This is exactly right, and dovetails nicely with an article in the Wall St. Journal today about how the Oregon football coaches communicate and coach their players without yelling.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/oregon-...-team-1420663969?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Top
"In a move that may send football traditionalists into a sideline meltdown, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich and his staff have ditched the age-old technique of screaming at players to motivate them. Instead, Oregon’s coaches have implemented a softer, less confrontational and altogether cuddlier method of running their team."
"Oregon’s nonaggression policy isn’t limited to players. Offensive coordinator Scott Frost says that the spirit of civility extends to the coaching staff, where the lowliest graduate assistants are treated with the same deference as top members of the staff. “Guys in our program don’t get yelled at and treated like they are beneath the coaches,” Frost said. “There’s more enjoyment and laughing in our building than almost any football building in the country.”
"Instead of a chain of command with the head coach at the top, Oregon’s coaches, players and administrators are viewed as equals and collaborators. “Every single member of this team is seen as a leader in their own way,” said center Hroniss Grasu."
Go read the full article. It raises interesting questions on how the current younger generation communicates, and how best coaches can reach them. Oregon football is certainly doing something right.
