He doesn't belittle his players publicly, players respect that. He doesn't point a finger when things go bad. If anything, he takes the pressure off players, rather than putting it on them. You appreciate playing for him. In four decades as a player and manager in the minor leagues, winter ball and the majors, Cox has seen it all.
Many managers treat spring training as a boot camp.
He keeps the focus on quality time, rather than quantity, eschewing such time-honored traditions as pitchers shagging balls in the outfield and endlessly repeating drills. There's a lot of things in baseball that are done just in case somebody is watching, but that's not the case here. There's nothing we do just in case somebody is watching. That's how you hurt people. I agree with the way Bobby does it.