—Prince used to treat Tim McCarty like trash. One time, when McCarty's unit wasn't performing up to par, Prince got in a verbal shouting match with him until he eventually ordered McCarty to the ground. "On your back!" Prince screamed. McCarty had to stay on his back for 12 minutes until Prince eventually allowed him to stand in upright position.
—Prince was famous for getting in screaming matches with his assistants, and he would get up in their faces on many occasions. Prince is not a believer in positive reinforcement. He absolutely loves the word "bullshit." My friend used to say that was his favorite word. Everything is "bullshit."
—When Prince wants someone off the team, he goes out of his way to make it happen. He will order you around and try to make you look like a fool, and doesn't stop until he's destroyed any self confidence you might have.
—Prince used to get pissed off when interceptions were thrown in practice. But, while most coaches will call a play dead after the interception (especially when the team's trainers are sitting on the field about 25 yards behind where the offense is snapping the ball), Prince doesn't call the play dead until the interceptor is tackled. So, every time the defense picked off a pass, off they would run, in the direction of the trainers. The players, of course, were in full pads. The trainers actually had to run in the opposite direction to avoid getting trampled.
—When the trainers did this, Prince would call them FP's.
—Later, after another interception was thrown, one of the trainers decided to throw a water bottle at the interceptor's feet. Another trainer ran away to avoid getting trampled. Understandable. Except Prince didn't see it that way and actually LIKED what he saw from the trainer who threw the water bottle at one of his players. "At least he's trying," Prince told one trainer, whose self-esteem was shot.
—One trainer said his favorite part of practice was always when Prince would yell at a player. Just the way he does it, it crushes your spirits. When you make a mistake, you will never forget about it, and you will probably never hear the end of it. If you shrug, or hold your arms in the air palms up, as if to say, "What did I do wrong?" ... Prince goes crazy. Palms up. That's what sets Prince off more than anything. When he sees those palms, he loses control. And not necessarily because a player made a mistake (although mistakes are unforgivable), but because the player didn't know what he did wrong. Eventually, players would learn not to put their palms up. So, when that whistle blows and Prince stops the play, players would turn around, arms at their side, and just take it. They were defeated. They knew not to challenge or protest.