Comments on: Leadership Lessons form the Super Bowl http://lifeperformanceinstitute.com/leadership-lessons-form-the-super-bowl/ Leadership Development, Training and Lessons to Motivate, Inspire, and Impact Youth Positively Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete FitzGerald http://lifeperformanceinstitute.com/leadership-lessons-form-the-super-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Pete FitzGerald Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:19:46 +0000 http://lifeperformanceinstitute.com/?p=805#comment-112 They were out Coached and outplayed!!Thats all there is to it!!Dont go getting into all that rested etc stuff!! They were out Coached and outplayed!!Thats all there is to it!!Dont go getting into all that rested etc stuff!!

]]> By: WEA http://lifeperformanceinstitute.com/leadership-lessons-form-the-super-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-111 WEA Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:52 +0000 http://lifeperformanceinstitute.com/?p=805#comment-111 What a great Super Bowl game! BOTH teams came to play, and to win. These games have gotten better in the last few years, but earlier they were in most cases boring, boring, boring! Usually the highlight of those games was the advertisements -- and, for the ladies in attendance, the halftime show. This time the season's two best, two super, teams were in the final battle for the trophy. It didn't hurt that there was a sweeping wave of sympathy for the "underdog" New Orleans club. They had a great team, but "who could stop" the Colts, who "had been here and done it before." Leadership: QB Manning was MVP of the regular season, and deserved it. QB Brees was MVP of the Super Bowl game, and deserved it -- well, sort of. He was the best player on the field, and the Saints would not have won without him. But, the Saints would not be the CHAMPIONS without their coach, Sean Payton, whose leadership demonstrated "what it takes" to win. His aggressive play calling was the difference in victory! The first on-side kick starting the second half was the first in Super Bowl history prior to desperation-time-measures of the fourth quarter -- in fact, it was the first successful on-side EVER in these games. How about going for a fourth down touchdown when conventional strategy is to take the three and regroup. And, most important, the successful attempt for a two-point conversion after a touchdown that put the Saints ahead by seven. The two-point conversion turned the game around. Forget the interception which was correctly cheered as icing the victory. The Colts had the ball and plenty of time to score a touchdown as everyone expected. But, because of the two-point conversion QB Manning needed the touchdown just to TIE the game, not to win. The psychology changed, and the Colts played with more desperation -- and lost. I will not return to the question originally raised. Perhaps if the Colts had played their stars and remained undefeated in those no-longer-important games leading up to the playoffs, they would have arrived at the Super Bowl with more inspiration to complete a PERFECT SEASON. Perhaps, also, bad things could have happened so that they did not get through the playoffs. The question is still open. But, for an example in real leadership, I nominate Coach Payton. What a great Super Bowl game! BOTH teams came to play, and to win.

These games have gotten better in the last few years, but earlier they were in most cases boring, boring, boring! Usually the highlight of those games was the advertisements — and, for the ladies in attendance, the halftime show.

This time the season’s two best, two super, teams were in the final battle for the trophy. It didn’t hurt that there was a sweeping wave of sympathy for the “underdog” New Orleans club. They had a great team, but “who could stop” the Colts, who “had been here and done it before.”

Leadership: QB Manning was MVP of the regular season, and deserved it. QB Brees was MVP of the Super Bowl game, and deserved it — well, sort of. He was the best player on the field, and the Saints would not have won without him. But, the Saints would not be the CHAMPIONS without their coach, Sean Payton, whose leadership demonstrated “what it takes” to win. His aggressive play calling was the difference in victory! The first on-side kick starting the second half was the first in Super Bowl history prior to desperation-time-measures of the fourth quarter — in fact, it was the first successful on-side EVER in these games. How about going for a fourth down touchdown when conventional strategy is to take the three and regroup. And, most important, the successful attempt for a two-point conversion after a touchdown that put the Saints ahead by seven.

The two-point conversion turned the game around. Forget the interception which was correctly cheered as icing the victory. The Colts had the ball and plenty of time to score a touchdown as everyone expected. But, because of the two-point conversion QB Manning needed the touchdown just to TIE the game, not to win. The psychology changed, and the Colts played with more desperation — and lost.

I will not return to the question originally raised. Perhaps if the Colts had played their stars and remained undefeated in those no-longer-important games leading up to the playoffs, they would have arrived at the Super Bowl with more inspiration to complete a PERFECT SEASON. Perhaps, also, bad things could have happened so that they did not get through the playoffs. The question is still open.

But, for an example in real leadership, I nominate Coach Payton.

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