KingintheNorth
Chris in Arizona
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Players are often taught (conditioned) to believe they can accomplish anything if they believe it and then envision it. Great athletes like Micah have been able to accomplish so much that they start really believing they are invincible and/or destined for great things.
A few years after I stopped coaching in college, I agreed to help a friend coach at a high school. They had hired this new head coach (my friend is the DC) and since he was an ex-NFL guy and came from the best high school program in Arizona, everyone had high hopes. I'm a talent guy and a bit of a realist, and I quickly realized that we were undersized, slow, and lacked talent. In Fall Camp, the new Head Coach had them close their eyes and imagine themselves playing the powerhouse high school program he came from in the state championship game. I LOL'd. That head coach, who is six-foot-six and 280 lbs. hated me from that moment on.
We went 1-9.
A few years after I stopped coaching in college, I agreed to help a friend coach at a high school. They had hired this new head coach (my friend is the DC) and since he was an ex-NFL guy and came from the best high school program in Arizona, everyone had high hopes. I'm a talent guy and a bit of a realist, and I quickly realized that we were undersized, slow, and lacked talent. In Fall Camp, the new Head Coach had them close their eyes and imagine themselves playing the powerhouse high school program he came from in the state championship game. I LOL'd. That head coach, who is six-foot-six and 280 lbs. hated me from that moment on.
We went 1-9.