Filling The Leadership Void: The Key To a Successful 2009 and Beyond
After years of watching pre and post game specials, reading various articles, and listening to countless interviews, I've come to a conclusion regarding team leaders in sports: the more sports cliche's attached to a guy, the better leader he likely is in the locker room.
You take into consideration guys like Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward for the Steelers, Tom Brady and Tedy Bruschi for the Patriots, and even young Matt Ryan for the Falcons, and you realize that the same old clichés you hear every year about leaders in the locker room are likely applicable to these aforementioned players.
Bell Belichick, on more than one occasion, has probably said about Brady and Bruschi that they’re like “coaches on the field.”
When describing Roethlisb...
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