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nobody has a 100% success record improving every talented athlete in their charge in their career.
that is every coaches goal but sometimes the coach makes errors, sometimes the athlete makes errors. only those closest to each individual situation knows the reason things don't go right.
look for strong trends when making judgements about coaches.
Curtis Taylor has been VERY successful at each level he has coached. HS/Club and JUCO. To make the jump straight to Oregon and have the immediate and consistent results he has had lets me know the guy can flat out coach.
Precisely. Not every athlete has the motivation, commitment and outright courage to be a great athlete. Brennan was already trending the wrong way before she arrived at UofO.
Both Curtis and Caryl Smith-Gilbert are disciples of the late Tony Wells and use almost exactly the same coaching methods. Why hasn't anyone noticed the great job that she has done at SC, especially with Andre De Grasse?