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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 387396, member: 2585"]
Didn't see anyone post about this yet, but thought it was really interesting:

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“The kids are good,” Marrone said on the eve of the 40-10 Orange blowout. “They are (mad) but in a good way. They have started to take some accountability.”

For weeks Marrone had placed all the blame for the team’s record squarely on his own shoulders, so much so that it grew wearisome to hear. The players apparently thought so, too, and began to step up and take responsibility for the mistakes they had made that created the 2-4 mess they were in – a minus-10 turnover margin, untimely penalties, special-teams breakdowns and red-zone failures high on the list.

The standard “we just have to clean up the little things” was replaced by “I have to clean up my act,” a subtle but significant shift in the team’s psyche. Marrone liked what he was hearing and seeing in practice and forged his game plan for the Huskies with that in mind."

Seems like all that "I have to do a better job" stuff, while true - also was a way of modeling the kind of behavior he wanted to see in his team. Each component taking leadership and accountability for itself. This is not just good coaching - but great coaching.

It was annoying for us to hear him falling on his sword game after game, but if it results in each unit and player owning up to their mistakes? That's winning football.
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