Coach Courtney: What Makes A Good Leader?

Coach Pennington is as supportive as if the players/students were his own, and I believe that he has a strong character.-87

Coach Boone stresses the idea of respect; he doesn’t care if his players don’t like each other but he expects them to respect each other and maybe, they will learn how to play the game of football like men. As a leader, I have to be aware of my surroundings and the individuals around me that I could possibly be influencing by my actions but also by my character. The goal of a team is being able to say you are giving something that is bigger than yourself, one hundred percent effort, including your resources. A team is so much more than just one person, without fellow teammates a leader cannot

I worried I wouldn't be able to control them or that they wouldn't respect me. What I learned as we went throughout the season together, is that the most important aspect of leadership isn't them respecting me, it is me respecting them. I learned to appreciate each team member for their contributions to our team, and because of this was more able to deal with problems involving each of them, and we all became closer because of it. In addition to being shy by nature, I am also not a very happy person.

Gen-Xers appreciate autonomy; they want their managers to inform them of the required goals and the available resources and then to leave them to function independently (Farag et al., 2009). Generation Xers are often difficult to give feedback to, they are usually doing something for a reason, and they have strong convictions. My peer group is the Generation Xers; it is important that a leader is respected and accountable. The Generation Xers grew up independent; they do not want a leader who is not confident and willing to take a stand. I hold myself to a high standard, I would not expect anyone to do anything that I would not do myself, and I think this is a typical Generation X behavior.

Head injuries are one of the most common injuries in a football player. Neurologist Dr. Julian Bailes talked about the subject many times explaining the risks of injuries, but that doesn’t stop his kids from playing the game that people know and love. “I have two children who play football and I believe football is safer than it’s ever been” (Nixon). Football is a dangerous sport but they always have made sure to keep it as safe as possible with helmets and pads. If it was not as cautious as the sport actually is then it would not be a sport because of how dangerous it is.

“Sports are a tool to learn life’s great lessons” or “a coach 's job is to learn how to love his/her athlete equally” are great examples/ goals to achieve, but sometimes these are the hardest things to do and it doesn’t work out as well as you expect it to be. Some athlete seriously considers to quit a sport that they are really talented in and could make a living out of, because of their most closest people like their parents or coaches. While I was reading through “The Power of a Coach” section of the book what I noticed was that some of the events that happened in the book, happened to me and my close friends as well. Some of the events happened during my soccer practices and some happened to me during track practices.

Balance processing means that a leader can be objective and aware of both his strengths and weaknesses (CSU, n.d.) Because Coach Swinney has this awareness he surrounds himself with a staff that can do the things he doesn’t do as well as others. He has even given some of his salary so there are more funds available to pay for the best assistants (Scott, 2016). As part of authentic leadership, there is also relational transparency, which means being open and honest about the good and the bad about oneself (CSU, n.d.). Players on the Tiger’s football team use the term “transparent” to describe their coach.

I agree with this statement. People often don’t know what to do, so they follow someone. Sometimes people are scared to speak up and ask other to do it for them. A good leader must have charisma.

He shows that you don’t have to be the most famous person in sports to make a difference for your team, he’s not a LeBron James or Tom Brady, he’s an offensive coordinator who barely anyone knows about, but he still makes a difference for the Lions. Jim Bob Cooter shows that you have to beat adversity to succeed, many people have laughed at him over his lifetime, mostly because of his name, but he didn’t get to choose his name.

He also had to be firm, trust and communicate effectively with his players to motivate them through the rough times, segregation. Coach Boone like Lincoln had to establish their Soldiers and players trust and build their confidence higher than ever before to achieve greatness in a world that many did not want them to succeed. Both Lincoln and Coach Boone showed us their leadership was unmeasurable and at these times when many would have run for the hill, but they persevered, gaining both community and a countries

With Orlando Scandrick done for season, there is only one attitude to have…NEXT MAN UP! Yes losing our most reliable guy in our secondary was not something any of us anticipated nor happy about. But as always with the National Football league we have to expect the unexpected. Unfortunately injuries play a huge part in this game, especially if you are the Dallas Cowboys.

The champion whom I play the most as support is Blitzcrack. Blitzcrack’s moral to protect his teammates makes him stronger and I see myself becoming stronger as I learn to open my heart to other in need of my help. Sometimes my team members would rush into the enemies base and ends up running away with little to no health left. Most players would see the act as stupidity, but I see it as an ally who wants to charge and destroy the enemy from hurting his allies because of the Principle of Charity. As the support role, I would help my teammates to survive as they charge into the enemy base.

Kuechly is exceptionally brave for putting his life on the line to do what he love every week and entertain the crowd while doing so. Maybe the problem with the serious, overlooked injuries is not with the players or the NFL but with the fans. Football has always been a dangerous sport but the increasing attention to this issue will continue to make the game safer. However, the fans will continue to crave the big hits, the big plays, the big stories that follow. They count down the days for Sunday Night Football with their friends and family so they can watch other men destroy their bodies and their health while they simply sit on their couch, drinking beer, eating chips, and discussing how “sick” a hit or catch was.

My Football coach is one of the toughest Football coaches but he is also one of the most Generous people I know. He always wants the best for me and our team, He makes us push harder when we are sprinting at the end of practice, when our legs are starting to give out he keeps pushing us to go harder. Whenever in games when we aren 't doing as well he always cheers us up and tell us just to keep playing. From what my past coaches have taught me it 's nothing like what Coach Matt has done for me, He always wants the best for me and I remembered this one practice last season he said to me “If you try at anything you do you will make it far kid” and I always remembered it and looked up to it, I always lived by that because it meant alot to me

This is the base of his motivation, but is also very self motivated. He knows what he wants to achieve and does everything in his power to ensure his victory. For example, throughout the football season Derrick battle an ongoing knee injury, “...Derrick felt a snap in his right knee. Like a sudden wild fire, the pain exploded through his leg and up into his gut” (89, Kingsbury). At that moment Derrick could have decided he was done for the season, but instead he worked through the pain as long as he could and was able to help the team when they needed him the most.