This is leadership (Terrelle Pryor edition)?

seven on seven's

I swear they still give them the sticker anyways.

Well, they proved he has the vocal aspect of "vocal leader." That's about it though.

That's because there is no big deal. Just crappy fluff from Rittenberg.

Substitute Tate Forcier for Terrelle Pryor, Kevin Koger for Ballard, and Michigan for OSU in this same story, and you'll see... yeah it's nothing. Like the old "Is this anything?" bit on Letterman: "Paul, what do you think, is this anything?" "Uh, I'm not sure." "Yeah, I don't think this is anything." "Me neither."

I completely disagree. Players can lead in different ways, sure, but the most effective leaders I ever played with demanded excellence from everyone at all times, starting with themselves. I once remember our center coming to me in the huddle after I missed a block and telling me that if I did it again, he would block his man and mine the rest of the game, then kick my ass afterward. Just to punctuate it, a few plays later, he was supposed to pull around me and nail the OLB, but he decided to chip my man in the process, knocking him on his ass. You can bet I never missed another block with him around. I loved and respected that guy as a teammate. To me, this isn't TP bitching out players because their drops are hurting his stats (the primadonna approach). This is TP saying "I did what I needed to do to make this play work (put the ball in your hands), now you need to do your job or we're going to find somebody else who can.". Its about not letting one player's mistakes fuck over the whole team's efforts.

This is the best response on the entire thread. It's not a quarterback's job to coach up the kid. It's his job to set an example. Catching a football is mostly about concentration. Go outside and play catch. On any given ball, tell yourself as the ball is thrown "I'm going to catch this ball." If you watch the ball all the way in, I can almost guarantee that you'll catch it (if you're halfway athletic and not, I don't know, Dustin Diamond). But when you lose concentration and just take for granted that you'll catch the ball, that's when it will glide through your fingertips.

Don't forget the 2X2 matrix a la McKinsey consulting

I think after he yelled at them he felt bad and took them all out for ice cream. and balloons and cotton candy.

I've got to agree in most part. I assume TP knows his receivers pretty well and knows what motivates them better than we do. Being clear with his expectations is not a bad thing. And clearly he expects his receivers to take a hold of his balls and not let go.

I agree. I don't think this shows a lack of leadership, unless he also rolls his eyes and shows them up on the field. Sure, you don't want to alienate a player when he is struggling, but knowing that your QB expects you to catch his passes probably will push some of these guys to be better. That said, Pryor should be careful about what stones he casts in his own glass house; he threw some absolutely horrific passes last year that put his receivers in bad positions. As long as he takes responsibility for his own faults, I'm fine with this approach.