GrizRanger
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I was out and about this morning in my car in Missoula when I heard Joe Moglia, Coach at Coastal Carolina, being interviewed by Jim Rome on his sports radio show. Rome’s interview promoted the game between Coastal Carolina and NDSU this Saturday, but also focused on Moglia’s unique business background for a football coach. Among the items I recall from the interview were:
-Moglia said he was not a great football fan in that he did not follow other teams or their players, but he was intrigued by the “strategy of football” that he likened to “advanced chess.”
-It was his divorce and being separated from his kids that forced out of football coaching years ago and into the business world.
-It was also mentioned that after being out of football for many years and involved and successful in the business world (Wall Street), it was the Yale football program that talked to him about getting back into football coaching, since they believed the skill set needed to be a successful entrepreneur in business was similar to the skill set needed to be a successful football coach.
-Moglia said coaching involves being a leader of an organization and that the leader’s job is to maximize the potential of the organization.
-Moglia said he knew Tom Osborne and Bo Pellini at Nebraska and they also had a role in getting him back into football coaching.
-Moglia mentioned that the team Coastal Carolina beat last weekend, U of Montana, was a very good football team
-He said he prepared his football team for playing Montana in bitter cold weather by holding many meetings in Carolina all week to teach and emphasize to his players, many of whom had never seen snow before and were totally unfamiliar with playing in cold weather, on the importance of retaining body heat, both during the game, and while on the sidelines, and instructing them on how to do that. They put a lot of effort into that aspect of the game.
-He emphasized to his players that they had to focus on football during each 3-5 minute period on the field, but during each 3-5 minute period on the sideline they also had to similarly focus, but now on the need to retain body heat (wearing their parkas, gathering near heaters, etc.) to minimize the effects of the cold. They repeatedly had to switch their focus from football while on the field, to retention of body heat while on the sideline.
It was an Interesting interview.
I wonder how much Coach Delaney and his staff talked about retention of body heat to the Griz players before last weekend’s game? Although I think we already know the answer to that.
-Moglia said he was not a great football fan in that he did not follow other teams or their players, but he was intrigued by the “strategy of football” that he likened to “advanced chess.”
-It was his divorce and being separated from his kids that forced out of football coaching years ago and into the business world.
-It was also mentioned that after being out of football for many years and involved and successful in the business world (Wall Street), it was the Yale football program that talked to him about getting back into football coaching, since they believed the skill set needed to be a successful entrepreneur in business was similar to the skill set needed to be a successful football coach.
-Moglia said coaching involves being a leader of an organization and that the leader’s job is to maximize the potential of the organization.
-Moglia said he knew Tom Osborne and Bo Pellini at Nebraska and they also had a role in getting him back into football coaching.
-Moglia mentioned that the team Coastal Carolina beat last weekend, U of Montana, was a very good football team
-He said he prepared his football team for playing Montana in bitter cold weather by holding many meetings in Carolina all week to teach and emphasize to his players, many of whom had never seen snow before and were totally unfamiliar with playing in cold weather, on the importance of retaining body heat, both during the game, and while on the sidelines, and instructing them on how to do that. They put a lot of effort into that aspect of the game.
-He emphasized to his players that they had to focus on football during each 3-5 minute period on the field, but during each 3-5 minute period on the sideline they also had to similarly focus, but now on the need to retain body heat (wearing their parkas, gathering near heaters, etc.) to minimize the effects of the cold. They repeatedly had to switch their focus from football while on the field, to retention of body heat while on the sideline.
It was an Interesting interview.
I wonder how much Coach Delaney and his staff talked about retention of body heat to the Griz players before last weekend’s game? Although I think we already know the answer to that.
