Curtis Clean Sweep - Coach Craig Paulsen

THE IMPACT OF COACHES

I have come to a frightening conclusion.  I am the decisive element on the field. 

It is my personal approach that creates the climate.  It is my daily mood that makes the weather. 

As a coach, I possess tremendous power to make an athlete's life miserable or joyous. 

I can be the tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.  I can humiliate or humor, hurt, or heal. 

In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and an athlete humanized or de-humanized.