How to build team unity

Sporting News, The, Sept 16, 2005 by Mike Leach

Sometimes you just lighten things up. One time. I brought out a pirate sword during a speech and compared players' being ready to how a sword is ready. They kind of liked it. Some guys couldn't wait to touch the sword. Some guys didn't want to get near it. It had a strange, polarizing quality. Some linebacker/safety in the front row couldn't wait to hold it. Another guy thought the speech was fine but wasn't totally comfortable being in the same room with the sword.

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I don't know whether having or not having a name on the back of a jersey is going to solve any unity problems. If a player is self-absorbed to the point where having his name on the jersey is that big of a distraction, he probably has other problems he needs to address. Keeping players focused on the team is important. We have the names on the jerseys. We don't have any problem with it. But we don't just put the names on jerseys of the good players. We put the bad players' names on, too. The most important name to play for is the one on the front of the jersey.

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How to build team unity

Sporting News, The, Sept 16, 2005 by Mike Leach

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