1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.
A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.
When I am captaining a side, the way I play would be the way my team plays as well. If I will be joking around all the time, I wouldn't expect people to take me seriously.
Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do
If the coach insists upon hard play, but clean play, the team will do likewise.
We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.
A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.
I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.
I think the tone that the head coach sets transcends to the team.
Teams usually take on the personality of the coach.
I'd knock people over and bruise their pride, but I never went out to hurt people. That is not acceptable, and I don't want to see it in my team.
