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Originally posted by njbb:
I don't see anything wrong with a player asking the coach how he plans to use him. Why is everyone so worried about talking to the coach??? your not trying to sway him just want a heads up
Careful. I sense a bit of heresy in you!
Personally, I agree with you 100%, but I daresay most people don’t feel the same way. IMHO, this is a topic that brings out the paranoid side of most coaches, but I don’t think the paranoia is as warranted as most believe.
I never have seen anything wrong with asking a coach to explain his philosophies. After all, that’s nothing more than reciting things they’ve come to believe. Nit picking every decision is something else again.
If a coach can’t be very clear about his philosophies, and can’t reasonably explain why he has them, he shouldn’t be coaching. After all, isn’t what he’s trying to do is get his players and hopefully their parents to buy into his philosophies? If he can’t state them or explain them, why should anyone buy into them?