“As a coach, No. 1, you have to earn players’ trust and respect,” Amukamara said. “If a player doesn’t trust you or respect you, he’s not listening to you, and if he’s not listening to you, you don’t have an open line of communication to coach him. You need to be able to communicate, deliver the message, message received.
Column: Sean Desai, the ‘mad scientist’ of the Chicago Bears defense, has a Ph.D. in education — and he knows how to communicate a lesson
