[PrinceLightfoot]

Totally disagree that Shaw is responsible for preparing the players emotionally.

If you can find a former college football player who disagrees with, please ask him to post here. 
And if he was someone who needed a coach to prepare him, ask how much playing time he ever got.

If you need an adult to prepare for emotionally for a college football game, you should go find another sport. 
Football isn't your passion, and you'll never be worth a damn at it.

I agree with you on almost everything you share, but on this point I cannot having seen it first hand.

Explain to us USC with Kiffin and USC with Ed Orgeron in the 2013 season. Saying that coaches do not have an effect on the team's emotions or desire is simply not true because both are highly contagious. The post complete discounts the impact of those in charge.

That is not to say an individual player's desire won't override anything projected by coaches. Some people just have "it", others need to have that fire lit, and others need the bellows blowing on that fire. Everyone in any walk of life benefits greatly from having a leader who can inspire greatness.

[PrinceLightfoot]

Totally disagree that Shaw is responsible for preparing the players emotionally.

If you can find a former college football player who disagrees with, please ask him to post here. 
And if he was someone who needed a coach to prepare him, ask how much playing time he ever got.

If you need an adult to prepare for emotionally for a college football game, you should go find another sport. 
Football isn't your passion, and you'll never be worth a damn at it.

I agree with you on almost everything you share, but on this point I cannot having seen it first hand.

Explain to us USC with Kiffin and USC with Ed Orgeron in the 2013 season. Saying that coaches do not have an effect on the team's emotions or desire is simply not true because both are highly contagious. The post complete discounts the impact of those in charge.

That is not to say an individual player's desire won't override anything projected by coaches. Some people just have "it", others need to have that fire lit, and others need the bellows blowing on that fire. Everyone in any walk of life benefits greatly from having a leader who can inspire greatness.