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I want to preface this by saying I am a Jeff Fisher fan.
However, I have a theory (that could be entirely wrong, so I welcome feedback). I think Jeff Fishers coddling style sends the wrong message to his team. For example, Fisher likes moral victories. He likes to go to the podium and say things like "man, I tell ya, these guys like to play." These kinds of statements may make the players feel like coach is satisfied with what we're doing, yet disappointed in the outcome. Especially, because the team is so young. Some players may feel, that im doing the right thing, im playing hard, therefore coach is happy, but he's just really mad that we lost. Yesterday was the first time where I saw him upset about the penalty situation which is good.
When thinking about this, I wanted to compare him to Pete Carroll, who for the most part takes the same approach as Jeff Fisher. However, I think there's a difference. I think Pete is a lot less patient than Fisher. Carroll structures his team around competition. They compete every day, very hard in practice. Fisher doesn't have that same mold. If anything Fisher walks on the side of caution, and wants to get his players to game day, which may hinder development, and may not be getting the most out of his players.
So basically, I'm not saying Fisher's coaching style is wrong, my point is, his coaching style may be attributing to the overarching problem of this team beating themselves. I think he unintentionally sends the message that "mediocrity" is okay. I could be completely wrong, and I want to hear your opinions on this, but it's just something that I was thinking about.
However, I have a theory (that could be entirely wrong, so I welcome feedback). I think Jeff Fishers coddling style sends the wrong message to his team. For example, Fisher likes moral victories. He likes to go to the podium and say things like "man, I tell ya, these guys like to play." These kinds of statements may make the players feel like coach is satisfied with what we're doing, yet disappointed in the outcome. Especially, because the team is so young. Some players may feel, that im doing the right thing, im playing hard, therefore coach is happy, but he's just really mad that we lost. Yesterday was the first time where I saw him upset about the penalty situation which is good.
When thinking about this, I wanted to compare him to Pete Carroll, who for the most part takes the same approach as Jeff Fisher. However, I think there's a difference. I think Pete is a lot less patient than Fisher. Carroll structures his team around competition. They compete every day, very hard in practice. Fisher doesn't have that same mold. If anything Fisher walks on the side of caution, and wants to get his players to game day, which may hinder development, and may not be getting the most out of his players.
So basically, I'm not saying Fisher's coaching style is wrong, my point is, his coaching style may be attributing to the overarching problem of this team beating themselves. I think he unintentionally sends the message that "mediocrity" is okay. I could be completely wrong, and I want to hear your opinions on this, but it's just something that I was thinking about.