Aaron Brooks and leadership

GumboBC · 05-18-2004, 03:02 PM

Nice post SaintNik. That was some fuel for the fire, no doubt.

I\'ll be the first to argue with you though (provided no one types faster than I do). I thought the question was about leadership not physical skill. Pretty well everyone, except maybe BMG seems to agree that AB has all the physical tools. I think that being athletic is only ONE of the components of being a great leader. It is no secret that as of now, I\'m in the pro-AB camp, but I think the counter to your claim GIVEN THE CURRENT DISCUSSION is that it is a Non Sequitur.

It seems that Billy and I agree then that leadership is learned - though I like his word, developed, better. However, the word developed implies that there was something there to develop in the first place. Isn\'t it possible, as WhoDat suggests, that on Billy\'s view of development, there is nothing there to develop in AB\'s case - no X-factor?

JKool -- I think EVERYONE has the ABILITY to lead. I use the example of someone being born funny or comical, if you will. We\'ve all seen folks that aren\'t funny. But, do they have the ABILITY to make people laugh?? Sure they have the ABILITY. They just need to develop it. They might not become the best comics in the world, but they have the ABILITY to develop into very funny people. They can learn from other people or what have you.

Samething as leadership. The can DEVELOP their leadership. They might not DEVELOP into the greatest leaders in the world. But, they can definately get better.

For anyone to suggest that Aaron Brooks (or ANYONE else for that matter) doesn\'t have any leadership qualities needs to learn more about the subject of leadership.

[Edited on 18/5/2004 by GumboBC]

05-18-2004, 03:02 PM	#19
GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616	Aaron Brooks and leadership Nice post SaintNik. That was some fuel for the fire, no doubt. I\'ll be the first to argue with you though (provided no one types faster than I do). I thought the question was about leadership not physical skill. Pretty well everyone, except maybe BMG seems to agree that AB has all the physical tools. I think that being athletic is only ONE of the components of being a great leader. It is no secret that as of now, I\'m in the pro-AB camp, but I think the counter to your claim GIVEN THE CURRENT DISCUSSION is that it is a Non Sequitur. It seems that Billy and I agree then that leadership is learned - though I like his word, developed, better. However, the word developed implies that there was something there to develop in the first place. Isn\'t it possible, as WhoDat suggests, that on Billy\'s view of development, there is nothing there to develop in AB\'s case - no X-factor? JKool -- I think EVERYONE has the ABILITY to lead. I use the example of someone being born funny or comical, if you will. We\'ve all seen folks that aren\'t funny. But, do they have the ABILITY to make people laugh?? Sure they have the ABILITY. They just need to develop it. They might not become the best comics in the world, but they have the ABILITY to develop into very funny people. They can learn from other people or what have you. Samething as leadership. The can DEVELOP their leadership. They might not DEVELOP into the greatest leaders in the world. But, they can definately get better. For anyone to suggest that Aaron Brooks (or ANYONE else for that matter) doesn\'t have any leadership qualities needs to learn more about the subject of leadership. [Edited on 18/5/2004 by GumboBC]
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