MH - "I'll take every bullet as long as those guys are battling their face off"
This is a commendable approach. It is also the approach many/most coaches take. The problem seems to be the generals are consistently marching the troops into an ambush. The guys, in a lot of cases, are in fact battling their faces off based on the information and coaching given to them. But talk to any soldier that has been in the thick of battle and they will tell you, if leadership is continuously putting them in position to lose the fight, moral will drop. When moral drops, so does effort.
This is a commendable approach. It is also the approach many/most coaches take. The problem seems to be the generals are consistently marching the troops into an ambush. The guys, in a lot of cases, are in fact battling their faces off based on the information and coaching given to them. But talk to any soldier that has been in the thick of battle and they will tell you, if leadership is continuously putting them in position to lose the fight, moral will drop. When moral drops, so does effort.