Good coaches realize when adjustments need to be made to strategy and approach for the betterment of their team.
Perhaps what makes a coach great is, after a process of reevaluation during the course of the season, not formulating wholesale changes, but rather reinvesting his or her trust in their players and their players’ abilities.
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