The question, in a nutshell: what separates good / great SEC head coaches from bad ones?
Last week, I was watching that little SEC Network special about Auburn vs LSU, the one where they go behind the scenes during the week of practice before the game, etc.
Throughout the entire thing, Harsin looks very engaged. He's encouraging the players, he's getting excited when they do something correctly, he's congratulating them. It seems like he knows all of them by their first names. He also appeared to be very "hands-on", working with multiple position groups. At no point during the broadcast did Harsin come across as aloof, cold, or arrogant. He seems to genuinely care about the players who have bought in. Now, we're not in the meetings, as they say, so we don't get a full picture of what's really going on. But to me, he appeared to know at least a little bit about what the hell he's doing.
And yet, we know he's an awful coach. Why is that?
What makes a bad coach in this conference? What makes a great one?
Last week, I was watching that little SEC Network special about Auburn vs LSU, the one where they go behind the scenes during the week of practice before the game, etc.
Throughout the entire thing, Harsin looks very engaged. He's encouraging the players, he's getting excited when they do something correctly, he's congratulating them. It seems like he knows all of them by their first names. He also appeared to be very "hands-on", working with multiple position groups. At no point during the broadcast did Harsin come across as aloof, cold, or arrogant. He seems to genuinely care about the players who have bought in. Now, we're not in the meetings, as they say, so we don't get a full picture of what's really going on. But to me, he appeared to know at least a little bit about what the hell he's doing.
And yet, we know he's an awful coach. Why is that?
What makes a bad coach in this conference? What makes a great one?
