Football VIDEO: Greg Schiano talks Virginia Tech postgame
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When he was asked a couple of questions about coaching decisions he quickly got defensive. I’d rather him say, “I understand why I’m getting the questions. We need to go back and examine for going forward”.
At least that shows accountability and an openness to change. All I heard in that press conference was we make the calls we make and hopefully things work out.
At least that shows accountability and an openness to change. All I heard in that press conference was we make the calls we make and hopefully things work out.
He never criticizes anyone as to not alienate anyone. He will always say we need to improve as a staff and a team type statements.
Criticism is for behind closes doors.
Disagree entirely. I thought his answers to the public were perfect. I'm sure things will be discussed in the meeting rooms tomorrow, but we don't need to know that.
No questions about what caused AK’s to throw up on the field? WTH?
Football players puking is pretty common.
When your going at your max on a string of plays its just makes puke happen.
He answered the question. We were never going to kick it from 58 - just trying to draw them offsides. The decision to kick was from 53. His staff said Patel hit one from there in warm ups. I hated the call at the time; however, not having an all star punter was surely a factor in the decision - he’s not going to say that and crap on our punter but it’s true. Chances are - the punt was going in the end zone and they were getting the ball at the 20 or at best probably the 10.
Patel was 2 of 4 from 50+ yards out - 50%. It didn’t work but if you think of it that way - it was a 50% chance of 3 points and a 50% chance of them getting the ball at the 35.
His answers were fine. He said they have some things as coaches to clean up. He doesn’t need to go into specifics.
In real time - the decisions seemed inconsistent and aggressive but for now, the reality is that our D has had some shaky moments with our best players working their way back and the punting unit isn’t the asset it used to be. These factorschange the decision thought process for sure. If he could have that play back, Greg might even consider simply going for it on 4th and 6 from the 35 because maybe our best chance right now is to trust the O to get the 1st down as crazy as that sounds. With the D looking shaky and having been stopped already on a bunch of 4th and 1s, I can also see why he didn’t want to risk giving them the ball near midfield later in the game. In that case - a touch back (although disappointing) still pushed the ball back considerably. We don’t have the kind of pooch punter who is going to pin them deep on a short kick though so punting from the 35 basically just means pushing them back 15 yards or so.
Yes, interesting Greg may have to trust the offense more than the defense. Or maybe he just can trust the offense more than he could before in 2.0. The O plays unfortunately didn’t work which may cause him to be more conservative going forward. lol.
100%
Long ago, I was taught that public criticism of subordinates (either people or organizations, like vendors or corporate divisions) is an anti-pattern for strong, effective leadership. I’ve seen this proven in practice many many times.
For a coach, constructive criticism might use a player’s recent bad play as an example, and we want a culture where players learn from each others mistakes. That’s a necessarily semi-public (team-wide only) form of criticism that’s okay.
But there’s a skill to doing that in a way that builds up players and team, motivates and encourages. As opposed to ways that tear down players and team, demotivates and discourages. When a coach publicly attacks their team or a player, it’s always a sign of weak leadership.
IMO, GSII, for all his flaws, real or imagined, gets this executive leadership stuff exactly right. I think it’s an area GSII has improved some over GSI, not that he was bad about it then.