WhoDat and Saintfan sound off on Brooks

WhoDat · 01-20-2003, 02:49 PM

A couple of comments. One, leaders cannot be made or taught. You can be taught to be a better manager. You cannot be taught to be a better leader. You\'ve got it or you don\'t. Brooks don\'t.

Maybe he can become a better manager of the game, but never a better leader... in my opinion.

And you\'re absolutely right about Jimmy Johnson. Haslett is doing the same thing with Brooks. Most probably, one of us will be right. Either Brooks will become a star and for the rest of your life you can follow up anything I say with an I told you so, or he\'ll flop and I\'ll be able to do the same to you... although I hope neither of us gives the other TOO hard of a time since we all win some lose some.

In any case, I think Haslett is sticking with Brooks to his own demise. The knock on Brooks has been that he doesn\'t work hard. I\'ve seen it written in the papers, I\'ve heard it on TV. Now, you\'ll probably blow evey single one of those accounts off as total hogwash b/c Haslett has said Brooks isn\'t a hard worker, but c\'mon. Does the man look like he\'s trying really hard to figure out what other teams are doing on defense when he\'s on the sidelines? Does he ever have the headsets on? Do you ever see him looking at film? Never!!! So why would you think that he spends other time watching game tapes?

01-20-2003, 02:49 PM	#11
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	WhoDat and Saintfan sound off on Brooks A couple of comments. One, leaders cannot be made or taught. You can be taught to be a better manager. You cannot be taught to be a better leader. You\'ve got it or you don\'t. Brooks don\'t. Maybe he can become a better manager of the game, but never a better leader... in my opinion. And you\'re absolutely right about Jimmy Johnson. Haslett is doing the same thing with Brooks. Most probably, one of us will be right. Either Brooks will become a star and for the rest of your life you can follow up anything I say with an I told you so, or he\'ll flop and I\'ll be able to do the same to you... although I hope neither of us gives the other TOO hard of a time since we all win some lose some. In any case, I think Haslett is sticking with Brooks to his own demise. The knock on Brooks has been that he doesn\'t work hard. I\'ve seen it written in the papers, I\'ve heard it on TV. Now, you\'ll probably blow evey single one of those accounts off as total hogwash b/c Haslett has said Brooks isn\'t a hard worker, but c\'mon. Does the man look like he\'s trying really hard to figure out what other teams are doing on defense when he\'s on the sidelines? Does he ever have the headsets on? Do you ever see him looking at film? Never!!! So why would you think that he spends other time watching game tapes?
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