JLC: The Cerrato Era Has Begun

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Originally Posted by freddyg12

Seems way oversimplified to me. Of course, talent on the field makes a huge difference, but we only need to look back at the last half of the ole ball coach's season here to see how a stubborn coach's game plan works in the nfl if he refuses to adjust.

Are you in essence saying that game planning is overated, but motivation of players isn't? You stated early in this post that all coaches game plan. If You follow your logic, you are essentially saying that actually all coaches MUST have good game plans just to keep up w/the competition.

I'm saying:

1) the effects of gameplan are overvalued to fit with the assumption that the winning coach had the more intelligent gameplan. That is to say that people always label winning coaches as great gameplanners when in many instances, this is not the case.

I'm saying it's really, really, really difficult to make a bad gameplan week after week. People with that aptitude tend not to pursue the field of coaching.

2) I'm saying that because NFL players range from the ages of 22-40, it's safe to say that motivation is predominantly internal in nature. Players that can self-motivate will be successful whereever they go, and there's not a lot a coach can do for a 26 year old man who can't motivate himself.