I hoenstly think the fans will just complain just to complain. Like Deacon stated Bradley is focused on personal development and growth as a motivation. That is somewhat of a new concept to others. This is much different from the macho man up or get out think our society has instilled. To me this approach is smart because it challenges the players to try and grow based on how they view their stregths and weaknesses. This is why I can see players like Sherman excelling with this method. He is smart, has the ability and has the will to want to be great. He just needs the ambient environment to grow in.


I think fans do not like this think because it poopoos on all the instilled thinking for previous generation had on them. To go slightly "psychoanalytic" think of how many people you know that say "if so and so would have done things different I would have done so and so different". Those people are like Reggie Nelson who had the ability and will just was never put in a situation to succeed. Whereas Bradley is trying to build up a bunch of Shermans and trying to instill confidence and build the environment to succeed. I think on some level people just don't like this approach because they haven't experienced it and won't. The issue is to me this is the best way to build a person in any circumstance. Protecting a person and instilling confidence is how you make people succeed. Few people will survive if you just "throw them to the wolves"

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