This time of year is filled with speculation and nonsense. Why most reporting on the team go looking for controversy, try to create controversy, and complain escapes me. Were I there, I'd happily write what I saw and report good news. Camp is filled with men who will not make the squad. Years of toil will get washed away with no fan fare. Former DB Eric Wright was on NFL Am today and spoke of a moment when he faced another losing his job due to Eric's appearance. Real-Life drama's play out. Lives are ruined.
The faux controversy(s) are more than hyperbole. They are an unneeded distraction that takes the focus away from success. Players having to confront the distraction are forced to wonder if the distractions/rumors are true, how it may impact them, and/or others. Their attentions are removed from learning and improving. Team work suffers and relationships are truncated. As I said, were I there, my focus would be positive.
Women love to repeat rumors and gauge reaction to the rumor for impact. Men respect the players and all they have done to get on the field for a try-out. New players, who haven't digested the play book face questions and innuendo - they aren't playing like a pro-prospect "should" according to reporters. That's why reporters write instead of coaching or working in the office of a team. Reporters are surely the last word on talent.
Reporter's words do stand to rob the team of potential stars. Controversy is the means. How many players were cut due to unwanted intrigue or hyper-ventilation? Lies and careers are at stake. But, apparently, it is more important to make ungrounded accusations, inspire angst, worry, and in-fighting, than reporting on the good that happens. Keeping the focus on controversy, potential enemies on the team, (who said, where'd you hear that?) ruins meaningful growth and letting the players earn a position based upon their output.
Coaches will make the calls on who stays based upon their own evaluations. But I'm confident to state some players lost an opportunity because a reporter wrote negatives or placed the player in an unwinnable, controversial position. The team lost too. We will never know what players may have developed and to what heights.
I wish the best to all the players who managed to get into camp. Do your best. Give it your all. Have no REGRETS! Stay focused. Do not let a pencil pusher rob you of your dreams.
The faux controversy(s) are more than hyperbole. They are an unneeded distraction that takes the focus away from success. Players having to confront the distraction are forced to wonder if the distractions/rumors are true, how it may impact them, and/or others. Their attentions are removed from learning and improving. Team work suffers and relationships are truncated. As I said, were I there, my focus would be positive.
Women love to repeat rumors and gauge reaction to the rumor for impact. Men respect the players and all they have done to get on the field for a try-out. New players, who haven't digested the play book face questions and innuendo - they aren't playing like a pro-prospect "should" according to reporters. That's why reporters write instead of coaching or working in the office of a team. Reporters are surely the last word on talent.
Reporter's words do stand to rob the team of potential stars. Controversy is the means. How many players were cut due to unwanted intrigue or hyper-ventilation? Lies and careers are at stake. But, apparently, it is more important to make ungrounded accusations, inspire angst, worry, and in-fighting, than reporting on the good that happens. Keeping the focus on controversy, potential enemies on the team, (who said, where'd you hear that?) ruins meaningful growth and letting the players earn a position based upon their output.
Coaches will make the calls on who stays based upon their own evaluations. But I'm confident to state some players lost an opportunity because a reporter wrote negatives or placed the player in an unwinnable, controversial position. The team lost too. We will never know what players may have developed and to what heights.
I wish the best to all the players who managed to get into camp. Do your best. Give it your all. Have no REGRETS! Stay focused. Do not let a pencil pusher rob you of your dreams.
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