Re: Controversial post - the value of trainers
A good trainer used to be a lot more than just a cardio partner. They were part strategist, conditioning coach, educator, babysitter, therapist, and Authoritarian father figure. Its become more compartmentalized now a days. It all comes down to the fighter and the trainer. Will he pick a good trainer that has his respect and absorb what he needs to and apply it in the ring? Does the trainer know that you can develop strategy all you want but the application is different when youre the one taking the punches? Are you talking about how another fighter would beat your fighters opponent or did you plan this out/train/coach with your fighters limitations in mind?
-Would people be singing the Pacmans praises like they did without roach? or would he still be the guy who was dropped by body shots? Say what you want about roach or about pac being predictable... but the difference in punches landed and style were night and day.
-Would JMM have come as far as he did without Nacho?
-Would there be a lot less talk lanky fighters in the history books without Emmanuel Steward?
- Wouldn't tyson had done just as well under aaron snowell and jay bright as he did under Cus and Kevin?
- is it a coincidence that Chocolatito struggled after his trainer (Obando) passed?
As for the fighter, there was one point where Jameel McCline had employed a sports therapist, a trainer, a condition coach and other fringe specialists all at the same time... and well you saw how that worked out. I think of it like faith, you get out of it what you put into it. Those things can't magically make you a better fighter. The most effective ingredient in that fighter trainer/fighter relationship is trust. Which is why trainers were all to happy to move on after Oscar blamed them and then switched trainers.
Father/Son teams are hit or miss but work on the same principle. Unless your son trusts you, it doesn't matter if he fears you or fears disappointing you. Even good father son teams break and/or flop after a while. The judahs, the moselys, the Jones, the mayweathers.... Sometimes eventually you have to let your son come into his own. Can that happen without it affecting the training/ trust. The porters seem to have a decent bond.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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