If players carried the loneliness, imposter syndrome, abuse and fatigue that head coaches do, Royle argues we would spend whatever it took to ease it, so why not for the coach? He points to Silicon Valley chief executives who used Bill Campbell, and to Pep Guardiola, Eddie Jones and Ross Lyon, who each employ a fellow coach to manage the weight of the job, because another coach grasps nuance a sports psychologist often misses. It need not be a full-time hire: a monthly mentor or a peer swap counts. The full Coach Chat with Cody Royle is not on the subscriber site yet. Masterclasses on the same themes are, for Coach subscribers of The Hockey Site.
