Quote:The latter approach is pretty good, but unfortunately some players like Gratz don't have what it takes to "get better" on their own. It's interesting to see how New England takes any player on their roster and they instantly become 10x better than they were before.

 

I think its because there's a "standard"  there. You're expected to improve and measure up.

They teach its NOT ok to lose.....and if you do ....you're gone.

 

The old adage success breeds success. 

 

I had to laugh that in the early process he wasn't hard on the players because we didn't want them to get discouraged from the losing.

Heck, these are grown men who have played football nearly all their lives. Have they lost during that time? SURE they have....did they quit?

Probably not if they reached the pros.......so they KNOW what it is to lose and by golly if it gets them bummed out enough to quit now .....we don't need them.

 

I don't want to hear anymore about this ice cream stuff and we don't want to hurt their feelings.

Treat them like men and they'll respond like men Gus.

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