Are you one of the jack wagons in Hurd's ear who filled him with this negative story line? If so, you've done this young man a tragic disservice. And if so, I hope JH runs as far away from you and any others telling him the same as he can get and surrounds himself with folks who preach accountability and owning your own production instead of blaming everyone else. That attitude is caustic to any young man's development. Playing the victim only allows one to deflect ownership of the results of their actions and is a roadblock to change and growth.
Redemption for Jalen Hurd
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Are you one of the jack wagons in Hurd's ear who filled him with this negative story line? If so, you've done this young man a tragic disservice. And if so, I hope JH runs as far away from you and any others telling him the same as he can get and surrounds himself with folks who preach accountability and owning your own production instead of blaming everyone else. That attitude is caustic to any young man's development. Playing the victim only allows one to deflect ownership of the results of their actions and is a roadblock to change and growth.
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Yes, sometimes there is collateral damage from an example that has to be set on a principle that cannot be compromised. It's not pleasant and it can even make you feel sorry for the person, but it's the kind of tough love needed to secure the best interests of the team.
We're always sending signals to others in this world about where the lines are on boundaries that can't be crossed.
While it's human nature to test those, if you allow tests of your authority to go unchecked, they'll continue (and even escalate) because of your lack of action to correct that challenge to your position. If you neglect to make it clear you won't tolerate attempts to undermine your position of authority, it sends the message to those who are entrusted to your charge that you are weak, easily pushed over, easily manipulated, and someone who can be taken advantage of without a painful enough repercussion to discourage someone who tries.
For leaders who are naturally "nice guys" and non-confrontational by disposition, it can be a challenge to assert your authority because you don't want to risk being resented. You want to be "the cool boss." With maturity and the acceptance of professional management responsibility comes the realization that correcting those who are out of line is part of your job that must be done even if it's not how you'd prefer to relate with people outside of the professional arena.
There's one head of the team. That's the head coach. A body with two heads coming out of the neck will end up playing internal tug a war, spin in circles and fall down dizzy before reaching any destination of either head's choosing and certainly not in the best interest of the body as a whole.
There is a certain modicum of respect for the Head Coach's authority over the team and each player on the team as well as each member of the staff in his/her employ.
When you have a player trying to be the head and telling the Coach that's in authority over him what he should do, that player is out of line and you need to address it to make it clear that insubordinate behavior will not be tolerated without discipline.
It just comes with the territory.
We're always sending signals out into the world about how people can treat us and how we won't allow them to treat us without repercussion. Sometimes you just have to make an example.
Now imagine you want to be Mercy Forgiveness Incarnate and just let anyone run you over and run over your organization. That is the kind of deadly tumor which must be caught early and destroyed. You don't necessarily have a problem with the particular cells as matter. Your issue is when they invade your healthy body and try to spread throughout it.
In extremely rare circumstances since it's up to you, you might make an exception and give someone a second chance. But just realize you weakened your perceived strength as a leader and manager for the purposes of running the organization when you did it. If you can live with the consequences and believe it's the best decision for the team, the players, and yourself, then as long as you're aware of what those consequences are and how they affect the team as a whole and everyone on it as well as future teams, then do what you believe in your gut is the right thing to do.
These should be on an individual by individual basis. There should be a clear and sincere acknowledgement of what they did wrong without any excuses and there should be a signed pledge with the steps the person is going to take to guarantee that they will always submit to the direction of the head coach and stay true to the coach's vision, as well as respecting the coach's position of authority as the professional in charge of leading this team.
I liked Jalen and thought he was a heck of a player until I started hearing and reading several reports of him allegedly disrespecting Coach Butch Jones. That was disappointing to learn. I hoped it wasn't true because there's no place for that kind of behavior.
We're always sending signals to others in this world about where the lines are on boundaries that can't be crossed.
While it's human nature to test those, if you allow tests of your authority to go unchecked, they'll continue (and even escalate) because of your lack of action to correct that challenge to your position. If you neglect to make it clear you won't tolerate attempts to undermine your position of authority, it sends the message to those who are entrusted to your charge that you are weak, easily pushed over, easily manipulated, and someone who can be taken advantage of without a painful enough repercussion to discourage someone who tries.
For leaders who are naturally "nice guys" and non-confrontational by disposition, it can be a challenge to assert your authority because you don't want to risk being resented. You want to be "the cool boss." With maturity and the acceptance of professional management responsibility comes the realization that correcting those who are out of line is part of your job that must be done even if it's not how you'd prefer to relate with people outside of the professional arena.
There's one head of the team. That's the head coach. A body with two heads coming out of the neck will end up playing internal tug a war, spin in circles and fall down dizzy before reaching any destination of either head's choosing and certainly not in the best interest of the body as a whole.
There is a certain modicum of respect for the Head Coach's authority over the team and each player on the team as well as each member of the staff in his/her employ.
When you have a player trying to be the head and telling the Coach that's in authority over him what he should do, that player is out of line and you need to address it to make it clear that insubordinate behavior will not be tolerated without discipline.
It just comes with the territory.
We're always sending signals out into the world about how people can treat us and how we won't allow them to treat us without repercussion. Sometimes you just have to make an example.
Now imagine you want to be Mercy Forgiveness Incarnate and just let anyone run you over and run over your organization. That is the kind of deadly tumor which must be caught early and destroyed. You don't necessarily have a problem with the particular cells as matter. Your issue is when they invade your healthy body and try to spread throughout it.
In extremely rare circumstances since it's up to you, you might make an exception and give someone a second chance. But just realize you weakened your perceived strength as a leader and manager for the purposes of running the organization when you did it. If you can live with the consequences and believe it's the best decision for the team, the players, and yourself, then as long as you're aware of what those consequences are and how they affect the team as a whole and everyone on it as well as future teams, then do what you believe in your gut is the right thing to do.
These should be on an individual by individual basis. There should be a clear and sincere acknowledgement of what they did wrong without any excuses and there should be a signed pledge with the steps the person is going to take to guarantee that they will always submit to the direction of the head coach and stay true to the coach's vision, as well as respecting the coach's position of authority as the professional in charge of leading this team.
I liked Jalen and thought he was a heck of a player until I started hearing and reading several reports of him allegedly disrespecting Coach Butch Jones. That was disappointing to learn. I hoped it wasn't true because there's no place for that kind of behavior.
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Respectfully disagree. Hurd wasn't running for 1600 yards anywhere, in anybody's system, at least not without many, many more carries than other top rbs in those systems. He simply didn't possess the elite running skills of guys like Henry, Fournette and Guice. Each of those guys had/have game breaking ability and breakaway speed which allowed them to eat up yardage in large chunks. Hurd didn't have that....those guys could turn a 5 yard run into a 50+ yard run....Hurd couldn't and never did.
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Didn't say Kelly or Kamara were behind him, just 3.7 ypc is not terrible. Should have been better but not terrible. Lol you and I will never agree about who is great. IMO you hand that term out too much, easily, and to the undeserving. This may be another term where we'll not agree. 3.7 ypc, is not great, not best, could be mediocre, or under acheiver, but I am not cosigning a collegiate RB as terrible with that stat.
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