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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 910969" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>Lombardi's principals <em>included changes in social justice</em> while also embracing law and order. He did want social improvements, but as long as it didn't affect his ability to win championships. You mentioned Kaepernick. I'm not sure what Lombardi would have thought. Lombardi was on the forefront of Rozelle's initiative to have players stand for the national anthem, so he probably would not have liked it. Then again, Lombardi sympathized with the plight of minorities struggling for acceptance and equal footing in America. He was a man at both ends of the wick.</p><p></p><p>With Rodgers, he certainly would have shipped him out of town like he did Jim Ringo. That was a different era. The last totalitarian coach in the NFL was Tom Coughlin, who compared to the coaches of the 1950s and 60s would have been considered a sissy. Coughlin did win two Super Bowls, but his approach is more of an outlier these days than a roadmap to NFL coaching success. Yes the players need to be managed, but thoughtfully. Yes the players need leadership, but not without empathy. It's a different age of humanity. People what strong leaders, but not those who blindly trample on individual freedoms for an organizational goal. What Nixon and Lombardi didn't understand was that people didn't lack a respect for authority. They lacked respect for the type of authority that was in place.</p><p></p><p>I believe that the Packers have good leaders both on the team and at least on the coaching staff. I've never really heard enough from the current front office to know if they are good leaders, but I do think that they have continued to steer the Packers in the right direction. It's possible that they are too much like you are advocating for....'This is the way we are doing it and if you don't like it tough.' That obviously didn't work for Rodgers so now leadership either needs to double-down or get with the times. Either way will be messy at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 910969, member: 5830"] Lombardi's principals [I]included changes in social justice[/I] while also embracing law and order. He did want social improvements, but as long as it didn't affect his ability to win championships. You mentioned Kaepernick. I'm not sure what Lombardi would have thought. Lombardi was on the forefront of Rozelle's initiative to have players stand for the national anthem, so he probably would not have liked it. Then again, Lombardi sympathized with the plight of minorities struggling for acceptance and equal footing in America. He was a man at both ends of the wick. With Rodgers, he certainly would have shipped him out of town like he did Jim Ringo. That was a different era. The last totalitarian coach in the NFL was Tom Coughlin, who compared to the coaches of the 1950s and 60s would have been considered a sissy. Coughlin did win two Super Bowls, but his approach is more of an outlier these days than a roadmap to NFL coaching success. Yes the players need to be managed, but thoughtfully. Yes the players need leadership, but not without empathy. It's a different age of humanity. People what strong leaders, but not those who blindly trample on individual freedoms for an organizational goal. What Nixon and Lombardi didn't understand was that people didn't lack a respect for authority. They lacked respect for the type of authority that was in place. I believe that the Packers have good leaders both on the team and at least on the coaching staff. I've never really heard enough from the current front office to know if they are good leaders, but I do think that they have continued to steer the Packers in the right direction. It's possible that they are too much like you are advocating for....'This is the way we are doing it and if you don't like it tough.' That obviously didn't work for Rodgers so now leadership either needs to double-down or get with the times. Either way will be messy at this point. [/QUOTE]
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