ShotgunDawg
09-04-2013, 07:46 AM
Was listening to Bo Bounds this morning, and he re-ran an interview with Scott Stricklin in which Scott talked about something that Manny Diaz had told him this summer in a visit to Austin.
Manny said,
"Coach's tenures are like a kid growing into a man. The first 3 years, everything, including the mess-ups are cute and adorable. From years 4-6, a coach is like an awkward adolescent, people aren't sure how they feel about everything, and problems occur. Then once your past year 6 a coaching staff grows into maturity. At this point people trust the coaching staff, and the coaching staff has experimented and found what works and how to win at the school."
I thought this was a great quote and was very true. From a 30,000 feet view Dan is obviously in the awkward adolescent period of his tenure. Things are uncomfortable and we can't figure out why or where things are going, but at the end of the day, our program is still heading in the right direction. We are expanding the stadium, have been to 3 straight bowls, have a beautiful new football building, and have recruited better the last few years than we have in many.
I often wonder how things were back in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's when there weren't 24 hour news cycles, message boards, and coaches making hugh money. I wonder if this era of sports with all these things has created a knee jerk society where we react and blow small problems completely out of proportion?
To hammer home the point, I saw this tweet by Mike Bianchi this morning in response to a fan, which is short for fanatic:
Mike Bianchi @BianchiWrites 2m
That's ridiculous RT @ChrisATLprayer: Muschamp should be fired if they do lose to Miami plain and simple.
Anyway, there are obviously some issues that we all hope and pray are improved upon over the next two weeks, but I thought Manny provided some solid perspective that was worth passing on.
Manny said,
"Coach's tenures are like a kid growing into a man. The first 3 years, everything, including the mess-ups are cute and adorable. From years 4-6, a coach is like an awkward adolescent, people aren't sure how they feel about everything, and problems occur. Then once your past year 6 a coaching staff grows into maturity. At this point people trust the coaching staff, and the coaching staff has experimented and found what works and how to win at the school."
I thought this was a great quote and was very true. From a 30,000 feet view Dan is obviously in the awkward adolescent period of his tenure. Things are uncomfortable and we can't figure out why or where things are going, but at the end of the day, our program is still heading in the right direction. We are expanding the stadium, have been to 3 straight bowls, have a beautiful new football building, and have recruited better the last few years than we have in many.
I often wonder how things were back in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's when there weren't 24 hour news cycles, message boards, and coaches making hugh money. I wonder if this era of sports with all these things has created a knee jerk society where we react and blow small problems completely out of proportion?
To hammer home the point, I saw this tweet by Mike Bianchi this morning in response to a fan, which is short for fanatic:
Mike Bianchi @BianchiWrites 2m
That's ridiculous RT @ChrisATLprayer: Muschamp should be fired if they do lose to Miami plain and simple.
Anyway, there are obviously some issues that we all hope and pray are improved upon over the next two weeks, but I thought Manny provided some solid perspective that was worth passing on.