Coaching staff dynamics

[Junior]

I would rather have 5 good coaches then 10 soso...thoughts?

[bethere]

I would rather have 5 good coaches then 10 soso...thoughts?

are you counting yourself or a strength coach? six + a strength coach seems like a workable number.

[doublerods]

I think some things need to be broken down as "good" characteristics...there are good coaches who can diagram anything, coaches that teach the kids well, coaches that are kid magnets (kids love them), yellers and screamers, etc....sometimes the wrong mix of coaching styles can be the downfall (too much of anything isn't good)...i've also had some experiences with young "so so" coaches who develop through the learning process into great ones...the only gray area with that is the so so guy either gets better or is dead weight.

[Junior]

i am counting myself, and i like the use of "dead weight", i have seen coaches at the hs level that i cannot figure out how/why they are there

[nccoach77]

I am part of a staff in which we have a head coach and 3 stable asst. We then have had a carousel of other coaches. I coach in North Carolina and we have an alloted staff of a head and 7 assts. We have been able to make it work, but there have been some years where we have struggled a couple times when we just could not find any other quality assts.

[ytownirish]

it's tough filling out staffs with quality guys all the way around. I think we can all probably think back to days when we played and started out and think of several coaches that were basically blowing smoke.

On of football's faults is that it's played by a bunch of "proud" and "tough" guys that think they know everything. Unfortunately, the only thing some guys know how to do is play football - not coach it.

[Coachhan33]

I would like to have a staff that push each other to be better. Do not except being mediocre, and puts their heart and soul into becoming a better team. We expect our kids to do this, we should expect all of our coaches to do this as well.
A coaching staff needs to be good communicators and when something is wrong or you disagree with something, you should be confident that the other coaches will listen. They might not agree. But being good at listening is what turns coaching staffs into friends who enjoy working with each other and a happy staff is a happy team!

We are in it for and because of the kids. So, every decision should be based off of this philosophy. The more members of your staff who understand this philosophy, the better.

[bethere]

i am counting myself, and i like the use of "dead weight", i have seen coaches at the hs level that i cannot figure out how/why they are there

it isn't just high school. i hear what terry bradshaw has to say and usually i am left to wonder how he could possibly be in the pro football hall of fame?