Aaron Brooks

ScottyRo · 06-17-2003, 02:21 PM

No need to do the research. I\'ll admit they probably were questioning his leadership in his early years.

I\'m just saying that questioning Aaron\'s leadership based on stats doesn\'t render good results b/c a good leader can have bad years and bad games. (example: Elway) Nobody questioned Elway\'s leadership in the 90\'s when he went 5-11.

Aaron is really in a catch 22 on this subject because a lot of critics would say: Look how cool he is before the game. He is so laid back and ready to go. Then when things don\'t go right people say: He\'s not intense. He doesn\'t have that desire to win.

It\'s all about perspective and this year it\'s negative because we didn\'t make the playoffs. Had a couple of TE\'s and a WR or 2 played up to form, we\'d have made the playoffs and Aaron would be a hero now because of playing hurt and through the pain. Instead, you get a team that spent the entire 2002 season not playing at their best level against sorry teams which causes the them to miss the playoffs and suddenly Aaron\'s not the leader we need.

06-17-2003, 02:21 PM	#11
ScottyRo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA (ugh, the food here) Posts: 1,704	Aaron Brooks No need to do the research. I\'ll admit they probably were questioning his leadership in his early years. I\'m just saying that questioning Aaron\'s leadership based on stats doesn\'t render good results b/c a good leader can have bad years and bad games. (example: Elway) Nobody questioned Elway\'s leadership in the 90\'s when he went 5-11. Aaron is really in a catch 22 on this subject because a lot of critics would say: Look how cool he is before the game. He is so laid back and ready to go. Then when things don\'t go right people say: He\'s not intense. He doesn\'t have that desire to win. It\'s all about perspective and this year it\'s negative because we didn\'t make the playoffs. Had a couple of TE\'s and a WR or 2 played up to form, we\'d have made the playoffs and Aaron would be a hero now because of playing hurt and through the pain. Instead, you get a team that spent the entire 2002 season not playing at their best level against sorry teams which causes the them to miss the playoffs and suddenly Aaron\'s not the leader we need.