TwentyOne
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The problem is Garrett isn’t a real leader. A real leader could handle egos and different personality types. Garrett needs all blue collar scholars that pay their taxes in a timely fashion.
In any business you have different personalities and it’s your job as a leader to manage those personalities in a way that brings out their potential for their own development for the benefit of the team. That’s why players are successful under some coaches and not under others.
Garrett wants no parts of conflict and he has an ego problem. He thinks as long as players execute his flawed system it will work. Romo said a month ago we never had anything to beat cover 4 but the coaches didn’t care because as long as they excute they’d be fine. This is a very flawed philosophy and responsible for our demise the last 10 years
I think garrett is good at what he is doing.
The things you demand from a person in a leading position is a bit overdone for my taste. Of course garretts job also is to put people in the right position to maximize their talent. But that is mostly true for the Coordinators and position coaches who work under him. Those have the job to put the players into the right position to succeed.
Now you can argue that they all hadnt the right approach with Dez Bryant. The werent able to handle his ego or to put him in the right position to succees.
Since Bryant was here it was always that coaches didnt use him right. They wouldnt let him motion. Let him play the slot. Run other routes. So many good coaches and nobody was able to do it right with Bryant. That makes me wonder if the problem wasnt with all thise coaches but with exactly one person (Dez Bryant).
Also you have to be able to work with different egos and form a team out of them. Get their mind focused on the main goal. But this goes only so far as your players want to do this also. You cant force people into something and a leader doesnt have the power nor the task to change players mindsets nor talents. On the contrary he has the task to put the whole team in a position to be the most successfull as it can be. He also has to get rid of distractions if he senses one. If he isnt able to handle a big ego of course you could say he is a weak leader. But that is away to simplistic kind of view. And it happens everywhere in every business. Is Godell a weak leader because he got rid of JJ when it came to the argument between them ? No. If you cant work with somebody it will always be a question of power. And Godell used his power and so did Garrett.
Humans are no gods. Everybody has its weaknesses and so does Garrett. Maybe he is not the leader you demand him to be. But then do you need that kind of leading person to have a successfull team? I dont think so.
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