One thing I love about DeBoer…
People wonder how his players are able to deliver in the clutch, over and over. The answer is multifactorial, of course. But one reason has to be the example he sets on the sideline. He will work over a ref once in a while. But when the game is on the line, DeBoer is utterly poised and stone-faced. It sets a tone.
Tonight, I re-watched the Sugar Bowl. Specifically, ESPN’s “Command Center” telecast, which is a split-screen with continuous cameras on both head coaches. Sark has matured some from his UW days, but he still paces around a lot, makes faces, chatters on his mic, and manifests nervous tics. Big stress energy. By contrast, DeBoer is an absolute rock on the Husky sideline, no matter how insane the shit gets. In fact, the higher the stakes, the more zen he exudes.
Does a head coach’s demeanor influence his players in those moments? I mean, DeBoer’s Huskies are 25-2, with so many games going down to the wire…
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Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back. -
sorry to hear thatCallMeBigErn said:Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back. -
The man is amazingTTJ said:…is how stoic he is on the sideline. Downright Wooden-esque. It’s really something.
People wonder how his players are able to deliver in the clutch, over and over. The answer is multifactorial, of course. But one reason has to be the example he sets on the sideline. He will work over a ref once in a while. But when the game is on the line, DeBoer is utterly poised and stone-faced. It sets a tone.
Tonight, I re-watched the Sugar Bowl. Specifically, ESPN’s “Command Center” telecast, which is a split-screen with continuous cameras on both head coaches. Sark has matured some from his UW days, but he still paces around a lot, makes faces, chatters on his mic, and manifests nervous tics. Big stress energy. By contrast, DeBoer is an absolute rock on the Husky sideline, no matter how insane the shit gets. In fact, the higher the stakes, the more zen he exudes.
Does a head coach’s demeanor influence his players in those moments? I mean, DeBoer’s Huskies are 25-2, with so many games going down to the wire… -
Agree.
A fun exercise is to do a Google Image search of “(Coach’s Name) sidelines”. (Pictures being worth a thousand words and all.)
Don James you see expressions of a military general or a hitman that will fucking murder your whole family.
Sark you see looks of stress (usually squatting), pissed off, or his patented “dude-brah”/let’s just have a good time!
DeBoer’s collection is a Whitman’s sampler of emotions - his smoldering “Ed Harris” intense expression (rawrrrr), professional/giving direction face (like a cop directing traffic), the “I’m not angry, just disappointed” (also rawwrrrrrr)…but you know what else?
There’s also smiling. Genuinely being happy. Hugging players.
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What does wubbly bubbly mean and what happened with your American woman?CallMeBigErn said:Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back. -
Canadawg said:
What does wubbly bubbly mean and what happened with your American woman?CallMeBigErn said:Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back.
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Chip Kelly(and I'm sure Gandhi, Patton, and Socrates) once said "Anxiety is what you feel when you are unprepared".
DeBoner's teams are always prepared, and it's absolutely striking to see that confidence manifested. I used the word "inexorable" before. I don't know how to pronounce it, but I know what it means.
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A November 30, 2023 Washington Post article by Jerry Brewer about DeBoer’s building winners included these characteristics:
“DeBoer exudes charisma without any exaggerated intensity. When he raises his voice, it’s out of necessity, not for effect. For all his clever strategies and exceptional feel for game management, his superpower is the ability to foster genuine human connection. He is present and patient, calm and caring. Do not mistake his way as a sign of competitive ambivalence, though. The man burns to win, and he succeeds at an extraordinary rate.” -
Don't worry, I like owning cats more than dogs in a 2nd story condo anyway. I truly do love the species equally. It's all situational. Wait till I move to Montana and have a barn with land around it. You'll see. Little Mabel and Little Phoebe would have had so much fun chasing the barn cats.DerekJohnson said:
sorry to hear thatCallMeBigErn said:Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back.
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Can't give a good answer to your first question but as for your second, she's probably watching Love Island or bitching about life.Canadawg said:
What does wubbly bubbly mean and what happened with your American woman?CallMeBigErn said:Sark exudes my living room energy to a T. Luckily only my wubbly bubbly furballs meow and get nervous because of it. Not like I'm sending them into battle over here.
If you can't tell, I just got out of a 10-year relationship. Not with a cat; an American woman. And she took my dogs with her. I wish my dogs would come back.
