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Please allow me to relate some past experiences. When I was in the US Army, I had the pleasure of flying a Command & Control helicopter for Brigade and Division commanders during training and combat missions. As with everything in life, something would go wrong, usually equipment failure or someone making a bad decision.
Those commanders in the back of the helicopter, directing the show, never once lost their cool during the mission. They continued to do thier job, commanding, by figuring out a course of action due to the circumstance. They could have easily started yelling and berating someone over the radio but they knew it wouldn't help the situation. As they always said, the mission debrief is where we figure out the why's and what's about a certain failure during the mission and how to prevent them in the future.
Their attitude was something that stuck with me the rest of my life. If you are a coach of any sport, their is absolutely no reason to "blow a fuse" during a GAME. In the big picture, it is a game, not a life or death situation. Once someone starts yelling at another party, the other party immediately goes into the defensive mode and ceases to learn.
Thanks for letting me share.
Happy to say this describes my DD teams coaching staff this year to a T!!!