Armstrong Learns to Lead in New Ways

Mavric

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But as Armstrong recently reflected on the 2014 season, what stood out was not the rally, but the inhibiting moments when he unabashedly expressed his critical thoughts and failed to lead the unit out of its funk fast enough. Those moments when he took his spot on the bench, between the running backs and the offensive line, and started firing off commands, only to find himself in a shouting match.


“You come to the sideline, and you go to bark at them,” Armstrong said. “You’ve got someone else barking at you, and you want to bark back. And he’s not just going to sit up there and take it. He’s going to say something back.”

It was a painful manner in which to learn a valuable lesson about leadership.

But what transpired between the failed plays and drives during that 27-22 loss to the Spartans (and during other points in 2014) has helped to reshape Armstrong’s perspective.
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I really didn't like seeing this out of Armstrong over the past couple years. There is a place for getting after people but it seemed to me to be going on too much, especially when I wasn't always convinced that it was the other person who messed up.

Glad to see this. Hopefully it translates well.

 
I really didn't like seeing this out of Armstrong over the past couple years. There is a place for getting after people but it seemed to me to be going on too much, especially when I wasn't always convinced that it was the other person who messed up.

Glad to see this. Hopefully it translates well.
Yeah I really didn't like seeing that out of him last year. It never seemed to be his fault for anything. A good leader owns up to his faults and makes sure his teams knows he has their back, not that they are the reason for a miscue.
 
Could you expect anything else of him when Pelini was the head coach. I really didn't have a big problem with the in your face approach, but what other examples of leadership did he have?

 
I remember Tommie Frazier could be pretty animated and vocal with his offense. Some of the guys on that team hated hearing Frazier run his mouth.

I got a feeling if Armstrong was having the same results that those Frazier offenses had, we wouldn't be talking about this. Nobody would care. Hell, we'd probably be praising him for it.

 
I remember Tommie Frazier could be pretty animated and vocal with his offense. Some of the guys on that team hated hearing Frazier run his mouth.

I got a feeling if Armstrong was having the same results that those Frazier offenses had, we wouldn't be talking about this. Nobody would care. Hell, we'd probably be praising him for it.
Its kind of widely known Frazier is kind of an a$$ and not too well liked.
 
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