The coach is either a sadist or he just doesn't really take his players seriously. Out of all the coaches in the series, Yamagata is the worst one. He doesn't communicate with the players, he doesn't tell them his thoughts, he doesn't give feedback nor comment on their strengths and weaknesses, he doesn't give pep-talk, neither does he motivate them, also he even withheld information from them. If you compare him to brilliant coaches like Ukai-coach from Haikyuu or the coach from Daiya no A, Yamagata is like F-tiered. Every time he makes a decision like sending mc to handball, or telling setter not to toss to igarashi, he never explains why he did those things and just expect the kids to be able to figure out by themselves. Because this is a manga, so the players figured it out, but irl he would've just left them hanging and letting them hesitate themselves and it might lower their self-confidence. Like this match, he already knows the coach and his style of play, yet he never told his players at all. They were given no information about their next match. Again, he left them hanging. When Matsutaka asked him to please say something because he's helpless and doesn't know how to handle the situation, the fking coach just stayed quiet and ignored him, and directly substituted the guy for the next rotation. If it were any other players, their self-esteem would've dropped way way lower.
He is basically emotionally abusing these teenage boys. While other coaches care for their players' mental well-being and tries hard to solve in-team concflict, he just ignores every fking thing that's happening. He didn't reproach the ace for looking down on his team members, nor did he try to talk to the third years on their opinions about who should be regulars. He's a fking newcomer coach, he doesn't know the team and the relationship dynamics between the members well enough, but he didn't even try to make any effort to communicate with them. Fck this man.
It would've been fine if the beginning didn't set him as some sort of great reliable coach and the pillar of the 1st years motivation to enter the school. But he didn't do jackshit and he's very underwhelming.
The coach is either a sadist or he just doesn't really take his players seriously. Out of all the coaches in the series, Yamagata is the worst one.
He doesn't communicate with the players, he doesn't tell them his thoughts, he doesn't give feedback nor comment on their strengths and weaknesses, he doesn't give pep-talk, neither does he motivate them, also he even withheld information from them. If you compare him to brilliant coaches like Ukai-coach from Haikyuu or the coach from Daiya no A, Yamagata is like F-tiered.
Every time he makes a decision like sending mc to handball, or telling setter not to toss to igarashi, he never explains why he did those things and just expect the kids to be able to figure out by themselves. Because this is a manga, so the players figured it out, but irl he would've just left them hanging and letting them hesitate themselves and it might lower their self-confidence.
Like this match, he already knows the coach and his style of play, yet he never told his players at all. They were given no information about their next match. Again, he left them hanging. When Matsutaka asked him to please say something because he's helpless and doesn't know how to handle the situation, the fking coach just stayed quiet and ignored him, and directly substituted the guy for the next rotation. If it were any other players, their self-esteem would've dropped way way lower.
He is basically emotionally abusing these teenage boys. While other coaches care for their players' mental well-being and tries hard to solve in-team concflict, he just ignores every fking thing that's happening. He didn't reproach the ace for looking down on his team members, nor did he try to talk to the third years on their opinions about who should be regulars. He's a fking newcomer coach, he doesn't know the team and the relationship dynamics between the members well enough, but he didn't even try to make any effort to communicate with them. Fck this man.
It would've been fine if the beginning didn't set him as some sort of great reliable coach and the pillar of the 1st years motivation to enter the school. But he didn't do jackshit and he's very underwhelming.