ICYMI - WHAT MAKES A GOOD COACH: The Coach Your Kid Never Forgets Wasn't the Loudest One in the Room

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Mar 4, 2026 · 10m

What makes a good coach? You have had one. You know the feeling of someone putting you in a situation where they believed in you before you believed in yourself. The question is whether you can recognize what they actually did, because it probably wasn't what you think.

Before a game on a losing road trip, Willie Desjardin went around to every player in that room and handed each one a genuine compliment. Then he asked the team what they thought they needed to do to fix the power play. He didn't come in with the answer. He came in with the question, and it turned out the question was the whole…