Thursday, December 12, 2013

Why wouldn't you pad the schedule?

If I am a new coach at anything but the highest level, why wouldn’t I find a patsy schedule for the first few years? Winning creates fan interest, and most fans don’t keep up with it enough to know the quality of the schedule, anyway. Winning gets the team in the habit of winning, which is critical. Winning allows you to teach your team your system instead of being a punching bag for teams that are able to impose their system on you. Later, when you have a good culture in place, then start ramping up the schedule.

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