When Al and company first came to Miami, they started promoting these coaching clinics to the local high school programs. They weren't really about football or sports; they were more about positivity and leading/mentoring with positivity. I didn't really have an opinion on it back then--didn't really interest me. Maybe this is why we are the way we are.
Maybe too much positivity is just as ineffective as too much negativity. Maybe too much positivity creates delusion, or a false sense of security. It definitely hasn't created any anger or aggressive play. I think with anything, there needs to be a balance. I can't help but compare everything to Jimmy--everyone knows he was a master motivator. From what I've heard, Jimmy was the master at playing the result. He was able to treat everyone differently, but fairly. I have to imagine that Jimmy was an upbeat, positive dude, but brought out some dark stuff when necessary.
This ultra-positivity stuff seems to have been a failed experiment, and we're the ones that have to pay for it.
If Al Golden was in charge of US Special Operations Command for the past 15 years, Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and all the rest would still be alive. All that atta boy all the time **** doesn't survive first contact. Personnel in good military units are highly critical of each others failings, get into fights with each other, prank one another and realize before the balloon goes up, they have to give it 100% from the first round downrange.
Compare The []_[] 2 clip to Al Golden as a player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aaF6v3-gT8
Dig that all power ballad soundtrack he worked out to...Even the Crüe track sucks...