https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/12/1/13809438/kevin-wilson-resigns-indiana-head-coach
I was gonna hold back on this, but then i saw former Indiana HC Kevin Wilson mentioned as a candidate for the UTEP HC position in waiting. Attached article gives solid background on the "issues" associated with Wilson's departure from IU.
True story, Saturday before last I attended the All American Futurity in Ruidoso (helluva good time, BTW). Randomly met a local who mentioned he had attended several UTEP pre-season workouts there. Said he has zero UTEP connections but played CFB several years ago at a P-5 program. I casually asked him for any "takeaways" from those sessions. He paused for a moment, then mentioned his impression that the UTEP FB staff in general and the HC in particular were the most profane, vulgar, and aggressive toward their players he had ever been around. He recalled one case in which Kugler called the team together and challenged anybody who had any issues with him to meet him in his office and try to kick his ass. Quotes.
Point? More than a few UTEP supporters are looking for answers these days about the state of the program. Most UTEP fans seem to now agree that Kugler 1.0 and 2.0 has been out-coached and out-recruited from jump start. However, this is not the first time I've heard similar stories about player mistreatment by Kugler and FB staff members, maybe this is just corroborating evidence.
In business, people don't work for companies, people work for people. In college football, players don't play for schools, players play for coaches. You ask them to 100% buy in and to run through walls for you for 4-5 years, you'd better have their respect - and their backs. And how you treat one of them translates to what you'll do to any of them. No, not be their best friend or their surrogate parent. But not abuse, play politics, demean, and threaten to kick their asses, either.
Some people think this is just effective, "old school" football, that today's player is soft and coddled. It's not and they're not. But if you want their respect, you'd better be willing and able to first give it.
Maybe something to think about when the time comes to get serious about the next HC hire at UTEP...
I was gonna hold back on this, but then i saw former Indiana HC Kevin Wilson mentioned as a candidate for the UTEP HC position in waiting. Attached article gives solid background on the "issues" associated with Wilson's departure from IU.
True story, Saturday before last I attended the All American Futurity in Ruidoso (helluva good time, BTW). Randomly met a local who mentioned he had attended several UTEP pre-season workouts there. Said he has zero UTEP connections but played CFB several years ago at a P-5 program. I casually asked him for any "takeaways" from those sessions. He paused for a moment, then mentioned his impression that the UTEP FB staff in general and the HC in particular were the most profane, vulgar, and aggressive toward their players he had ever been around. He recalled one case in which Kugler called the team together and challenged anybody who had any issues with him to meet him in his office and try to kick his ass. Quotes.
Point? More than a few UTEP supporters are looking for answers these days about the state of the program. Most UTEP fans seem to now agree that Kugler 1.0 and 2.0 has been out-coached and out-recruited from jump start. However, this is not the first time I've heard similar stories about player mistreatment by Kugler and FB staff members, maybe this is just corroborating evidence.
In business, people don't work for companies, people work for people. In college football, players don't play for schools, players play for coaches. You ask them to 100% buy in and to run through walls for you for 4-5 years, you'd better have their respect - and their backs. And how you treat one of them translates to what you'll do to any of them. No, not be their best friend or their surrogate parent. But not abuse, play politics, demean, and threaten to kick their asses, either.
Some people think this is just effective, "old school" football, that today's player is soft and coddled. It's not and they're not. But if you want their respect, you'd better be willing and able to first give it.
Maybe something to think about when the time comes to get serious about the next HC hire at UTEP...
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