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Why The Ohio State Buckeyes Prove That Great Leadership Starts With Emotion

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RugbyBuckeye said:
Interesting article in Forbes about Gene Smith and the Buckeyes. Gives some deep insights into how the department is managed. Also sheds some new light on how the Fickell to Meyer decision was made.

Why The Ohio State Buckeyes Prove That Great Leadership Starts With Emotion
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All I read is lots of opinions and generalities with little or no real examples to prove the points or to show any actual significant accomplishments.

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Concerning the situation with Fickell, I disagree with the bolded part:

Under extreme circumstances, including the critical eye of the national media, Fickell had done an admirable job in leading the Buckeyes during the 2011-12 football season. As a result, there was now enormous pressure for Smith to remove Fickell’s interim tag.
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I seem to recall Fickell getting a fair amount of flak after losing the last three regular season games. If anything, there was pressure to find a more experienced coach and of course UFM just "happened" to become "available".
 
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ScriptOhio said:
All I read is lots of opinions and generalities with little or no real examples to prove the points or to show any actual significant accomplishments.
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Don't you mean... $ignificant accomplishment$ ?

...In fact, the Buckeyes have prospered beyond anyone’s imagination and it is due in no short order to the leadership of Gene Smith and the group of talented administrators and coaches that he has helped develop during that time...
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Anyway, the article is ultimately more about organizational leadership than it is about Gene Smith.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Concerning the situation with Fickell, I disagree with the bolded part:


I seem to recall Fickell getting a fair amount of flak after losing the last three regular season games. If anything, there was pressure to find a more experienced coach and of course UFM just "happened" to become "available".
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I was in the boat that wanted Fickell as head coach. That is, until the losing streak and losing record. After Wisconsin I expected to win the conference.
 
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Buckeye Maniac said:
I was in the boat that wanted Fickell as head coach. That is, until the losing streak and losing record. After Wisconsin I expected to win the conference.
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I was pretty pro-Fickell myself until we lost at Michigan...keep in mind that had Miller not got hurt during the Nebraska game we win that one and end up starting 7-2 vice 6-3. A lot of folks gave him grief for his "deer-in-the-headlights" look on the sideline at times, but I knew he was at least a pretty decent coach. That said, I think he got thrown into the fire and wasn't yet fully ready to run a program of the stature of Ohio State. Things ended up working out pretty good for all involved with the hiring of Meyer...
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
I was pretty pro-Fickell myself until we lost at Michigan...keep in mind that had Miller not got hurt during the Nebraska game we win that one and end up starting 7-2 vice 6-3. A lot of folks gave him grief for his "deer-in-the-headlights" look on the sideline at times, but I knew he was at least a pretty decent coach. That said, I think he got thrown into the fire and wasn't yet fully ready to run a program of the stature of Ohio State. Things ended up working out pretty good for all involved with the hiring of Meyer...
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Yep. I agree 100%. I don't want to lose him, but he needs to get himself a head coaching job somewhere so he can someday be ready to take over here.
 
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I don't even care about the Fickell thing. Luke was put in a crappy situation. He got us through it - not in spectacular fashion, but we survived. Meyer came. I'm happy - no, I'm elated.

I do have a problem with the premise that leadership starts with emotion. Pure nonsense. Leadership starts with knowledge, experience, and a set of principles that allows one to share their knowledge and experience and present a plan to address needs. If we are dropped in the middle of the Amazon 100 miles from civilization, I want to hear from the guy who knows how to get me out, particularly if he has done it before. I would like him to explain to me how he knows what he knows, and then I want to see him put it into action. I would follow because I would have absolutely no idea how to survive in that situation. If the guy is able to give me confidence in him and motivate me, all the better. The ability to inspire confidence and motivate is false if the guy doesn't really know how to lead me out. The ultimate trait of true leadership is the result. The leader's emotion, or mine, is irrelevant regardless of the result. But people are emotional beings, and while it helps for a leader to know how to manage, direct, and even manipulate the emotions of followers, it's secondary to knowledge, experience, and principles.

One more thought on leadership. I've seen situations where someone tries to appoint a leader, or appoint themself as a leader. Bad idea. It's not hard to identify leaders. They are the ones who lead and others follow. They don't have to have anyone appoint them, and they never have to say they are in charge. They just are in charge. There are few things worse than being force-led by a "leader" who isn't.
 
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