But anyways, fuck it, what's been up, man. How's Lee Charnley?
Bet he wants you to quit, with that contract they have to honour,
I bought your book for my daughter, youโre a great author,
Next Iโll buy her Sweeper!
Dear Steve, I wrote you but still ain't callin',
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom,
I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em,
There probably was a problem at the training ground or somethin'...
But anyways, fuck it, what's been up, man. How's Lee Charnley?
Bet he wants you to quit, with that contract they have to honour,
I bought your book for my daughter, youโre a great author,
Next Iโll buy her Sweeper!
You ainโt the first manager to have player who didnโt want him,
I know you probably hear this everyday, but I'm your biggest fan,
I even sung your name when we won away at West Ham,
I like the shit you did with false 10s too, that shit was fat,
Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back,
Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan
This is John Carver
I ain't mad, I just think it's fucked up you don't answer written media,
If you didn't wanna talk to me outside the training ground,
You didn't have to, but you coulda signed an autograph for Steve Stone,
We waited in the blistering cold for you,
For four hours and you just said, "No."
He wants to be just like you man, he likes you more than I do,
I ain't that mad though, I just don't like bein' lied to,
Remember when we met in Lilleshall, you said if I changed my name to Steve I could join your backroom,
I never played for my country neither,
My granny had Irish cousins but Jack Charlton didnโt believe her,
So when you have a shitty day, I know itโs time to put Carroll on,
'Cause we don't really got shit else so that shit helps when weโre getting pressed,
I even got a tattoo of 5-3-2 across my chest,
It's like adrenaline, VAR is such a sudden rush for me,
See everything you say is real, and I respect you 'cause you tell it,
But she don't know you like I know you Steve, no one does,
She don't know what it was like for people like us in the job, you gotta call me man,
I'll be the best Assistant you'll ever lose,
Sincerely yours, John Carver,
This will be the last package I ever send your ass,
It's been six months and still no word, I don't deserve it?
I know you got my last two letters, I wrote the addresses on 'em perfect,
I'm in the car right now, I'm doing 90 on the A69,
Hey Steve, I just drank my fifth Brown Ale,
Dare me to drive?
About that guy as he faced the final curtain,
Did what he had to do, and saw it through without exception,
That's kinda how this is, you could of done it your way from the outset,
And all I wanted was a letter or a job,
I hope you know I ripped all of your pictures off the wall,
You ruined it now, I hope you can't win and you go down without me,
And when you go down I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it,
I hope your captain leaves and all the Steves begin to doubt you,
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A (long) thread on why Andrew is correct but ultimately incorrectโฆ
Andrew is correct at the neurological level. The cognitive and ecological explanations of the brain and behaviour are completely different. Saying youโre an eclectic coach at this level is like saying you
believe the earth is round and flat. Itโs simply not possible.
You CANNOT say that in one activity you are helping players build representations/memory (cognitive) and in another activity youโre helping players attune to specifying information in the environment (ecological).
No matter how much we scream eclecticism, at the neurological level Andrew is correct. But after this Andrew is incorrect.
He is basing his critique of an โit dependsโ stance at a neurological โrepresentations vs informationโ level (see his thread). But this isnโt the level that
โit dependsโ functions (in a coaching context). โIt dependsโ exists at the behavioural level (certainly not the neurological level). โIt dependsโ relates to decision making around individual and group differences, as well as context. Coaching, by and large, is about helping
people manage and change behaviour โ how a coach does this will โdependโ on a number of individual, group and contextual factors. That is the most important level of coaching and we donโt have to go to the neurological level to deliver efficaciously and effectively
Andrew is correct at the neurological level. The cognitive and ecological explanations of the brain and behaviour are completely different. Saying youโre an eclectic coach at this level is like saying you
Many coaches advocate for picking and choosing methods from a variety of theoretical camps, on the premise that which is best \u2018depends\u2019 on the player, the coach, etc and you want the biggest toolkit you can get.
— Andrew D Wilson (@PsychScientists) November 27, 2020
I think this is an error, which I will now attempt to defend
believe the earth is round and flat. Itโs simply not possible.
You CANNOT say that in one activity you are helping players build representations/memory (cognitive) and in another activity youโre helping players attune to specifying information in the environment (ecological).
No matter how much we scream eclecticism, at the neurological level Andrew is correct. But after this Andrew is incorrect.
He is basing his critique of an โit dependsโ stance at a neurological โrepresentations vs informationโ level (see his thread). But this isnโt the level that
โit dependsโ functions (in a coaching context). โIt dependsโ exists at the behavioural level (certainly not the neurological level). โIt dependsโ relates to decision making around individual and group differences, as well as context. Coaching, by and large, is about helping
people manage and change behaviour โ how a coach does this will โdependโ on a number of individual, group and contextual factors. That is the most important level of coaching and we donโt have to go to the neurological level to deliver efficaciously and effectively
