@dencyguy said:
On #4--The coach runs the team, and hopefully gets them to do what he wants, which hopefully will make the team better. I've had several jobs in my life, and not one of them featured a boss coming up to me two months after I started and saying, "Alright, here's what I need you to do." Presumably you let guys know what you're thinking sooner, especially if they're, I dunno, the key to your defensive front.
Do I want the coach washing his players' cars for them? Of course not; that's what the coaches' kids are for. Would I like to think that the coach is willing to communicate with the guys he's going to try to lead? That might help. Do I think that "He'll talk to them when they need to be talked to" is a stupid way to run any business, much less one that has about fifty employees, all of whom are integral to making things work? Yes. Very yes.
I don't think anyone's really denying that, Dennis. Well, maybe Pluto is, but that's his problem.
In his last presser, Mangini talked about how important it was for him to review boatloads of film and get all the schematic stuff done before talking to the players individually. Based on what he said, you got the impression that he felt it was worthless to meet with the players unless he had a detailed X's and O's plan to share with them.
In that sense, he reminds me of the professor you visit during office hours who's hopelessly awkward when he's just shooting the shit, but is engaging and brilliant when you ask them about his reading of some 19th century novel. For Mangini, it may be less about awkwardness and more about what he considers a valuable use of his time, but both seem to underestimate the importance of building personal relationships that transcend the subject matter or what happens on the football field.
I guess that's a slightly different critique of how Mangini seems to be approaching things.
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