I was thinking about this and realized something. It is ALL about positive mental attitude (PMA). My HS coach was like this. He actually had the position coaches separate us before the game and read affirmations to us while we were stretching before the game. For instance, "Visualize your self defeating the double team and tackling the ball carrier".
I'm serious. Even thought I was 17-18 y.o., I thought this was the goofiest thing around. IMO, Hawk really believes that if you affirm only the positives, speak positively all the time, PMA, by some magical, mystical, Macchu Picchu force will make you what you "believe" yourself to be. Even if you are 5'8", you'll be the best WR, point guard etc. Perhaps it is the guys who buy into this non-sense who get PT. From the PMA mindset, any negativity is poison, even if you are say, 6'3".
That would explain the "don't try to win, be a winner"; "Don't aim for the target, be the bow"; "we just have to tweak things" nonsense. Hawk won't be negative, ever, because he feels that NEVER helps. Some of the best lessons I learned were from failure, and when that failure was pointed out to me, often in negative ways.
If Hawk keeps this up, he may get a mystical revelation of what one hand clapping really sounds like....
I'm serious. Even thought I was 17-18 y.o., I thought this was the goofiest thing around. IMO, Hawk really believes that if you affirm only the positives, speak positively all the time, PMA, by some magical, mystical, Macchu Picchu force will make you what you "believe" yourself to be. Even if you are 5'8", you'll be the best WR, point guard etc. Perhaps it is the guys who buy into this non-sense who get PT. From the PMA mindset, any negativity is poison, even if you are say, 6'3".
That would explain the "don't try to win, be a winner"; "Don't aim for the target, be the bow"; "we just have to tweak things" nonsense. Hawk won't be negative, ever, because he feels that NEVER helps. Some of the best lessons I learned were from failure, and when that failure was pointed out to me, often in negative ways.
If Hawk keeps this up, he may get a mystical revelation of what one hand clapping really sounds like....