larry has made numerous comments about felton and the impact his loss. he did it again this weekend
"We had a bulldog as a leader, and he isn't here any more," Brown said.
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i have always been of the opinion that when you are in a position of leadership, whether it is president, coach, office manager or whatever that you dont make excuses to others about the failure of whatever you are managing. you dont ever look at what you dont have or what you used to have and talk about how it would be different if such and such was still here. in my opinion that is always a recipe for future failures.
can you imagine if when my boss asked me in front of my team why my team at work was struggling i said "well boss, when fred left our team last year to go to bank of america we havent been the same. these other employees just arent as good" or can you imagine if the starting qb goes down with an injury during a game and the coach tells his team "we cant win without our qb". hell no, you lie to those kids and you tell them the team is larger than one person blah blah blah...
its ok for brown to discuss the loss of felton's impact with MJ and higgins privately, but for him to keep talking to the media about how this current team cant win because felton left, what does that say to the current team? sure, they might not be good enough, but you certainly dont tell them that.
there is a difference between using the media to motivate a player and using the media to undermine the team, organization while at the same time absolving yourself in the process.
this is the one area of larry brown that bothers me more than all the others combined. he has a long history of making excuses when things dont go his way. he has a long history of publicly saying that his players arent good enough. he always makes it about the players (most of which are only here because of him) and never about him. and he always runs away or is pushed away when his actions catch up to him.
i hate people who make excuses and blame others when they fail and that goes triple when it applies to a person in a leadership position. it shows weakness and ego.
larry could learn something from felton. one of the reasons felton was such a great leader was because he ALWAYS took the blame for the team's failures, even when they werent his fault. he always took responsibility for his actions.
i lose respect for larry every single time i read one of these types of quotes. i dont think this is about larry trying to motivate players. and even if it was, i disagree with the approach. he might be the greatest teacher of the game ever. larry says himself that he loves that part of the game and hates the coaching and i can see why. frankly, and i dont care what his record or bonnell says, his game coaching and his leadership have never impressed me. its a testament to his amazing teaching skills that his teams win in spite of his constant undermining of the teams he has coached.
i would love to add more of larry's undermining quotes, but i dont feel like searching for them. but if anyone wants to add them they shouldnt be too hard to find.
