Re: Riders 41 - Lions 8, Post-Game Stats and Comments
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:12 am
https://www.bclions.com/2017/08/15/buon ... r-calgary/
Wally talks about the players only meeting.
He talks about Hunter's injury.
Getting ready for Calgary. He says we need to pick up our game.
https://www.bclions.com/2017/08/15/lumb ... -grey-cup/
Rolly talks about the players only meeting. He talks about his role as a team leader.
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The overall team flatness everyone saw against the Riders was shocking. Let us hope it was a one-off, and not more than that. Over the years, due to Wally's leadership, his teams have usually demonstrated a very high level of motivation, focus and commitment. As a Lions fan, when Wally was with the Stampeders, I always thought they were extremely tough to play against, a guaranteed physical battle. They were determined and committed. Our Lions are usually like that. That was missing for us versus the Riders. On the players or on the coaching staff? We see differing views on this site.
Motivation for an organization or team is a complex issue. Wally has talked about getting the team ready for playoff games, trying different approaches. Finding the right way is not easy. Pushing the right buttons is part of it. Inspiring individuals or groups is part of it. Not easy. But one thing many agree on is that teams and organizations reflect the leader. If the leader believes, then the team believes. And vice versa.
Some acknowledge the effect of words. I think we have all seen leaders who can inspire. I think some or all of us have experienced it, have felt its effect. As noted it is a complex issue. On a historical level, I have found Churchill to be inspirational, through his speeches that rallied a nation in great peril, seemingly overwhelmed. John F. Kennedy also. And in football, to hear on tape a Vince Lombardi pre-game speech, to feel the passion and the possibilities, or to see him diagram the Green Bay sweep on a chalkboard, is for me inspirational. Even to read one of the books by or about him.
From Shakespeare there is the speech by Henry V to the troops before battle. It works for some.
After a good week of preparation and practice, just before a game, in my opinion, a coach is best to keep it to perhaps three keys. No more. We heard John Hufnagel give a pretty solid pre-game speech before a Grey Cup. One could sense the response of the players. And it is not just about a pre-game speech. And it is not just about pounding the walls of the dressing room on the way out, which might not translate to the field. It is part of a complete game preparation. Indeed, at some times, pre-game words are just about getting the team to focus, even to just relax a bit, to ease the butterflies. I think Don Matthews was very good at it also, in his quiet way. I heard him speak at a banquet once in the mid 1980s, and it inspired me.
Just IMO ...
Wally talks about the players only meeting.
He talks about Hunter's injury.
Getting ready for Calgary. He says we need to pick up our game.
https://www.bclions.com/2017/08/15/lumb ... -grey-cup/
Rolly talks about the players only meeting. He talks about his role as a team leader.
.............
The overall team flatness everyone saw against the Riders was shocking. Let us hope it was a one-off, and not more than that. Over the years, due to Wally's leadership, his teams have usually demonstrated a very high level of motivation, focus and commitment. As a Lions fan, when Wally was with the Stampeders, I always thought they were extremely tough to play against, a guaranteed physical battle. They were determined and committed. Our Lions are usually like that. That was missing for us versus the Riders. On the players or on the coaching staff? We see differing views on this site.
Motivation for an organization or team is a complex issue. Wally has talked about getting the team ready for playoff games, trying different approaches. Finding the right way is not easy. Pushing the right buttons is part of it. Inspiring individuals or groups is part of it. Not easy. But one thing many agree on is that teams and organizations reflect the leader. If the leader believes, then the team believes. And vice versa.
Some acknowledge the effect of words. I think we have all seen leaders who can inspire. I think some or all of us have experienced it, have felt its effect. As noted it is a complex issue. On a historical level, I have found Churchill to be inspirational, through his speeches that rallied a nation in great peril, seemingly overwhelmed. John F. Kennedy also. And in football, to hear on tape a Vince Lombardi pre-game speech, to feel the passion and the possibilities, or to see him diagram the Green Bay sweep on a chalkboard, is for me inspirational. Even to read one of the books by or about him.
From Shakespeare there is the speech by Henry V to the troops before battle. It works for some.
After a good week of preparation and practice, just before a game, in my opinion, a coach is best to keep it to perhaps three keys. No more. We heard John Hufnagel give a pretty solid pre-game speech before a Grey Cup. One could sense the response of the players. And it is not just about a pre-game speech. And it is not just about pounding the walls of the dressing room on the way out, which might not translate to the field. It is part of a complete game preparation. Indeed, at some times, pre-game words are just about getting the team to focus, even to just relax a bit, to ease the butterflies. I think Don Matthews was very good at it also, in his quiet way. I heard him speak at a banquet once in the mid 1980s, and it inspired me.
Just IMO ...