You get what you deserve, except in coaching

 For a very long time coaches have been considered integral to the success of an individual player or a team. They are almost like the parents of a team on the field, and pretty much invest every ounce of their mental and physical strength in helping the team. Coaches come in your life before your teachers, media, fans and even your teammates and are often the last ones to leave. 

          Why are coaches not paid enough? Coaches who essentially make these young players into multi-millionaire are themselves earning just above minimum wage. In most countries, coaching is not even a full-time job unless you reach the absolute upper echelon of your field. There are coaching badges, there are coaching courses but there are barely any full-time coaching jobs. If millions are coming into the sport and being spent on various innovations, isn't it time that coaching is actually SHOWN the respect it deserves for a very very thankless job?

        The general feeling around the world is of acceptance that coaches are to be respected and followed every step of the way. So what makes a good coach? Is it the success and failure of the team, what if the team is not good enough, what if the opposition has more resources and multiple other factors of what-ifs? The point I'm trying to make it is that if the success and failure of a team are ground for judging a coach, you are essentially ignoring the process and focussing only on the result. We know very well that result is dependent on external factors but the process is an internal matter. Your work seems to matter only when your team wins, which is ridiculous considering every competition will always have a winner and loser. It doesn't mean that the loser is incompetent, it just means that the winner is better.