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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
You're mentioning extraordinary players: Gonzalez, Chris Carter, Randy Moss. These guys are sure-fire Hall of Famers - Duh.
What about the non-Hall of Fame guys? The other 1,689 football players in the league? They're just hanging on to their jobs by a thread. The Chiefs are a perfect example of that. How would you like to be Pollard or Page or Morgan at this point after the Chiefs signed Brown? Personally if I were Brown, I wouldn't help them at all. This is probably his last chance to play football.
Again (for the 100th time), this mentoring business is highly overrated by the fans.
And pointing out HOFer's does nothing to support the fact that is does exist in spades.
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But again, is it highly overrated by coaches and front offices? Leadership and the ability to be a good teammate are a critical part of the evaluation. You're acting like the only thing coaches pay attention to in the evaluation process is physical talent.
I guarantee that come final cut time, the average veteran who was a great teammate will outlast a slightly better veteran who refused to help anybody. And like I said earlier, mentoring is also by giving a good example, as when Brady "mentored" Cassel. Don't you think that average veterans are more likely to work their asses off and take practices much more seriously since they know full well that their jobs might be on the line?
Average veterans work hard and help others because it's their best chance at not getting fired. Especially for older veterans, it's a reason teams might keep you around for a few more years or give you one last 1-2 year contract be fore you retire. If anything, it's the superstars in their prime that are less likely to give a shit.