Would Floyd Make a Good Coach?

[darealperfect!]

I see him training tank and Haney all the time, would he invest time training them full time or this just for show?

[PRINCEKOOL]

He strikes me as a fighter who will be good with amateurs 'Bringing fighters up from grass roots'.

All the best coaches are really amateur coaches, working day in day out with various fighters and abilities.

[Floyd is TBE]

Depends on his temperament. Floyd never struck me as having the patience to train a fighter.

[R-C]

In a way, yes.

but, his ego would get in the way and tried to take it about himself and not his fighter

[Quercusalba]

Generally speaking, HOF type athletes haven't made great trainers/managers/coaches. For example, Ted Williams wasn't able to teach anyone how to hit, Denis Savard wasn't much of a hockey coach, and Ryne Sandberg was a terrible baseball manager. There are exceptions. Larry Bird was an excellent coach. However, I think the best coaches tend to be the grinder-type athletes; think Joe Torre and Phil Jackson. Asking somebody like Floyd to teach one how to box would be like asking Picasso how to paint. They are geniuses and one can't teach genius.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Possibly yeah. He has an incredible base of knowledge.

The only issue would be his megalomaniac personality. At some point you have to step back and let the fighter lead the way.

I also think it’s always difficult for great fighters to become great trainers because generally they were blessed with a lot of natural talent. Stuff that worked for them won’t necessarily work for lesser fighters.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Generally speaking, HOF type athletes haven't made great trainers/managers/coaches. For example, Ted Williams wasn't able to teach anyone how to hit, Denis Savard wasn't much of a hockey coach, and Ryne Sandberg was a terrible baseball manager. There are exceptions. Larry Bird was an excellent coach. However, I think the best coaches tend to be the grinder-type athletes; think Joe Torre and Phil Jackson. Asking somebody like Floyd to teach one how to box would be like asking Picasso how to paint. They are geniuses and one can't teach genius.

Yeah I tend to agree it’s very hard to teach when you were blessed with such natural talent.

[STREET CLEANER]

Floyd stutters too much, by the time he tries to get the message across it is too late.

[Eff Pandas]

He seems to be focusing on it more. And from all I've seen of him working with people he keeps his ego in check. Promoter Floyd & Fighter Floyd might have ego issues, but thus far I've not seen that issue with Trainer Floyd.

And I mean fook even if he can't keep his ego in 100% check all day every day this mofo is among the best fighters of his day & has knowledge guys only dream of having access to so I think he could help a lot of guys become better boxers at whatever level guys are at.

[-Kev-]

Good coaches have a fair amount of losses. You need to know what a loss is. Even better, you probably would be better off being coached by someone who never even went pro but just studies the sport. Pro’s like Mayweather can’t coach because his ego is too big and he would be too hard his fighter. Now I do agree with Prince Kool that if Floyd brought someone up since they were kids, he would fair better. But Mayweather taking a pro and teaching him is a bad idea. Just like Michael Jordan being an NBA coach, it would be terrible.

Another nonsense one is RJJ. Like what the heck is a freak of nature going to teach? How to hit as fast and as hard as him while getting out of harms way? You can’t teach that. Roy will be trying to teach **** that he was able to do and no one else could. You can’t teach reflexes, you develop it over time.