Define what you mean by this. I'm not looking for mumbo-jumbo generalizations. If you are going to make a claim like this, let's hear some specifics. Holly and her staff cannot get inside a player's head. As far as I know, none of them are trained psychologists or psychiatrists. The coaches can encourage. They can motivate. They can demand. They can set expectations. They can teach and drill. And I have every confidence that the coaches do all of those things and then some. What a coach cannot do is reset a player's mindset when something -- be it something intrinsic or extrinsic -- has her in a funk. The coaches do all they can to see to it that these women compete at the highest level. But at some point, it is the player's responsibility to PUT HERSELF in the best position -- mentally, emotionally, and physically. Comments like yours remind me of the misguided summations of those who rail against educators because of low test scores, as if teachers are the only (or at least primary) reason why students do not meet a set of standards or succeed as others believe they should. In reality, success (or lack thereof) is precipitated by many different factors, many of which are far beyond a teacher's (or coach's) control. Teachers (coaches) are merely easy, simple targets for an issue that is far more complex than many are willing to admit.
