“Players-only meeting? Not good. Not needed.”
A quarter century ago, Orlando Magic head coach Chuck Daly’s groaning response to a planned players-only meeting summarized the trepidation to what the New York Times accurately called “the staple of losing teams everywhere,” a reality that has not changed with the passage of time.
So the groans across the burnt orange nation were audible on Thursday when Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian volunteered that his leadership council, which met on Monday, then addressed the team on Tuesday during a dreaded players-only meeting.
“The leadership committee addressed some of the things that I talked about where we can improve and I thought that that was a great sign that they were willing to take that initiative and to do that, so a positive on that end, for sure,” Sarkisian said.