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Yes, thanks, and have to repeat I'm not biggly surprised. I love Tara, and believe Kate will do a terrific job, but Cory Close is indeed more "motherly" and was a better fit at that time in Betts' life. I don't think the "big girl" coach is still with us. And, as someone else mentioned, I will try to remember to be more sensitive to the fact that players might read comments made by rubes like us.

Coaching styles can be quite different, and different players mature emotionally at different paces, meaning that "fit" is indeed important.  I think of Tara like Bill Walsh--coaches who treated their players as mature adults, almost professionally--in a day before they were actually professionals.  Cori Close does indeed seem motherly and would be a better fit for a more vulnerable player.  Both styles of coaching can be disastrous if taken to the extreme, and both can work if the fit is right.

I have a hunch that the Cori Close style will not work so well in the era of paid college athletes.  Being motherly with your employees is going to be a difficult combination to pull off.

[81alum]

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Yes, thanks, and have to repeat I'm not biggly surprised. I love Tara, and believe Kate will do a terrific job, but Cory Close is indeed more "motherly" and was a better fit at that time in Betts' life. I don't think the "big girl" coach is still with us. And, as someone else mentioned, I will try to remember to be more sensitive to the fact that players might read comments made by rubes like us.

Coaching styles can be quite different, and different players mature emotionally at different paces, meaning that "fit" is indeed important.  I think of Tara like Bill Walsh--coaches who treated their players as mature adults, almost professionally--in a day before they were actually professionals.  Cori Close does indeed seem motherly and would be a better fit for a more vulnerable player.  Both styles of coaching can be disastrous if taken to the extreme, and both can work if the fit is right.

I have a hunch that the Cori Close style will not work so well in the era of paid college athletes.  Being motherly with your employees is going to be a difficult combination to pull off.