The “Whiplash” effect on greatness

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Ken Krause

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I know this may be hard to believe for anyone who knows me personally, but apparently I was a little behind in my movie watching because I just saw the movie “Whiplash” on cable. Released in 2014, it was the winner of three Academy Awards earlier this year, including one for J.K. Simmons as the […]
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For me, there are so many success stories of coaches and, I assume, band directors that had very successful teams/bands without the abuse that I consider that kind of behavior completely unnecessary. Second, would you want your daughter subjected to such treatment even if it meant a WCWS victory? I wouldn't. I know a father who removed two of his daughters from a college softball team because of an abusive coach. He found another school for both of them and they are doing well.
 

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