I used to think that Jackson was just an awful coach.

But after watching him on the TUF show, I can see that he is an awful human being as well. (Note to Jackson: no one respects a bully)

Whether you are selling a product, an idea, or even yourself; you must always prioritize the needs of the person that you are dealing with in order to make that other person feel more comfortable with you. It is important that they feel comfortable with you so that they can trust you.”

Excellent points on why Jackson fails as a coach. Rampage is a self-centered egotistical prick from what we've seen so far. He's not the type to go out of his way to help others, he's not terribly motivated to see others succeed, he is a people person but not the right kind of people person — he's more about making fun of peole and picking on people than helping others. He genuinely doesn't seem to care, yet he takes it personally whenever his team loses. He shows up late for fights, ignores his fighters and does all the right things to destroy the trust of his fighters. Team Rampage knows one thing for certain: They can't count on Rampage for jack squat! How depressing would that be?

Not everyone who can put something into practice can explain and break down what they are doing and why. The oppisite is true as well, some guys can explain and break things down but can not perform.

Rampage chose TUF over fighting Machida for the belt so ultimately its on him. He's a sore loser and a bad coach. Squaring off against a patient and stacked “Greg Jackson” team certainly isn't helping him.

As always theres some selective editing that probably makes Rampage look worse than he really is but come on. He's a professional fighter thats been doing this for years. He's had great trainers over the course of his career so one would think that he had picked something up.

You're absolutely correct that he shouldn't have been put in this position. But Rampage wanted it just as much as the UFC did, because it's a chance to advance his personal brand. That seems to be all he cares about, and it's working. He's very charismatic and it shows. The problem is that he's coming off badly, but I don't know if that will affect his brand.

Glad you liked it! Thanks

I was reading this and waiting for you to relate it to Lou Holtz since it is a coaching article LOL.