Calinks wrote:I think in Rambis' eyes Love did learn by experience. His team lost the game and he couldn't help becasue he wasn't playing the right way.
I took a six week parenting class that I think would help Rambis.
One of the basic principles is to set up situations in which they can succeed, but you secretly hope they fail. Why would a parent do that? Because you learn best by your mistakes. The consequences do the teaching and in theory it only takes a few times for the child to "get it."
Now one could say that Rambis did this, but I don't feel that he did. Love was ultimately not responsible for the outcome of the game. He was not able to succeed or fail by contributing when the game was on the line. He had to watch as others failed. I think the lesson was lost. Because deep down I bet Love was thinking "We would have won if I was in the game."
If Rambis keeps doing this, I think we will see the exact same response as last year. Love didn't acknowledge why he wasn't playing, he only displaced his frustration on the team and Rambis (as much as he could verbalize to the media anyway), instead of focusing on what he did wrong.
There are some other rules that this class encouraged that, as silly as it sounds, I think could very easily apply to coaching.
It would be nice to be a fly on the wall during practice, because at times I really get a Wittman vibe from him, and I may be way off base.