To summarize, i said i think there are better ways to motivate players than public shaming. You said that is a “meaningless” statement because we dont know what the results will be. You then state it is possible that all else has failed and jb is trying a different approach.
your logic is that my statement is meaningless because we dont know how jalen will respond to jb’s tactics or alleged tactics. First off, that doesnt make any logical sense. There is plenty of things we dont know with certainty in life and still comment on or hypothesize about. Second off, if it did, your rationalization is also equally meaningless because we dont know that jb’s tactics in public shaming will work.
more importantly, lets not ignore what this is really about—jb’s ego in not getting questioned about his rotation. I actually dont think the answers in the presser are about jalen as much as jb’s authority. If you have questions whether thats true, i recommend you listen to brent axes recent interview with jb about what a short leash is. you call the take corny but i expect you will provide a more corny explanation for that. But sure, maybe jb is a master manipulator who is trying to reach jalen through the press. Thanks for the laugh.
It's not "master manipulation" it's "basic psychology." The fact that you thought it was the former tells us a lot about why you can't grasp the concept.
The rest of your message is you misquoting yourself and me, so it's impossible to respond to. I don't know why you think that's an effective strategy for making a point. Does that work on your dumb friends? You need to get smarter friends.
What you ACTUALLY said, and what I responded to was this:
"I offer that you can get the same results without the press conference stuff."
That's a nonsense statement because it suggests there are
no people who respond to public pressure. If you believe that, then you're just oblivious. I don't know what to tell you. It might light a fire under him or it might not. We don't know yet. So we can't make a judgment on what the "results" are.
You've changed that slightly to now say:
"i think there are better ways to motivate players than public shaming."
First off, "public shaming"? You're awfully delicate if you think saying a player didn't give us the best chance to win and needs to work harder in practice is "public shaming." Beyond that, you have zero clue about the best way to motivate a player. The best way is the way that works. Some people need positive reinforcement, some need to be challenged, some need to be humbled. Obviously what the coaches have tried for the last year hasn't worked, so it's possible this is a tactic to try and wake him up. It's odd that
that idea makes you laugh, yet you find your own mindreading (that this is about JBs ego) perfectly rational.
I'm done here. You can have the last word to misquote me and then stumble over yourself trying to make a point.
