Mental Toughness wins in the Playoffs

[Fan_in_Kettering]

(01-17-2017, 01:35 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: That's great -- but when mentally tough players are coached by the mentally weak, it results in weakness. Marvin Lewis could sign the toughest member of the US Special Forces to play in Cincinnati and inside of six months that guy will be joining book clubs, taking women's studies courses online, drinking weak latte, and discussing his suppressed feelings with Dr. Phil.

I want to clarify something I wrote on this post so readers won't get the wrong idea: When I claim coaches like Marvin Lewis or Paul Alexander are mentally weak I am not in any way casting judgment upon their intelligence. These are highly intelligent men on any scale you might want to use. When I say mentally weak I don't mean stupid; I mean not tough. For example, Steven Hawking is very intelligent but he would be mentally weak at coaching a football team.