[Bette]

Leadership

To quote Dallas Cowboys writer, Mickey Spagnola, "Leaders emerge, they don't just volunteer, and you have to have something to back up what you say and be willing to invest the time it takes to get in everyone's business."

I add to that, you can't appoint great leaders. Neither can you create great leaders by "assassinating" countering strong personalities. That didn't work in the ancient Roman Empire. It doesn't work in business. It doesn't work with sports teams. What you get with that strategy is "leftover leadership", aka the best of what's left...which may be and most likely is incompetent vis a' vis leadership.

Great leaders emerge and prosper when faced with strong competitive personalities. Great leaders do not whine or pout when challenged by such. It is no coincidence that neither Jeff Garcia or Donovan McNabb have any rings. While my hopes are to the contrary, it will not be a coincidence if Tony Romo never acquires any bling either. Neither of these three QBs are great leaders. Do you think for even a milli-second that T.O. could/could have usurp(ed) the leadership of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, Dan Marino, Terry Bradshaw, or Johnny Unitas??? If you do...GET REAL...PUH-LEEEZE!

If Tony Romo couldn't consistently find & hit the open man and/or make the proper decisions because he was worried about T.O.'s mouth and pouting, then that's proof that Romo is not a great leader. That will not change simply because T.O. is gone. A symptom of the 'disease' has been eradicated, but the root cause of the 'disease' is still overlooked and un-treated.

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[Bette]

Now see, this gets to the heart of what has been niggling in my mind about this getting rid of the talented but outspoken, troublesome T.O.
If Tony couldnt take leadership of the team with T.O. on it, what makes anyone think he can with T.O. gone? I mean, either you are a leader or you're not. Either you have leadership qualities or you dont.
What's your take on this?

[mike honcho]

Listen to Romo's interviews and you can tell he's no leader.He doesn't sound sure of himself.His interviews remind me of Goober from Mayberry R.F.D.

[Racer Duck]

Leadership isn't about how well you speak nor about the physical talents you have. True leaders assume the role, even though they sometimes don't want it, and people follow them because they recognize that leadership, even though that may not "like" that person. And it's not about how hard a person works, or how selfless they are, or even how brilliant they are .. leadership is an intangible that everyone recognizes, but often can't quantify.

Tony's a good looking, likable, "good old boy" with some football talent. But people don't follow him .. they don't fight for him. He's the quarterback, but he's not their leader...

I don't know that TO is a leader, either (notice I said "is" not "was"). But I do know he recognized they didn't have an offensive leader and he tried to be one for the team. He even modified a lot of his actions so his abrasiveness wouldn't be as much of an issue. I'm much more impressed by the man that TO is, than the man that Tony is 'cause unlike TO who actually tried to help the TEAM, Tony is just a kid who plays the game...