- Jun 11, 2014
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Among the things that bother me about this situation is what is says about "leadership" on the team. I would assume there is a ringleader(s) in the scam. Several true freshmen were involved who certainly didn't just arrive on campus and independently come up with a money making idea on their own. Some veteran on the team presented them with the idea and gave instruction on how it could be carried out.
This is not the type of leadership practiced on championship teams. Instead of upperclassmen providing motivation for building a winning program at least a few of them are providing instruction on gaming the system for personal gain. No wonder we see such a mess on the field. It starts outside the locker room, weight room, film room, practice field.
They talked about that a bit in last night's podcast too. How Scarlet and Callaway are supposed to be the leaders the youngsters can look up to, but instead they're showing them all the wrong things. It's a pretty serious problem when your senior guys, senior as in time in the system, not actual seniors in school, anyway...it's a serious problem when those guys are setting a piss poor example for the young guys to follow.