"Raising their Game"

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Holding everyone accountable for their own performance is the first step in great leadership.

No excuses.

No “you didn’t motivate me enough”.

Own your performance.

Own your work ethic.

No excuses.

This is not the only aspect of leadership, by far, but it’s one of the first ones.

You can’t have people that won’t take accountability, you’ll never get anywhere with those people. All you will ever get is excuses, not results.

 

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

Holding everyone accountable for their own performance is the first step in great leadership.

No excuses.

No “you didn’t motivate me enough”.

Own your performance.

Own your work ethic.

No excuses.

This is not the only aspect of leadership, by far, but it’s one of the first ones.

You can’t have people that won’t take accountability, you’ll never get anywhere with those people. All you will ever get is excuses, not results.

What you’re saying is true, but it’s more truism than TRUTH. I get it, but from what I’m reading from your post…it seems to absolve the manager of some responsibility (I don’t think that’s what you’re trying to do…). A good manager can turn laggards into leaders (within reason, of course, but it happens). And turn excuse makers into example setters. I realize the point you’re making…but you’re on the razor’s edge of what bad managers/coaches do/say.

It’s more art than science. Horse whisperer type **** when it’s done right.

 

[Deleted member 26015]

This is what made JJ so great, he knew exactly what buttons to push for each player.

Jimmy Johnson has a degree in psychology.

Psychology literally is one of these areas where very few things can really change your life around for the better. Whether its work or life related, if you get the stuff down, its making a huge difference.

Very few coaches have the ability to push the right buttons. Vince Lombardi did it with his players by screaming and yelling at them all day, only to give them a pat on the back in the locker room minutes later. Bill Walsh provoked Joe Montana and Steve Young so much that Montana had the best postseason ever a year after Walsh left coaching. Bill Belichick ended practice early in 2007 in the week when they played the Dolphins and told his players "We will lose this football game because you dont practice well enough". That team included Brady, Moss, Bruschi, Seau, Vrabel, Seymour, Harrison. Veteran players, some of them being future Hall of Famers.
Patriots led 42-7 at halftime and Belichick walks into the locker room seeing 50 people smirking at him.

And Jimmy Johnson belongs in that group. Remember the corny rap video that FSU produced? Yup, guess who had it early and guess who showed it to the players...

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

What you’re saying is true, but it’s more truism than TRUTH. I get it, but from what I’m reading from your post…it seems to absolve the manager of some responsibility (I don’t think that’s what you’re trying to do…). A good manager can turn laggards into leaders (within reason, of course, but it happens). And turn excuse makers into example setters. I realize the point you’re making…but you’re on the razor’s edge of what bad managers/coaches do/say.

It’s more art than science. Horse whisperer type **** when it’s done right.

It’s not an exact science. For example the way I wrote that post, if someone were to approach college football players that way, right out of high school, you would lose them.

Their minds aren’t fully developed, so that you just cannot hit them like that. You have to do a lot more cajoling.

My mindset when I wrote the post was more about leading adults in the business world. That was my frame of reference.

 

[NJshoreCane]

This is a popular viewpoint, but it’s wrong. In all aspects of life people expect to be guided — even if the guides are wrong.

I said I don't put it all on the coaches, meaning some accountability is on the players.
I am assuming you then believe there's no accountability on the players.

I said i do expect a certain level expect a certain level of preparation, commitment, and approach from a 4-star WR right out of HS,
meaning I didn't expect them to be starting at zero out of HS.
I am assuming you then do not expect any level of preparation, commitment, and approach from a 4-star WR right out of HS.

You can disagree with my statements, but they can't be considered wrong.
Given your response, which I agree with, I think you misunderstood my comment.

 

[NJshoreCane]

You can expect that, but it's not realistic. Some guys are still that way, but the vast majority, as a leader, it's your job to push the right buttons to get the most out of them.

Likens is doing exactly that when Dugans and Stumblebum couldn't. That's why Likens is a high level WR coach, and the other 2 are bums. They all know the same techniques. There's no magic technique sauce that only Likens has. What he does have is the ability to reach the guys and maximize their output, which is what makes all the difference in the world.

I'm in agreement with you but this is going a little sideways.
Very simply, some things have to be expected from the player. You can't start from zero.
Things that should be in place way before they step on the UM campus.