"I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work"
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Brooks is swatting away one of sports culture's most comforting excuses: youth as inevitability. Calling it "an easy crutch" isn’t just motivational boilerplate; it’s a quiet rebuke of the way teams, media, and even coaches outsource accountability to a roster’s birth certificates. "Young" becomes a permission slip for sloppy execution, inconsistent effort, and late-game panic. Brooks refuses to let that narrative take root because once it does, it hardens into identity: we’re young, so we’ll learn later. He wants learning now, under pressure, in real possessions.
The phrasing is deliberately workmanlike. "Come in" and "working them everyday" frames leadership as a daily practice, not a pregame speech. It’s also a subtle power move: he’s shifting the conversation from talent and timeline to process and standards, the two things a coach can actually control. "Build the spirit up" sounds soft until you notice how he builds it - not with hype, but with evidence. "Showing them examples of what they've done" and "reinforce their work" is a blueprint for confidence that isn’t imaginary. It’s film, repetition, and earned belief.
Context matters: coaching a young group often means living inside volatility. Brooks is arguing that the antidote isn’t patience or lowered expectations; it’s structure. The subtext is trust - not the blind kind, but the kind manufactured by routine, proof, and relentless feedback. Youth isn’t denied; it’s made irrelevant by habit.
The phrasing is deliberately workmanlike. "Come in" and "working them everyday" frames leadership as a daily practice, not a pregame speech. It’s also a subtle power move: he’s shifting the conversation from talent and timeline to process and standards, the two things a coach can actually control. "Build the spirit up" sounds soft until you notice how he builds it - not with hype, but with evidence. "Showing them examples of what they've done" and "reinforce their work" is a blueprint for confidence that isn’t imaginary. It’s film, repetition, and earned belief.
Context matters: coaching a young group often means living inside volatility. Brooks is arguing that the antidote isn’t patience or lowered expectations; it’s structure. The subtext is trust - not the blind kind, but the kind manufactured by routine, proof, and relentless feedback. Youth isn’t denied; it’s made irrelevant by habit.
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| Topic | Team Building |
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