re: Its easy to get a team up for #1 but how motivated will JJ have players 4 Auburn

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Loving the coach and laughing while he dances in the locker room doesn't necessarily transfer into wins

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I think it keeps a team loose that, at that time, had been struggling, playing tense, and having little fun. I think the pressure these young players feel hurts us late in games at the free throw line and with dumb mental mistakes. We saw that in this last game when we tried to aim passes in the post resulting in turnovers rather than giving a nice, hard bounce pass away from the body. Turned the ball over not from being lazy, but from trying too hard to avoid mistakes which telegraphed the passes.

I don't think it translates into wins and I don't think it translates into losses.

I've been plenty critical of Jones in-game coaching, but it hurts the discussion IMO when people pick apart the character aspects.

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As a coach respect is hard to gain and easy to lose.

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You gain respect of players by treating them with respect, punishing lazy play, and rewarding hard work. He's done that to an extent when he:

1) brought in TQ off the bench
2) benched Sampson for his lack of effort on the defensive end
3) playing the end of the bench in blowout Wins (drove me crazy with Brady)
4) rewarding Henry Shortress's hard work with a scholarship, even if it was mainly a symbolic gesture.

Johnny Jones gets his players to work their asses off away from games. TQ, Epps, Robinson, Martin, Mickey, etc all improved and added new aspects to their game under him.

Like I said, I understand legit criticism, but I don't think that complaint falls anywhere near legit IMO.