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How did he make them feel good about themselves without it seeming like he was merely blowing sunshine up their jerseys?
The answer: Because he wasn’t.
“I think B.S is a short-term answer, man,” McCarthy said. “When you go down that road, to me, when you’re being something you’re not, it’s really a form of lying — if you ask me. And once you go down that road, in my experience of dealing with individuals that operate that way, the list gets so long, they forget the lie, they forget who they lied to.
“If your process and your approach are the same — you know what it’s supposed to look like, you know what the roles and the job descriptions of everybody involved are — and if you stay focused on that, that’s the beauty of this game. That’s what’s so awesome and that’s what I’m intrigued by. That’s coaching.”