Shouldn't being a leader come naturally? http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto...-jets-veterans-go-leadership-training-seminar
I'm sure people will find a way to put a negative spin on this. Sanchez is a lazy, coddled dick and Holmes hates him.
How about veterans just step up in the locker room and become leaders. Do they really need a seminar to teach them how? Lie if you want, but if this was the Pats, Bills or Fish, we'd all be laughing at them.
Kind of yes, kind of no. Trying to figure out how to explain this. There's certain aspects of leadership that are instinctive/inborn. You either have them or you don't. That said, how you demonstrate/execute that leadership is something that is, or can be learned. Does that make sense ?
I hear ya. I just think with enough veterans on the team who should be willing to step up, this would be unnecessary. The positive: Rex is paying attention to the locker room and feels the team needed to attend a leadership seminar. The negative: Rex is paying attention to the locker room and feels the team needed to attend a leadership seminar.
This is commonplace in sports, as it is in business. Pats regularly bring in motivational speakers, who bring out the leaders in men. In short, it's termed "leadership". But, it's simply a manner of inculcating in the working members of an organization, an ability to self-assess and seek improvement- to accept responsibility for yourself and others.
Agreed. These seminars are pretty common practice in the business world! Why not try it in sports? At worst it does no harm...
That's very fair. But having been in locker rooms most of my life (HS football, lacrosse) and now in my career (LEO), they are very similar. When I was a financial analyst, it was different. It was a bunch of sycophants afraid to speak up. No one wanted to be a leader out of fear of losing their job. As a cop now, the locker room is a lot like sports. The Alpha males take over and put and keep sh*t in order when there is a problem. I've attended classes on both ends. Never had to look for leaders when playing sports. Does it hurt? Of course not. Should it be necessary? No.
Thing is, when Alpha males "take over", that's not necessarily "leadership", and it's not necessarily productive. In fact, it can tear a group apart.
Yes but there are no leaders on the team and everyone hates each other, remember? Also, Bills fans think RR lies too much so maybe he can learn something.
True, but rarely are passive, quiet people leaders. Not always, but rarely. If they are, they already command a quiet respect. Not sure the Jets have those guys. My guess is, Rex is looking for guys to step up. He shouldn't have to.
Yeah, quite the dilemna... but shedding a little light on a previously ignored, dark rift should do wonders.
Oh, passive quiet guys are very often great leaders. They are the calming presence in the room. Think of the person who rarely speaks, but when they do, EVERYONE turns and listens to them. While we disagree in some minor ways, you are right, Rex shouldn't have to do this, but last season is proof that he does. Agree that Rex is looking for guys to step up, BUT, he's probably also looking for guys to actually LEARN HOW to be a leader in a constructive way, rather than being a destructive force in the locker room.
Again, no problems with what you are saying at all. Just a thought: In my life, I've known very few people who were "quiet leaders". That's a special person, always the equivalent of a respected veteran. If that was the case in the Jets locker room, they should already be leaders, right? Those guys are very few and far between from my experience. Not a disagreement, just a personal observation. Thought 2: Completely agree with what you said about learning how to be a leader in a constructive way. If only 1 guy gets anything out of it, it was worth it.
but of course. "rex cant control team...leader seminar needed" lmao at media and the sheep who blindly follow
WRT "quiet leaders", I wasn't talking about the Jets locker room, but rather, just addressing your statement in general. That said, I can see where there could be "quiet leaders" in a locker room, but trouble would still flare up. Especially if "Alphas" try to assert themselves in a destructive way. As to thought 2, I'm hoping that a number of guys "get it", AND, that his specific seminar or whatever isn't some fly by night thingy
This just reminds me of someone giving a speech or going to train with an ex military person for a day. Don't have a problem with it.
