Re: Ever build a team? Ever run for Pres?

["R. Bentz Kirby" <bocelts@usit.net>]

Here is an annoying newsgroup response of ME TOO!

Thanks for the find post TJ.

Theresa Lee wrote:

> My fellow listers,
>
> We must ask ourselves, are we better off than we were four years ago? If
> so, then the vote has to go to Pitino and he must stay in office to
> continue the job of returning the Boston Celtics to superpower status
> (note: use of word "super" in this context simply means better than all the
> other powers, not invincible).
>
> Are we better off than we were one year ago? If so, then Pitino must stay.
> If not, blame the soldiers, not McArthur! The strategy is sound, but the
> soldiers aren't following orders. Nay, don't just blame the soldiers, take
> them out and shoot them. Kill, kill, kill. Dismantle the army that can't
> win battles and whom we know won't win the damn war. No more training for
> these misfits! They must all go. They must be traded for the enemy's rank
> and file who surely know how to win battles AND wars. : )
>
> Let's not jump off the cliff too soon.
>
> They are young and developing. I am in the 10th year of my career; the 7th
> year of my current profession. I can't believe what I didn't know even
> three years ago. Certainly it took three years to learn my current
> profession and another three to be good at it. I cut this team a huge
> amount of slack overall. Yeah, I get frustrated. Yeah, I want them to win
> and NOW, but I also try to have some perspective about real human beings
> and what makes them tick. I don't expect them to go from nothing to
> something in one year, two years, three years even. I do expect progress. I
> have no idea where this team stood at this time last year in terms of wins
> and losses (anyone know?), but I do see improvement. Sure, two steps
> forward, three back...it's to be expected.
>
> Next time you're about to criticize the Celtics, Antoine Walker, etc. put
> yourself in their shoes. Or, better yet, relate it to your own work
> situation. Yeah, yeah, they get paid millions. There is a difference. But
> they also sleep, eat, put their pants on one leg at a time, etc. In other
> words, they are humans. How mature were you at 23, 24, 25? Mature enough to
> "lead" your peers at work? Experienced enough to be the top salesman at
> your company? Savy enough to be the spokesman for your company when a
> crisis hit?  Ask an entrepreneur about dumb, inexperienced, youthful
> mistakes and she will tell you that is what taught her success.
>
> This is an ongoing effort to build a team.  Let's let it happen and revel
> in it when it does. I am in for the long haul.
>
> Theresa

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