This article from Proactive Coaching is a tribute piece reflecting on the true role of a coach. It argues that while any team can lose, a coach never really loses, because the coach's major task is not teaching skills but making men out of boys – teaching attitude, implanting character, and helping young people live up to their potential. It is from the Intentional Coaching #2 Proactive Coaching collection.
The Coach
A team can lose. Any team can lose. But in a sense, a coach never loses.
For the job of a coach is over and finished once the starting whistle blows. He knows he has won or lost before the play starts.
For a coach has two tasks. The minor one is to teach skills: To teach a boy how to run faster, hit harder, block better, kick further, jump higher.
The second task – the major task is to make men out of boys.