For the past few days, it’s been quite fashionable to bag on the Oakland Raiders’ Antonio Brown. After all, we’ve learned that his foot problem is possible frostbite from a cryogenic therapy gone wrong (because he didn’t wear socks as advised) and his favorite helmet is now officially outlawed by the NFL—prompting Brown to declare that he won’t play without his preferred head gear.
Rotten From The Top: Former Michigan State Dean Goes To Jail
Here’s a leadership truism: you reproduce what you are. I’ve been around enough Great coaches and leaders in the sports world to know that the character of the coach is always reflected in the character of the team.
John Wooden’s UCLA teams played selfless, precise basketball. Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams play with passion and discipline. Bill Belichick’s Patriots play with a whole-hearted commitment to the team, and Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide is sold out to The Process. Good leaders reproduce themselves.
But so do bad ones.