Post by surgesoccer on Jul 24, 2019 9:56:38 GMT -5
FG, That's an interesting question that I don't think can accurately be answered. But I think anytime you have a coach for two years, it's probably better that you keep that coach going through the end of season tournaments. With our old coach switching clubs that wasn't much of an option.
We had to win regionals to advance to Nationals, so the new Tournament Coach (NTC) came in and accomplished that with 3 weeks to get to know the boys and figure out his starting 11 and subs. In some ways him not knowing the team (and only coaching through Nationals) helped as it was easier for to play to win and not worry about playing time for players. That worked in the regional tournament and we advanced. Every decision the NTC made seemed to work. Would we have advanced with our old coach? You never know but he did know the team well and I think we would have advanced.
Unfortunately I think some of the players turned negative on the NTC based on their playing time in regionals and that affected the team at training leading up to the tournament and at Nationals. To me it seemed like at Nationals they (some, not all of the team) responded to him more like a substitute teacher. That would not have happened under the old coach. So I think we would have performed better at Nationals with the old coach.
That's nothing negative to the NTC as I think he approached Regionals and Nationals the same way. Just don't think the team as a whole did the same.
We had to win regionals to advance to Nationals, so the new Tournament Coach (NTC) came in and accomplished that with 3 weeks to get to know the boys and figure out his starting 11 and subs. In some ways him not knowing the team (and only coaching through Nationals) helped as it was easier for to play to win and not worry about playing time for players. That worked in the regional tournament and we advanced. Every decision the NTC made seemed to work. Would we have advanced with our old coach? You never know but he did know the team well and I think we would have advanced.
Unfortunately I think some of the players turned negative on the NTC based on their playing time in regionals and that affected the team at training leading up to the tournament and at Nationals. To me it seemed like at Nationals they (some, not all of the team) responded to him more like a substitute teacher. That would not have happened under the old coach. So I think we would have performed better at Nationals with the old coach.
That's nothing negative to the NTC as I think he approached Regionals and Nationals the same way. Just don't think the team as a whole did the same.
