this month after refusing a strong request to resign his position!

However, When Kanel called in to the DC Area's 106.7 FM, He was not interested in discussing the Military Bowl. He was most eager to discuss, however, The Redskins' Current Head Coach, Mike Shanahan. Kanel was a reserve Quarterback for the Denver Broncos during a portion of the time when Mister Shanahan served as the Broncos' Head Coach!

Kanel seems to believe that Coach S is more fanatically committed to finding " Another John Elway" than Captain Ahab was in locating the Great White Whale. This means that Shanahan is not likely to to take seriously and value what he has on his roster now was  what Kanel felt was the conclusion to draw from this!

A number of NFL analysts feel that the weakness of bringing back the "Legendary Coaches" is that these coaches seem to cling to the belief that what ever made them successful then will make them Super Bowl Winning Coaches again today! This means that Coach Shanahan doesn't see Elway when he looks carefully at Donavan Mc Nabb! Therefore,He disparages Mc Nabb as not being smart enough and hard working enough to be his Starting Quarterback.

No one can bring back the past. Moreover , You can't force everyone else to operate as they did in the late 1990's so you can coach in the same way that you coached in the late 1990's. Mr. Shanahan 's crush on John Elway may be blocking out his memories of Terrell Davis who was the star running back on the 2 Denver Broncos' Two SuperBowl Winning teams!

One of the core principles here just might be that barking orders, being dictatorial and making a lot of wishes may not serve as a great strategy. Being dedicated to the people who are on hand and being determined to get them to progress as players just MIGHT serve as a more prudent strategy!

- Johnny -