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[QUOTE="OrangeinDC, post: 4883945, member: 921"]
Good post.

I think so many people are caught up in this win now thing, and yeah we know the issues, and I'm not debating that, but if you really look at what Red is doing, you understand coaching.  He's creating his culture.  He's establishing and building relationships with the players, individually. He's holding them accountable, not throwing the towel in on them yet and building trust.

Not only are the current players watching this, any potential transfer down the line will look at this too. How did he treat players? Just giving up on a kid, kicking him to the curb, throwing him under the bus or putting him on blast to the fans, isn’t acceptable and not how a good coach coaches.  Just running kids to/from portal every year will catch up to the coach and program and is not the answer.  We use the portal strategically and we will have to develop some talent, it’s not something that’s completed 9 games into most of their soph seasons FCOL.

Most importantly, he's putting the onus on them, the players.

This is what I ask, playing time is based on you doing these things, I'm going to give you an opportunity and if you are improving, making the effort, you'll be alright. If not, we have to move on with no hard feelings.  Love it.
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