CouchCoach
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When a man has an oversized ego and comes to believe his own BS, there is only one thing to save him from himself, the fear of failure. He does not have that for there is no consequence to that. He admitted he should have fired himself, has been outed several times for being a poor GM and making poor decisions and even publicly embarrassed with strippergate and none of that had any effect on him. He went into hiding during the strippergate mess but then emerged resilient as ever.
Once he takes a stance, he leaves no wiggle room to extricate himself and just digs in deeper against any criticism because he has an ego similar to someone else in the public eye. An ego that says even if I am wrong, I must be right.
Two owners have proven they can run their own club, George Halas and Al Davis but Al let his "dig in deeper" overrule his good sense because at one time he was as good as any that have done it. They both proved they could do it while Booger still struggles to prove that.
You cannot expect any man to perform at his best without that fear of failure present. Most success is driven by that because that is the consequence. Booger can just keep failing time after time because the value of the franchise will allow him that luxury. People will continue to tune in regardless of the team fielded and he knows that would last for some time.
The biggest problem is what I mentioned in the first sentence, believing your own BS. He actually thinks the success of this team is because of him. He thinks all of that glitzy glamor window dressing is what matters. He will not allow himself to think what would have happened if Johnson hadn't turned his team around so quickly for him and pulled the legion of fans, that existed before he ever got into the game, back in. Back in the day, Cowboys Mystique existed, he didn't build that, just took advantage of that and exploited it.
Some feel timing is nothing more than luck but it is a skill. But it is a skill best honed with the fear of failure constantly lurking nearby. Timing causes the decision maker to weigh the consequences as well as the rewards but when there are no consequences, timing doesn't matter.
Once he takes a stance, he leaves no wiggle room to extricate himself and just digs in deeper against any criticism because he has an ego similar to someone else in the public eye. An ego that says even if I am wrong, I must be right.
Two owners have proven they can run their own club, George Halas and Al Davis but Al let his "dig in deeper" overrule his good sense because at one time he was as good as any that have done it. They both proved they could do it while Booger still struggles to prove that.
You cannot expect any man to perform at his best without that fear of failure present. Most success is driven by that because that is the consequence. Booger can just keep failing time after time because the value of the franchise will allow him that luxury. People will continue to tune in regardless of the team fielded and he knows that would last for some time.
The biggest problem is what I mentioned in the first sentence, believing your own BS. He actually thinks the success of this team is because of him. He thinks all of that glitzy glamor window dressing is what matters. He will not allow himself to think what would have happened if Johnson hadn't turned his team around so quickly for him and pulled the legion of fans, that existed before he ever got into the game, back in. Back in the day, Cowboys Mystique existed, he didn't build that, just took advantage of that and exploited it.
Some feel timing is nothing more than luck but it is a skill. But it is a skill best honed with the fear of failure constantly lurking nearby. Timing causes the decision maker to weigh the consequences as well as the rewards but when there are no consequences, timing doesn't matter.