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Originally Posted by KC Fish
That's different altogether. If players won't listen to the coach, then you get rid of those players. You don't set up coaching extensions to appease the players. If the players think Herm is full of crap, then they're going to think he's full of crap regardless of when his contract is up. They're not going to change their mind about him being full of crap just because he has a contract extension. Buying into the "plan" has no relevance to contract extensions beyond the current season. The locker room isn't going to fall apart because of possible uncertainty after the season is over. They play one game at a time, one season at a time. If players can't stay focused because they're worrying about next season after 4 games, then that's the player's problem.
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But where we're apparently disagreeing is that I think there would be A LOT of players no longer listening to the coach. Too many to simply get rid of.
The players aren't stupid. It's about accountability. If the writing is on the wall that Herm's going to get fired because things aren't going well (at whatever point that is, 0-4 was just a random number), players realize they aren't going to be accountable to him anymore. What he says and thinks won't matter.
IMO, what would happen next is that players would tune him out and start going about things their own way. The result would be a complete cluster****.