Aaron Rodgers' leadership

[Brando19]

I was reviewing the preseason game. Did anyone notice when Rodgers was sacked, he stared down B-Jack as he was going down b/c he missed the block. Rodgers seems to be doing a good job of letting players know when they mess up or do good. He also said the INT of Brohm's wasn't his fault...the WR ran a wrong route. Check out the stare down of BJack I'm talking about....around the 35 second mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmhO9KPFNhE

[GoPackGo]

I saw it, It was a scowl. Rodgers was pissed.

[Fritz]

Did anybody see where after the James Jones TD, Rodgers looked at Jones, licked his lips seductively and rubbed his crotch in a circular motion?

Now that's leadership!

[Brando19]

Did anybody see where after the James Jones TD, Rodgers looked at Jones, licked his lips seductively and rubbed his crotch in a circular motion?

Now that's leadership!

I did see that....but that's only b/c TT told him to do that....TT gets his gay kicks that way.

[Tarlam!]

Did anybody see where after the James Jones TD, Rodgers looked at Jones, licked his lips seductively and rubbed his crotch in a circular motion?

Now that's leadership!

I am watiching the replay tomorrow and I hope they didn't edit this! I wanna see it with my own eyes!!

[cpk1994]

Did anybody see where after the James Jones TD, Rodgers looked at Jones, licked his lips seductively and rubbed his crotch in a circular motion?

Now that's leadership!

I did see that....but that's only b/c TT told him to do that....TT gets his gay kicks that way.

Its a good thing Tank isn't here as this would just be giving him ammo.

[The Gunshooter]

Did anybody see where after the James Jones TD, Rodgers looked at Jones, licked his lips seductively and rubbed his crotch in a circular motion?

Now that's leadership!

I am watiching the replay tomorrow and I hope they didn't edit this! I wanna see it with my own eyes!!

You know what else he did? He held up 4 fingers and mooned the camera.

[channtheman]

Damn Rodgers really stared him down.

[Fritz]

I think the caption should read "Hand me the kY Jelly, will ya?"

[mission]

I think A-Rod is going to be a great leader, but that was NOT one of his finer moments in leadership.

If someone really needs further explanation here I can give it to them, but I know there are some leaders on this forum and if you applied any John C. Maxwell/Dale Carnegie principals to that situation, it wouldn't have been handled like that.

I cringed when I saw A-Rod's reaction on TV ... there are better ways.

And I'm convinced A-Rod will nail it with MM's help... he was great on the sideline, staying involved with the younger quarterbacks, saying and doing all the right things.

But he had a couple leadership lapses...

[The Gunshooter]

GB can expect that same blitz again against MN when Jackson is in there.

[Noodle]

I'm with Mission on this. The problem is that the dude feels so much pressure to do well, if he doesn't, it's only natural that he'll look to put blame somewhere else. But that's not good leadership.

He's got to understand that it was his job to know where the pressure was coming and to get the ball out quick. NFL players do not need to get stared down when they blow a play. They know it better than anyone, and they know it's going to be a major focus of film day.

Wouldn't it have been better to slap B-Jack on the hinder, tell him they both missed that, and pump him up to next time drill the mfer?

One good thing I liked was that when DD stoned that easy catch early, A-Rod went right back to him. That's the way you do it.

[Gunakor]

I think A-Rod is going to be a great leader, but that was NOT one of his finer moments in leadership.

If someone really needs further explanation here I can give it to them, but I know there are some leaders on this forum and if you applied any John C. Maxwell/Dale Carnegie principals to that situation, it wouldn't have been handled like that.

I cringed when I saw A-Rod's reaction on TV ... there are better ways.

And I'm convinced A-Rod will nail it with MM's help... he was great on the sideline, staying involved with the younger quarterbacks, saying and doing all the right things.

But he had a couple leadership lapses...

The thing is, though, that Jackson should have known better. And the look Rodgers gave him was a "You should have known better" look. Sometimes you gotta be tough on the guys to get results. It's about winning football games, not making friends. Ego's be damned. Jackson will be better for it anyway. So will the team. At least they know that their QB will hold them accountable for mistakes, as well he should. It doesn't matter whether it's preseason or the Super Bowl.

Hopefully Jackson remembers that stare. He certainly won't want to see that again, so hopefully he'll remember it and be sure not to make that mistake again. Call it tough love or whatever. Point is, being nice and friendly and understanding isn't always the best way to get results. Sometimes you just have to say "I don't give a fuck, you know better. Don't do it again." Rodgers said all of that without speaking a word.

Besides, Jackson had a pretty good day after that. I'd say he responded pretty well to Rodgers. As did the #1 offense as a whole. The results came, so I'd say he handled it okay.

Wasn't there recently another QB in a Green Bay uniform that would routinely scowl and yell at young players when they made mistakes in a game? I don't recall anybody questioning his leadership ability...

[mission]

I'm with Mission on this. The problem is that the dude feels so much pressure to do well, if he doesn't, it's only natural that he'll look to put blame somewhere else. But that's not good leadership.

He's got to understand that it was his job to know where the pressure was coming and to get the ball out quick. NFL players do not need to get stared down when they blow a play. They know it better than anyone, and they know it's going to be a major focus of film day.

Wouldn't it have been better to slap B-Jack on the hinder, tell him they both missed that, and pump him up to next time drill the mfer?

One good thing I liked was that when DD stoned that easy catch early, A-Rod went right back to him. That's the way you do it.

Great post. Accountability.

A leader looks at that situation and thinks: "i know Bjack is not our starting RB and is known to have some pass blocking lapses, i *need* to be able to see that blitz coming sooner in the pre-snap read and call/point it out to confirm assignments"

As a leader, when someone on your team falls short of an assignment, especially in a pressure situation, there's almost always something you could have done to set your teammate up in a position to succeed that you didnt.

When one of my employees fails, I feel it's my fault due to a lack of education. Yeah you might have TOLD someone to do something and how to do it, but apparently you werent effective enough to create the proper action. Communicating and communicating effectively are two different things. Outcomes need to have positive results and regardless of the circumstances and surprises, those results are my responsibility.

All this said, I see a lot more leader in Rodgers at this point than Favre. Favre is fun and this and that, but he didnt seem to really care what anyone else on the team was doing ... just do his job and give some guys some ass slaps if needed.

Rodgers is gonna be good.

[The Gunshooter]

I'm with Mission on this. The problem is that the dude feels so much pressure to do well, if he doesn't, it's only natural that he'll look to put blame somewhere else. But that's not good leadership.

He's got to understand that it was his job to know where the pressure was coming and to get the ball out quick. NFL players do not need to get stared down when they blow a play. They know it better than anyone, and they know it's going to be a major focus of film day.

Wouldn't it have been better to slap B-Jack on the hinder, tell him they both missed that, and pump him up to next time drill the mfer?

One good thing I liked was that when DD stoned that easy catch early, A-Rod went right back to him. That's the way you do it.

Isn't Jackson supposed to make sure everyone is accounted for before he runs his little dump off pattern?