OK all you coaches out there. This article is for you. After reading all the stuff that went unchecked within the Red Sox clubhouse I thought it might be good to go back to basics.
It doesn't matter what sport you coach. It doesn't matter if you are a life coach. The following saying has always rung true to me.
"There are only 2 things that you can control on the field - or in life. That is your attitude & effort."
A poor attitude brings other players, co-workers or family members down. It allows others to join into the negativity & bad attitudes grow like a cancer. I've seen it first hand as a coach as many of you have.
Giving less than your best effort cheats your teammates, your co-workers & your family, but - most of all - a poor effort cheats you. When we were coaching together, my buddy Gaff would say that he had favorite players - the ones who came early, worked hard & stayed late. Hard work is its own reward.
In its simplest terms this is what caught up to the Red Sox organization in September. Bad attitude by some. Bad work ethic & effort by some. The result was inevitable.
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I read where Jack McKeon said that he had to have the locker room door locked in Fla. because Beckett pulled the same nonsense there. Trade 'em!!! We could at leat get something for him. We are stuck w/ Lackey.
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