I'm actually not wild about stuff like this. I hate to point to an extreme as an example, but I remember reading an account from Wistrom about his first year on campus.
Every practice, every meal together, every meeting in the "pit," or whatever they called that secluded place where those guys would meet and gladiator out on each other, was a player only team meeting. Those guys constantly policed themselves. There was no special gathering. Any time they were together, leaders were marking life hard on the newcomers. You had to earn what you got.
So, whenever a special meeting is called, my antenna goes up. It's basically an admission that things are not working. I distinctly remember having a big "employee" meeting at a place I used to work at. People were harangued, and there was this big statement about how "things were going to change." Well, as often happens, words were not supported by action, and nothing in fact changed at all. Except for my employment. That went from active to temporarily non-existent when the place shut down.
I don't know...maybe it will have a great impact on everybody. I just get wary when I hear about these deals. Then again, sometimes a certain oration or event can galvanize people. It's certainly happened before.
On these particular deals, though, I generally have a natural uneasiness.
