The Smartest Guy In the Room

Published: July 14, 2022, 4 p.m.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a scientific phenomenon in which people who are relatively new to a field, such as coaching football, often think they have all the answers when they actually have little to no knowledge of the subject at all. This effect is seen in nearly all aspects of life, even growing from a child into an adult (think about a 4 year old who has ALL the answers and a teenager who is frozen from fear of getting into the real world). It stems from the fact that you generally don\\u2019t know what you don\\u2019t know, and a false confidence in your ability to control what you do know. All of this can lead you to believe that you\\u2019re the smartest man in the room.

On this episode, Joe and Daniel discuss the challenges of believing you\\u2019re the new greatest thing in football, what to do if you find yourself actually being the best coach on staff as an assistant, and the unfortunate situation in which you\\u2019re a Head Coach with a subpar staff.

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