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"There's the Mike McDaniel, Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, like 'I'm a genius at 28 years old. I can figure it out.'"
"All good, great coaches need players to succeed."
"Nick Saban's best coaching job. Playing to his strengths."
"In any team environment and of it the if there's a problem on the team don't look outside the locker room every coach preaches this we must fix our problems right here within this locker room."
"If you listen to 80 percent of the stuff Pep said go back and listen to me."
"And a matchup between two big coaches, Dancy Reagan Campbell gobbled Ronald Reagan Rivera's D right up."
"It's absolutely necessary that we bring out the best performance." - Thomas Tuchel
"I do think Ollie would have massively bullets him to be fair."
"A wild coach discusses getting hammered and banging in an all-time presser."
"Just when both media and the fans were ready to retire Mourinho, he retired them all."
"He was very bad at coaching a football team as a head coach."
"What makes sense for the next version of Ron Rivera? The challenge, that's what."
"If we play like this next season, it's going to have to go in year three. He's going to have to go. So, I will say that next season is the season I really want to judge him on his suitability."
"Stability and authority in coaching is vital for NA teams."
"Greg had the respect of his players not necessarily because he earned it, but because he commanded it."
"You're as good as your coach believes in you."
"Why are you convinced about Ten Hag? He's only going to play as he's coached. That reeks of incompetence."
"You guys lost Tom Brady but Bill Belichick sure can coach so you're still gonna win games."
"Tibs ain't never been SPO never ever not never."
"So it was the best experience because you learned your x's and o's it put me with veterans."
"We're getting the best out of these players."
"I'm happy to change the formation," flexibility is key.
"Define what it takes to win in college football whatever that is for you and then tell me why they can't do that here." - It's about potential.
"He's proven it coaching his players... something that we have been desperately lacking for a long time."
"I'd probably give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a 6 out of 10 in the first half but a 10 out of 10 in the second half."
"Your best players have to unite and inspire the group, otherwise they'll divide the group." - Jeff Van Gundy
"You don't just coach your team all week and go, 'This is how we're going to play in the game.' You've got to be looking for opportunities to go right let's change it."
"We're changing the system so often, it doesn't make sense. It's not rocket science, he's got to pick his best team."
"If you have the right coach, if you have the right atmosphere, if you have the right system of training, you can achieve anything."
"This is a different team with a different coach."
"He's like an extension of your offensive line coach... He's a finisher, he's a guy who shot put and discus in high school."
"Another thing he's going to do right, matter of fact I should be teaching you stuff specifically to beat him."
"If you remove the drug issue from the whole equation, then I know some of our coaches can touch with anybody."
"I used to get so pissed off at coach Shanahan"
"I think credit to Arteta I think we criticize the way he overcoaches us or he has done in the past in attack but clearly this is so well coached now."
"When you win a championship, I think you get stamped as being a pretty good coach."
"If they want to use their energy, make sure it's going backwards." — Coach
"It's really upon the athletes and their coaches to create a season within the year and figure out how you're gonna get your athletes through without injury and to this point peaking right."
"Job done, Thomas Tuchel was absolutely happy and rightfully so."
"I think that's where the coach comes in but like when you direct that anger directly to a player i think it just like damages the team chemistry too much and it's not actually good at all."
"If we get Blanc and he does well, will he be permanent? Well, the thing about Laurent Blanc is, I did a video on Laurent Blanc three years ago, it might be worth going and finding it, I'll tweet it whenever I find it."
"David Moyes has had a very good season as West Ham manager."
"Good coaches are more rare than top 10 players because name 10 coaches you think are like really good right now I think we can all name 10 players that we think are really good right yeah."
"All right, team, good work today. I saw a lot of hustle out there."
"We had very little talent actually. It was mostly coaching." - Steve Kerr
"Honestly, the worst manager tactically since the Wally with the brolies."
"Nine out of ten for Michel Arteta today... he got everything right."
"The modern coach... you've almost got to sound like you're a bit pseudo-intellectual."
"I'm looking forward to testing my wits against some of the best coaches in the world."
"Talking about the enormity of the job that Eric tanhag's got actually I think what we've seen over the last couple of weeks is that we're in a better position over the last couple of weeks than we've been for most of the season."
"Every quarterback needs a coach that is going to put them in a situation to win."
"For me, Pep is the greatest coach of all time. He's changed football."
"I just want to see what tips and the coaching staff does with that because I have my question marks with tips when it comes to offensive schemes."
"I think this is the type of thing that Guardiola and the best coaches are doing day in day out in the training ground."
"That's why great offensive coaches understand defense. Bill Walsh said the best thing he ever did in his career was spent a year coaching defensive backs at Cal because he understood how they were teaching the defense."
"The tide is starting to change... six were assistants so like I said it's just like they were the cool assistant coach now they're getting a chance to really show what they know."
"I cannot wait to teach them how to shoot hoops."
"United are convinced that Eric Ten Hag will get Rashford playing like he did two years ago."
"NFL legend John Madden coached the Oakland Raiders to 10 winning seasons including victory in Super Bowl 11."
"You got to give the man some credit you know give the brother some credit is his first year coaching with the celtics."
"Players need to know that there's a reason that the mainstream media has the coaches backs, and it's because no matter how long you play that coach is going to coach longer."
"With good coaches in this specific set of training, we finished first in the league."
"Scott Frost quickly climbed up the coaching ladder, made a name for himself, had one of the quickest turnarounds in college football history, and was ultimately pegged as the Savior to Nebraska's program."
"Results may come and go, but the learning process for a young player is invaluable."
"It's all about those little five ten yard spaces, and that's where Pep Guardiola is amazing on the training ground."
"I got y'all with your moves if you're a six foot one player."
"He was genius. He was the greatest coach ever."
"Fans hating on Arteta for having high standards, it's crazy."
"SPO is not one of those coaches that's stuck in his ways he adjust with the time and he holds himself accountable like he'll say like man I shouldn't have did it."
"If I'm coaching, I'm saying hey Draymond, I don't want you doing all the antics and stuff."
"Quality coaching is a strong determinant of success."
"There's no other coach who could tame, who could help to perfect the greatest player of all time."
"A coach should still have an identity. I guarantee you if Pep Guardiola was managing this United side, you'd see us playing tiki-taka football."
"That squad can win the league if it's got the right coaching."
"The obvious conclusion if I'm the manager is, 'Right, I'm going to kick some of these players at the arse by dropping them.'"
"Avid is so passionate, he's telling his team to not peek, you know he's speaking."
"Revolutionize the coaching and the manager so that they have an identity that the fans can build with."
"It's gonna be funny to watch the haters try and rationalize Bjergsen was the problem but he's still the coach."
"For the third year in a row, Garnett wins coach of the year, anybody from our roster make the all-NBA team? Karl-Anthony Towns did, for the third year in a row."
"If we want to improve as a football team, we need to concede fewer goals."
"The fact that Dan Campbell was the coach to do it, it's a perfect fit."
"He's a great coach. He's young, he's done great at Leipzig."
"It was like when you had your quarterback throw the ball for the drill and he's like taking too long, like 'Hurry up and throw it, I'm about to pick this.'"
"Can't say that Ten Hag looks happy all night."
"He's got the lineups and everything, it's just reactively, he always has something in his back pocket and he knows exactly when and how to use that."
"Brian Ortega's corner was very, very truthful with him and told him, 'You gotta go finish him.'"
"Does anybody actually believe Ollie gonna Solskjaer is good enough to coach in the Premier League?"
"All Is Forgiven look at Ryan what other coach out there could have pulled the team From the Ashes."
"That's why I always say I think it's a really tough spot to be in as a coach."
"He reminds me of a young... happy and that, but then like when he trains he's full-on."
"The chances did come, and I'm sure Ed Brown said to the lads, 'Keep doing it, keep doing what you're doing.'"
"Our coach just stressed play in the moment do what you do and it was really helpful."
"Constructive criticism is used in sport as positivity."
"He's his bogey coach. I mean, if trick-or-treaters have turned up to Pep's house wearing a Michael Myers mask, he probably would have laughed."
"Fundamentally, the things that I know as a coach from season four, season five don't matter anymore."
"I would totally come for lunch if I didn't have coaching right after."
"Nobody should ever dare sneer at Rodgers at Villa Park. He would be the perfect choice."
"That's what you should be striving for with those technical sessions."
"I feel like if a coaching staff gives him the tools, he will do good."
"Just telling people to identify their strike pattern can have a bigger effect on their game than anything else."
"Malik is one of the most underrated coaches in world counter-strike."
"I can't wait to finish my coaching career as an Oakland Raider."
"Coaching can have such a massive impact in this game if the team is coordinated and playing together."
"Your favorite black coach, I do no wrong, get them wins up or I won't be here for long."
"I think there's a good chance that by the end of this year we view Mike McDonald as not just one of the better defensive coordinators in the league but as a potential head coach candidate for somebody else."
"I completely agree that ten hog could get the sack. I don't agree with him being the sack, but I completely agree he could be on the pathway to being sacked."
"I'm always gonna start the strongest fastest guy, I don't care what he do."
"I just put my arm around him and said, 'Right, go then, prove me wrong, son.'"
"Honor to be your coach, we can't wait to get started."
"I think the only thing where I would look at this game and say it's got to be better is, is this the substitutions." - Unknown speaker
"Great players make you a great coach. Go find how many Hall of Fame coaches that didn't coach Hall of Fame players."
"It's all about how you're going to improve him at 23. He's not the finished article."
"Look in the mirror, what mistakes did I make as a player, what mistakes did our coaching staff make, and then how can we improve from there?"
"For coaching, that [guy] is amazing; I'm just gonna go ahead and no, please no, no, no."
"Positivity is back, everyone needs to just shut up and accept that Mourinho is gone."
"They're pure Hoopers when they're with a player coach, a coach that played the game. It works every time."
"I just don't think it's good enough. Do I think that Mike Phelan, Michael Carrick, and McKenna are top-level coaches? No, I don't."
"Keep ten hog if it's keep ten hog or keep Casmir and Varan you keep the manager 100%, the manager must be allowed to manage but that doesn't mean you can't say you think he's making mistakes."
"Arteta is right in using those words and those moments to kind of push and motivate the side."
"I actually believe there is quality in him... he's got time."
"Build your Midfield around him first 10 games it's normal for a youngster."
"McDonald's influence extended beyond the pitch as he took up coaching roles for Queensland in the late 1970s and led the maroon first state of origin team in 1980."
"Do you now understand the importance of having the best quality coaching available?"
"I was always coaching, I coached my son's football team."
"How do I maximize this player and how do I find out how good this guy can be?"
"Lou Holtz is a college football coaching legend."
"You learned more about your players in the losses than you ever do in the win." - Emphasizing the importance of analyzing performance in defeats.
"That's what's going on meanwhile you also got to make offensive adjustments which is what we are going to try to do in the second half because whatever the hell we were doing the first half didn't work."
"Nobody on the France Senior Team coaching staff is weird, not at all."
"Franchises like the Lakers or the Yankees should always have this Lombardi-style coach."
"Grade for coaching changes so far: B. What do you think?"
"Before you move down to the next ones on this list, make sure that your defense is at least as half as good as your offense."
"We're gonna win the World Cup is pretty much because the person that is coaching the side is the greatest coach in modern American history."
"I want them to be a great team because of Tomlin. I believe in Mike Tomlin. I think he's one of the best coaches in the league."
"I'm actually really interested to see how well Jake does as a coach. The best coaches that I've ever talked to think about the game very differently to the way that players think about the game."
"They do call me Coach Stradamus for a reason."
"He needs coaches who got another manager sack to help him."
"They didn't make the playoffs by accident... they're a well-coached football team."
"Nobody enters to lose but somebody will. You have to be honest as a coach, motivate with truth."
"It's hard for me to just say, 'Hey, Steve Kerr with everything he's had is just like he's the number one guy in the NBA as a coach.' I mean, look what he's working with."
"It's about unlocking a version of the player that's in there. We know he's in there. We've seen what it can be."
"Offensive play calling is like telling a story."
"You can accomplish the development of players and Randle at the same time."
"Bill Belichick, he's exactly what you see on TV. He's that same person."
"If it seems right, possibly the difference is that in sport coaches and athletes are more willing to rapidly assess the effectiveness of a strategy."
"Is he still the coach of the Pats after this season?"
"We're going to find a spot for that kid and when you look at this game, bulldog mentality, coached by Cal."
"The job [Ten Hag's] doing is unbelievable, absolutely superb."
"An offensive coordinator has got to be able to understand the pieces he has and develop an offense around that."
"Lean on Me When You're 11th. I'll be your coach. I'll help you ascend the Premier League table."
"It's money, he's gonna get paid a lot of money to coach the Broncos."
"Excited about getting started this Sunday... really feel good about where our group is and the growth of development that we've been able to cover over the course of Team development." - Mike Tomlin
"Just do what I say, don't listen to Chris Armas, stand on the goal line, screw it, see what happens."
"Jones recognized the size shortcomings and built a game plan around their limitations."
"You know, it's fine. The most important people to our team is the guys that's in the locker room and our coaching staff and we got a ways to go but we just want to build."
"Finding the right hitting view is going to be really crucial to your success at the plate."
"The moment you jump out and create gaps, you're making it easier for them."
"If you don't have a set piece coach now, you might be behind the times."
"Jill Ellis told all of us that look it's just as important how we finish games as opposed to how we start them."
"Just close the distance. When he comes inside side or forward wood right here."
"We're gonna be best at the basics, technique, technique, technique."
"People just can't speak highly enough of what Po and his coach honestly, the coaching staff."
"and boy you got to give all the credit in the world to the coaches and whatever adjustments and the talking with him that they had at halftime it obviously did a lot of good"
"Tightening up the playbook for offensive excellence."
"We want to try to get them to make what we call 0.5 decisions."
"It's gonna be nuts, Oklahoma State's turning something around, Gundy's a great coach too, under the radar."
"My student went from a golfer who could not find consistency in their game to the senior state champion and then Interstate champion after that because of this drill I gave him."
"I have no problem with Dan Campbell being the face of my movement because I love the fact that he both is a motivator of men who wants to bite your kneecaps off and he understands the analytics."
"I think Willie Green should be in the coach of the year conversation."
"I've coached athletes at the world-class level in six different sports, and I am excited to weigh in on Clarence Kennedy's take on anabolic steroids."
"Good coaching on the defensive side, everybody stays at home, they stay in their gap, and they hold that run to a short gain."
"You want to beat a defensive coordinator, you got to keep a book on them and just get to know their psychology."
"You have to be smart and that's what drives the coach crazy."
"I was in the grind of coaching, coaching, coaching, like I loved all of that side of things."
"My coach Ed gave me this lesson that finally had me making a breakthrough."
"Awesome job joining me today, nice work, you just became a better hockey player."
"We teach them how to hit the ball square."
"The methods of Ivan the Butcher, as he was known, produced 12 Olympic medals and 57 world champions."
"Building fast hands, building fast counters, that's all a part of the teaching progression."
"We just want to see you guys improve your tennis game."
"If you have a great ankle rocker and could get a positive shin angle and still hold the positions and be very powerful, you will skate lower and all skating coaches want that."
"Bill Belichick has an archive inside of his brain, an archive of answers for every single problem that he gets thrown at as a defensive mind."
"When you're building a tempo team, you've got to get kids to understand this sense of urgency."
"The master was in session, it's like when a coach is teaching you something in sport and then they start doing it and you're like, wow, that's how it's done."
"He's just so difficult to get to, to see that side of Bill Parcells, that kind of humanity."
"If Dan Campbell keeps this up now that the Lions games are playing high leverage games, that's what I love about Dan Campbell."
"Every coach out there would love to have a defense that stays organized and on top of it."
"He's the national championship coach."
"He puts you through that fire in practice, man."
"By eliminating this problem, it does liberate your movement and your progression and make you a much better golfer."