The Players Love Coach Hauck

[UncleRico]

I’ve noticed a pretty cool theme in all of the Gogola player interviews. He always ends the interview asking them what they think of Coach Hauck. The coach gets a lot of love, despite what anyone here or outside of here tries to claim:

A: I love coach Hauck. He really gets after us and he’s always trying to get the best out of us. At the end of the day, he wants the best for us on the field and in academics. If we ever need anything, I can always go talk to coach Hauck, and I know he’ll always be there.
(Moses Mallory)

A: It’s fun. He’s a strict dude. Game days are super intense. It’s like real football. It’s gritty football. It’s been an experience for sure. I think it’s been a lot of fun. It’s what you think football is going to be like as far as grittiness and the character that coaches create for themselves and you.
(Marcus Knight)

A: It’s awesome. Coach Hauck’s a great guy and a great coach. He’s got really high expectations, and he preaches toughness. I think that’s what everyone wants here, and it’s really awesome what he does. He’s a great head coach, and I love being around that guy every day.
(Mitch Roberts)

A: I love Coach Hauck. He’s just a great guy. He brings as much energy as we do. He gets after it. He gets after us. He holds us to a high standard. He doesn’t let us slip. He doesn’t let us lay off. It’s great. It’s what you want in a coach. He’s pushing us every day and has us moving towards our goals.
(Bryson Deming

A: It’s great. He’s a very intense guy. That’s what I like out of a head coach is someone who wants to win.
(Marcus Welnel)

A: It’s pretty awesome. He cares a lot about the guys he has. He’s determined to do what he has to do to help us to win. He takes everything to heart. He won’t blame his guys. He’ll take everything for the team. He’s an awesome guy to play for. Great head coach.
(Patrick O’Connell)

A: I love it. He brings the energy every day, gets after you and does everything we need for our team to go out there and win.
(Matt Renzvold)

Bobby is a good guy. At heart he is still the guy that grew up in Big Timber. If you ever met his dad (RIP) or his Uncle Tom you know that the family are all pretty genuine and unpretentious people.

One things stands out right away. The feedback is consistent from those who responded. Look at words used by the players. Intense, energy, high expectations, strict, determined, holds to a high standard and preaches toughness. Everyone of the players who answered knows what is expected of them.

 

[PlayerRep]

two quick points - one, stitt has been gone a while, but some of you want to keep his memory around. my guess is you need someone other than hauck warm and ready to blame for problems, just in case. point two, if the players didn't like hauck, the same people saying how great it is they like him would likely be saying that it isn't important if players like the coach, what is important is wins.

Sitt was the coach 1.5 seasons ago, and recruited some of these players. He's still relevant, especially on topics like this.

Has anyone said it's important that players like the coach? I didn't notice anyone saying that. In fact, some, including me, have said it's not important, depending on the reason they don't like the coach.

Is anyone blaming Stitt for players liking or not liking Hauck? I think it's just historical contrast.

 

[grizghost]

...players don't need to like a coach..hes not a friend but a coach..they need to respect a coach!...that's
what wins battles..

 

[horribilisfan8184]

I’ve noticed a pretty cool theme in all of the Gogola player interviews. He always ends the interview asking them what they think of Coach Hauck. The coach gets a lot of love, despite what anyone here or outside of here tries to claim:

A: I love coach Hauck. He really gets after us and he’s always trying to get the best out of us. At the end of the day, he wants the best for us on the field and in academics. If we ever need anything, I can always go talk to coach Hauck, and I know he’ll always be there.
(Moses Mallory)

A: It’s fun. He’s a strict dude. Game days are super intense. It’s like real football. It’s gritty football. It’s been an experience for sure. I think it’s been a lot of fun. It’s what you think football is going to be like as far as grittiness and the character that coaches create for themselves and you.
(Marcus Knight)

A: It’s awesome. Coach Hauck’s a great guy and a great coach. He’s got really high expectations, and he preaches toughness. I think that’s what everyone wants here, and it’s really awesome what he does. He’s a great head coach, and I love being around that guy every day.
(Mitch Roberts)

A: I love Coach Hauck. He’s just a great guy. He brings as much energy as we do. He gets after it. He gets after us. He holds us to a high standard. He doesn’t let us slip. He doesn’t let us lay off. It’s great. It’s what you want in a coach. He’s pushing us every day and has us moving towards our goals.
(Bryson Deming

A: It’s great. He’s a very intense guy. That’s what I like out of a head coach is someone who wants to win.
(Marcus Welnel)

A: It’s pretty awesome. He cares a lot about the guys he has. He’s determined to do what he has to do to help us to win. He takes everything to heart. He won’t blame his guys. He’ll take everything for the team. He’s an awesome guy to play for. Great head coach.
(Patrick O’Connell)

A: I love it. He brings the energy every day, gets after you and does everything we need for our team to go out there and win.
(Matt Renzvold)

Bobby is a good guy. At heart he is still the guy that grew up in Big Timber. If you ever met his dad (RIP) or his Uncle Tom you know that the family are all pretty genuine and unpretentious people.

One things stands out right away. The feedback is consistent from those who responded. Look at words used by the players. Intense, energy, high expectations, strict, determined, holds to a high standard and preaches toughness. Everyone of the players who answered knows what is expected of them.

Or perhaps the eerie similarity of answers suggests the Griz have a Crash Davis giving interview advice to Ebby Calvins in the locker room?

 

[Ursus1]

Not saying they don't, but do you really think they would say otherwise in an in interview

They wouldn't say what they said, if they didn't like him. You obviously never played the game.

And I obviously have never been quoted in Krakauer book looking like an ass either ....but guess you must be right since you always are.....

From Krakauers book:

At 10:43 "PlayerRep" posted

"I know nothing about the facts, but know Donaldson and I have doubts that rape occurred or that this will stick. I think Donaldson is a good kid . I know good kids get caught up with date rape-type things too, but my instincts tell me that he didn't rape anyone".

Perhaps block my posts if I am so unknowlegeble in your eyes, or I don't know what I'm talking about. Believe it or not, some of us actually have better information/sources than you from time to time.

 

[PlayerRep]

Not saying they don't, but do you really think they would say otherwise in an in interview

They wouldn't say what they said, if they didn't like him. You obviously never played the game.

And I obviously have never been quoted in Krakauer book looking like an ass either ....but guess you must be right since you always are.....

From Krakauers book:

At 10:43 "PlayerRep" posted

"I know nothing about the facts, but know Donaldson and I have doubts that rape occurred or that this will stick. I think Donaldson is a good kid . I know good kids get caught up with date rape-type things too, but my instincts tell me that he didn't rape anyone".

Perhaps block my posts if I am so unknowlegeble in your eyes, or I don't know what I'm talking about. Believe it or not, some of us actually have better information/sources than you from time to time.

I don’t block anyone. I like to comment on dumb and unknowledgeable football posts. You may sometimes have info, but you often say stupid things about football, in my view.

 

[SoldierGriz]

Not saying they don't, but do you really think they would say otherwise in an in interview

They wouldn't say what they said, if they didn't like him. You obviously never played the game.

And I obviously have never been quoted in Krakauer book looking like an ass either ....but guess you must be right since you always are.....

From Krakauers book:

At 10:43 "PlayerRep" posted

"I know nothing about the facts, but know Donaldson and I have doubts that rape occurred or that this will stick. I think Donaldson is a good kid . I know good kids get caught up with date rape-type things too, but my instincts tell me that he didn't rape anyone".

Perhaps block my posts if I am so unknowlegeble in your eyes, or I don't know what I'm talking about. Believe it or not, some of us actually have better information/sources than you from time to time.

Quoting something from that book...that apparently pulls quotes from the interwebs...

No words.

 

[Proud Griz Man]

stitt has been gone a while, but some of you want to keep his memory around.

It is not a knock on Stitt, but coaching changes are a disruption. From a Spokane paper:

. . . Schlichting is aiming to go 3-0 against a Grizzlies team he thought would be his.
“I was all in with them,” Schlichting said of Montana, which has lost seven of its last nine games against the Eagles. But things changed.

Former Montana head coach Mick Delaney retired from his post during Schlichting’s senior year of high school. The Grizzlies subsequently hired Bob Stitt, from NCAA Division II Colorado School of Mines, known for his innovative misdirection scheme, the fly offense. “Stitt came in and, nothing against him, but I didn’t like his philosophy as a coach,” Schlichting said. “(EWU head coach and then-offensive line coach) Aaron Best and I just jelled. We’ve been through some stuff since I’ve been here, but that’s my guy.”

Stitt was fired three seasons later, setting up the 2018 return of Bobby Hauck, a head coach whose Grizzlies dominated the Big Sky in the 2000s and advanced to three national title games before Hauck left for UNLV. Best, a molder of offensive linemen, helped sway Schlichting to Cheney when he realized that Montana wouldn’t be the best fit. Schlichting has considered Best a surrogate father since.

 

[argh!]

two quick points - one, stitt has been gone a while, but some of you want to keep his memory around. my guess is you need someone other than hauck warm and ready to blame for problems, just in case. point two, if the players didn't like hauck, the same people saying how great it is they like him would likely be saying that it isn't important if players like the coach, what is important is wins.

Sitt was the coach 1.5 seasons ago, and recruited some of these players. He's still relevant, especially on topics like this.

Has anyone said it's important that players like the coach? I didn't notice anyone saying that. In fact, some, including me, have said it's not important, depending on the reason they don't like the coach.

Is anyone blaming Stitt for players liking or not liking Hauck? I think it's just historical contrast.

you might have read my post, greenie, but you obviously didn't comprehend it. i was commenting on the subject of this thread, players 'loving' hauck, which partly transformed into 'players loving hauck but not liking stitt' . this change was led by you, when you commented in reply to "BornGrizz" when he wrote "It's good but it wasn't any different with Stitt, Dulaney, or Pflugrad. The only thing I remember is the O Line saying here and there how complicated Coach Gragg's offense was and that it takes longer to learn." In case you need a reminder, your stitt-obsessed comment was: "It's very different from what most players said about Stitt.", with no mention of the other coaches mentioned. than, thankfullyretiredcop then went on to talk about his pretend friend's imagined relationship with gustafson, saying the former qb didn't have much good to say about stitt. why even bring this up, unless one wants to say hauck is a better coach because players like him as a means to bash stitt? is it not enough to just say the current players, which doesn't include all who left when hauck arrived, like hauck, without needing to denigrate someone else?

in addition, i commented that posters (i.e. copper griz, no offense meant to him) saying how great it is that players like hauck also seemed to insinuate that liking him makes them better players. however, i speculated, and you essentially agreed, that these same posters would likely still come up with superlatives for how hauck treated players even if the players disliked him, considering that unimportant as long as hauck kept winning.

to conclude this novel, i was really just saying that i didn't see a good reason to even bring stitt up, unless one wanted to try to make him look bad or inadequate - which i think is reaching into the past for the purpose of being negative, petty. i can understand why one might want to go down that road, but just commented anyway.

 

[PlayerRep]

Pillans in tonight's Missoulian:

"Q: Lastly, what’s like been like playing for Bobby?

A: He’s awesome. He’s an amazing coach. Amazing person outside of the field. Love it. It’s been a lot of fun here so far."