• Goatbeerdog@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Many people are good at the game. But dont know anything about the tactics or other positions.

    Ive had 2 former pro soccer coaches in lower leagues. They were 100% clueless, everything was just fight harder

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      1 year ago

      It is why certain players would not make good coaches. They understand talent and effort, and that doesn’t always translate to tactics and camaraderie

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      1 year ago

      Reminds me of an old story about Ted Williams, when he tried (and failed miserably) to be a hitting coach.

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        1 year ago

        “See ball, hit ball” - Ted Williams

        Easy to coach when you are as gifted as Ted Williams

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          Wayne Gretzky had a similar situation when he was a coach. He tried to tell his team to pull off a specific manuver if the defenders were coming in quickly and his players were like “yeah we can’t physically do that”.

          It’s shit like this that has me convinced LeBron will be a horrible executive when he retires. The only all time great NBA players that excelled as an executive to my knowledge were Larry Bird and Jerry West. And Bird is the only one I remember who was able to coach