Good coach makes a team 10% better...

...while a bad coach makes a team 30% worse

(per a soccer manager)

This makes a lot of sense to me. A bad coach is disproportionally deleterious than a good coach is good.

We'll all be on Chesney Watch as the season unfolds. I have no basis for this opinion, but my sense is the Ucla talent isn't top 10% in the country. QB play is so crucial to a team's success (on both sides of the ball, and in the kicking game, too), and I'm just not convinced (until i see it in the face of live fire) that Nico has the downfield touch and accuracy to find and complete those 20 to 30 strikes downfield on a regular basis (80% of the time) that gash the D, create chunk plays, demoralize the opponent to an extent, and fire up the fanbase.

So if Ucla punches above its weight, that's the 10% lift a good coach provides.

• ESPN

Follow Ups:

• After last season plus the previous one along with CCK's jive UCLADal 16:59:13 07/09/26 (1)
  • I think that's a specious point that a lot of people are making TJJ 14:40:47 07/10/26 (0)
• Games of pointy-ended pig are won... SagoBob 16:06:16 07/09/26 (0)
• Re: Good coach makes a team 10% better... UCLART 11:14:49 07/09/26 (0)
• does soccer equate equally with Am. Football?* barrya 14:48:12 07/08/26 (1)
  • I think that dynamic team sports... ClockBlocker 16:54:11 07/08/26 (0)
• Cool. We'll be 40% better than last year. I'll take it.** TheGhostofPacoCraig 13:14:33 07/08/26 (4)
  • Better at what? Winning? BluBlood 14:57:59 07/08/26 (3)
    • Let's say that Ucla plays 40% better in each game... ClockBlocker 16:43:55 07/08/26 (0)
    • Better at playing football TJJ 16:30:19 07/08/26 (1)
      • Exactly** TheGhostofPacoCraig 09:25:18 07/09/26 (0)

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