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History shows that leadership is best accomplished by example. Leadership by direction is not leadership but ego feeding.
Dont worry youll hear the same old offseason stories again soon.
New leaders emerging
Biggest strength gains weve seen in years
Best team unity in a decade
Leadership can't be exerted.
Funny thing is, for all his verbal gaffes, he probably does know more about leadership than most folks. Including most folks here in VN.
Now Dooley...there's a guy whose leadership skills I would not rate very highly at all.
You're right. Nothing says toxic leadership like infighting of the team and lying about it.
As a Marine, I'm sure you know from experience that in-fighting is a normal part of a hyper-competitive atmosphere. You get a bunch of young folks revved up on a daily basis, and tempers are going to flare from time to time, even among teammates.
In short, it's a normal part of a football team.
Now, if it goes toxic, that's a significant leadership challenge. But we've seen nothing but rumors and a bunch of crap made up by folks on these boards about all that, these last few years. A lot of "stories" get legs just because someone on the internet decides to troll it up a little.
[I assume you're referring to the supposed Crowder incident, or the supposed Justin Martin incident, or the supposed 'tripped over a helmet' incident. If you meant something other than those, please explain]
As a Marine, I'm sure you know from experience that in-fighting is a normal part of a hyper-competitive atmosphere. You get a bunch of young folks revved up on a daily basis, and tempers are going to flare from time to time, even among teammates.
In short, it's a normal part of a football team.
Now, if it goes toxic, that's a significant leadership challenge. But we've seen nothing but rumors and a bunch of crap made up by folks on these boards about all that, these last few years. A lot of "stories" get legs just because someone on the internet decides to troll it up a little.
[I assume you're referring to the supposed Crowder incident, or the supposed Justin Martin incident, or the supposed 'tripped over a helmet' incident. If you meant something other than those, please explain]
Shy Tuttle, orbital fracture from "helmet" and it's not as I heard it, it's as I read it from the news articles.
I saw a couple of on-line blogs picked the rumor up, but the editorial standards of on-line blogs (like fact-checking and verifying stories) is practically non-existent.
Did you ever see the stories appear in anything like ESPN, SI, or CBS Online? Those at least have editors who fact-check to get independent verification of a story from more than a single source.
Butch said it at a press conference as well before complaining about the media. What more proof you need?