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[MTK]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Matty:


Examples of irrational leaders might be:

Jim Jones
David Koresh
Adolf Hitler
Charles Manson

How exactly did you get these guys worked in to a comparison of leadership styles with LaVar Arrington, who is just a football player as you say?

A little bit of an irrational comparison in my opinion, or perhaps an overexaggeration?

[SmootSmack]

Yeah I don't get how you compare LaVar to Hitler, Manson et al.

[joecrisp]

LaVar takes losing to heart. In this day and age where you see losing players laughing and chatting it up with the opposing players after a game, it's good to see that LaVar has a real emotional investment in the outcome of the game, and he takes it personally when he sees opponents having fun at his and his teammates' expense.

I think any ultra-competitive person knows how much it hurts to lose; how it can make your blood boil to the point that you feel like you could explode [/exaggeration]. LaVar's expressiveness about that pain and anger naturally takes on a hyperbolic tone by virtue of how much he really cares. I think that's a positive thing, and I hope his teammates feel the same way.

Heck, Dick Vermeil cries all the time, but I don't think you'd find anyone in the organizations he's been associated with that would say he's an irrational or poor leader. That kind of passion is precisely what makes a leader great, in my opinion. It inspires a passionate response in those around them.