What should we think about Capel's performance this year?
I am not wanting to live in the past and believe Kelvin's departure came at the right time, but no Kelvin team, even in his first year when Billy left him with little more than scraps, his teams played hard and played together.
I thought Capel tried to send this team a message in Alaska by letting them flounder away, but after Northern Colorado and UTEP, I'm not sure Capel has a handle on this team. The quote about a player (Blake) not talking to his coach (Capel) for a month - even if exaggerated, shocks me. Can I go a month without talking to one of my employees?
I am solidly behind Capel, but I think he has some room to grow as a coach as well. Maybe he is learning as much as his team is learning this year. I have to remind myself he is young too and I think he is having growing pains as much as this team is having growing pains.
As for solutions, I don't have any, I am not a college coach, I coach a group of 9-year old boys, but I do have a couple of rules for my team. The first is to give 100% effort while you are on the court. I don't see this from Capel's bunch right now and if it was my team, I'd find 5 guys who would give me 100% effort the entire game, regardless of skill level. Would the outcome be different than it is now?
I am not wanting to live in the past and believe Kelvin's departure came at the right time, but no Kelvin team, even in his first year when Billy left him with little more than scraps, his teams played hard and played together.
I thought Capel tried to send this team a message in Alaska by letting them flounder away, but after Northern Colorado and UTEP, I'm not sure Capel has a handle on this team. The quote about a player (Blake) not talking to his coach (Capel) for a month - even if exaggerated, shocks me. Can I go a month without talking to one of my employees?
I am solidly behind Capel, but I think he has some room to grow as a coach as well. Maybe he is learning as much as his team is learning this year. I have to remind myself he is young too and I think he is having growing pains as much as this team is having growing pains.
As for solutions, I don't have any, I am not a college coach, I coach a group of 9-year old boys, but I do have a couple of rules for my team. The first is to give 100% effort while you are on the court. I don't see this from Capel's bunch right now and if it was my team, I'd find 5 guys who would give me 100% effort the entire game, regardless of skill level. Would the outcome be different than it is now?