re: Andre Carter, LSU Defensive Line Coach and Renaissance Man

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Listened to both Carters and Daronte Jones podcast. I love that they are just both really cerebral guys that have a wide breadth of interests. Daronte talked about his love of traveling the world, different books he liked, and Bourbon. Carter studying french, sudoku puzzles, and the piano

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what does any of that have to do with football coaching? some of you are charmin ultra soft man, I want guys that can coach, not guys who can cook.

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The true job of coaching is relating to people. If you can't relate to people, you can't communicate X&O's. If you can't relate to people, you can't effectively teach. If you can't relate to people, you can't motivate them.

Having breadth of experience, for lack of a better term, helps you relate to a wide breadth of people.

Furthermore, if you are just a clone of the people from the neighborhood with the same experiences, and limited to those same or similar experiences, as a coach you are less likely to foster the trust necessary, especially at the college level, to be the most effective in relating to your players.