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<blockquote data-quote="Essobee" data-source="post: 194837" data-attributes="member: 715"><p>I'm not saying the team is being demotivated, Skeptic. I'm not saying that at all. They go out each game and play their butts off, so how could that translate to being demotivated? Yellojello gets what I am suggesting.</p><p></p><p>I asked who is at the top? I would suggest that we fans and alumni are the ones at the top and that some very vocal fans and alumni have engaged in <u>unjust </u>criticism of specific coaches and players. If you agree, then you might also agree that any coach or player who feels he is <u>unjustly</u> criticized could hence feel he is justified in being pissed at the "boss"...and subsequently become demotivated.</p><p></p><p>IOW, suppose you had a recent record of success that demonstrates, at least in your opinion, that you are an exceptional performer at your coaching or playing position. Then along comes your "boss" -- a "higher-up" who doesn't know a fraction of what you know about performing your job -- and he or she broadcasts to the whole world that you aren't even pulling your own weight. Motivating? I think not. Demotivating? I think so.</p><p></p><p>Now if that attitude were to permeate all the way down the line, then you could easily have a mutiny on your hands. That hasn't been happening insofar as I can determine. Quite the opposite. If anything, our team has remained self-motivated in the face of <u>extreme</u> <u>adversity</u>. So credit someone, maybe several people, along the chain of command that has absorbed the blows in place of downward buck-passing, thereby stopping the finger-pointing and scapegoating in its tracks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Essobee, post: 194837, member: 715"] I'm not saying the team is being demotivated, Skeptic. I'm not saying that at all. They go out each game and play their butts off, so how could that translate to being demotivated? Yellojello gets what I am suggesting. I asked who is at the top? I would suggest that we fans and alumni are the ones at the top and that some very vocal fans and alumni have engaged in [U]unjust [/U]criticism of specific coaches and players. If you agree, then you might also agree that any coach or player who feels he is [U]unjustly[/U] criticized could hence feel he is justified in being pissed at the "boss"...and subsequently become demotivated. IOW, suppose you had a recent record of success that demonstrates, at least in your opinion, that you are an exceptional performer at your coaching or playing position. Then along comes your "boss" -- a "higher-up" who doesn't know a fraction of what you know about performing your job -- and he or she broadcasts to the whole world that you aren't even pulling your own weight. Motivating? I think not. Demotivating? I think so. Now if that attitude were to permeate all the way down the line, then you could easily have a mutiny on your hands. That hasn't been happening insofar as I can determine. Quite the opposite. If anything, our team has remained self-motivated in the face of [U]extreme[/U] [U]adversity[/U]. So credit someone, maybe several people, along the chain of command that has absorbed the blows in place of downward buck-passing, thereby stopping the finger-pointing and scapegoating in its tracks. [/QUOTE]
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