Team USA - Suffering Under Coach Obama
Obama’s main theme is “fairness for everyone.”
Thou shalt not have more talent, more skill, more reward than my brother.
Okay, then, let’s pretend that Obama is the coach of the New England Patriots.
Tom Brady is obviously skilled, a hard worker, and is OMG – reaping the benefits of talent, skill, and hard work. He is creating jobs for those on his team, those outside his team (from sales to marketing to merchandising to bringing income into the city).
If Obama were Brady’s coach, no doubt, in ‘being fair,’ Obama would send Brady to the Browns; Colt McCoy is the quarterback for the most losing team in the NFL (aside from the Saints) so far this year. The Browns are having a terrible season and OMGosh, this is JUST NOT FAIR!
According to Obama, no person should do better than another, and if they do, they oughta be stripped of their talent and wealth and it should be re-distributed. Obama blames everyone but himself – imagine an NFL coach doing this – just how long do you think he’d be reporting for duty.
“We lost again, but WAIT, it’s not my fault, it was the weather – it was too hot!”
“We lost again, but wait, it’s not my fault! It was the fans – they weren’t loud enough!”
“We lost again, but wait, it’s not my fault – it was the previous coach – he spoiled our whole team!”
Obama proclaimed at the start of 2012 that he wasn’t going to work with Congress anymore because they (including a Democrat filled Senate House) can’t get along.
How well do you think this would work at a coach?
Imagine Obama walking into the GM’s office and saying, “Listen, these players won’t listen to me so I’m just going to spend the rest of the year traveling to other cities and talking about what a great coach I am.”
GM: “You’re going to talk about what a great coach you are, when you can’t even work with your own team?”
Obama: “Yes. That’s what a great leader does.”
GM: “Seems to me a great leader will do whatever it takes to get his players to communicate – if it takes locking the doors and ordering pizza and beer for the next month – he’ll do it. A great leader will not turn his back on his players, he’ll turn himself over to them, find out what he can do to bring out the best in all of his players.”
Obama: “That’s ridiculous. Players should listen to their coach. A coach shouldn’t have to listen to his players.”
GM: “You’re fired.”
In an Obamacratic world – There would be no Super Bowl – no World Series – no Stanley Cup – because everyone would be equal. Your children would not get A’s or B’s – because they would share their grade averages with those children who were not as smart or those children who elected to play video games instead of studying – so your children – to be fair to all – would have C’s.
If this is the world you would like to live in, please, feel free to open your house the homeless – to share half your salary with the welfare mom that continues to have kids.
If you’re a true Patriot, you believe in individual liberty, in striving for success, and teaching your children to work hard, not to reach for a handout.
I don’t pretend to know a lot about football (I’m a hockey fan, to be honest) – but I do know if Obama were to be the coach of any team – his “fair” philosophy, endless excuses for failure (none of his doing, of course) and refusal to work with his team – would land him in the unemployment line and no doubt, he’d be portrayed as one of the worst coaches in all of sports history.
The Super Bowl is a celebration of talent, strength, hard work, and success. It is not always won by the team with the highest payroll. It is often won by the team that has hustled the most, has found a way to minimize their losses and how to turn their weakness into strengths – and who is most responsible for the teams’ success? The coaches. They don’t talk about being fair – they don’t blame the weather or bad timing or a previous coach for the team’s failures. They sit in small room and watch endless game tapes, they get inside their players heads, they motivate, they plan and then they execute and if it doesn’t work, they take responsibility and work harder. They never, ever, turn their back on their team.
If Obama would send Tom Brady to one of the worst NFL teams in the league to punish Tom for his talent, success, and hard work, what kind of message does that send to other players?
It sends a message of why try to be successful – only to have it taken away.
A team is a reflection of a coach.
Congress is a reflection of its’ leader.
And with Obama as America’s coach, we’ve become one of the worst teams in the league.
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Patrick Sanaghan
8:23 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
this article is goofy and deeply biased.obama was handed a series of challenges we have not seen before( the worldwide financial mess,2 unfunded wars, and a housing crisis) He also has a house where the republicans refuse to cooperate with anything, especially the conservatives.It is unamerican and you know it.
He will win in november, simply because he is the best leader and candidate.romney is a privileged businessman,who got his start in life as the son of a wealthy businessman,ex governor and presidential candidate.what a tough road that was. obama is the real american story,the odds were against him in many ways, yet he endured and became successful.
it is rather obvious that you know little about football, please try a different analogy next time. obama inherited a "team" that was 0-16... today we are about 8 &8... still a long way to go, but he will turn this stuff around and you know it. blathering on about "patriotism" is silly....obama is a true patriot who wants to help those less blessed. romney has already written off 47% of us. That includes you!
Skr
8:28 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Privileged business men should not be allowed to run for the presidency.., more less be president? We should only vote for someone who had it difficult? Where is the logic in this?
kevin
9:04 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
they've all been pretty privileged...I'm not the biggest Obama supporter, but this article is pretty stupid. Try writing about how only two of these guys get any attention and how our government is falling apart because of politics and a two party system that everyone seems just fine with being a part of.
David Neamand
8:45 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Patrick, What a bunch of hooie. Obama has in his three years splintered the country, ran up our deficit, clouded the business world with uncertainty, flooded the nation with useless and business hampering excess regulation, downgraded this nation's stature in the world community by his foreign policy ineptitude, allowed a year of almost total congressional stand still by not even trying to force consensus, and, issue more presidential edicts thus circumventing the US constitution and congressional review. He did all this while deftly and adroitly pointing at others as the cause. Remember Harry Truman "The Buck Stops Here"? With Obama it is "quick pass the buck". I see nothing from this president but misery. GDP below 2% again this year, jobs (up until last month's dubious spike) had been trending down for months, corporate America sitting on the largest cash position in history, Why? because of the uncertainty of direction from this president. I pray for a Romney victory as I feel the country can ill afford another 4 years from this man
Maggie Wallace-Cullen
11:40 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
I would like to know how to fire Laura Freed from team-Patch. I thought I was reading an Onion article! Good grief!
Mary191
12:02 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
silly article.... poor analogy
wheezer96
12:31 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
I disagree - it is a great analogy. You either believe in rewards gained from hard work or not. So far it's been one step forward and three steps back. It won't fly in football and it shouldn't fly in Washington.
Maggie Wallace-Cullen
12:12 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
So, can anyone just post their "opinion" here & it be considered a real "article?" If so, I'm gonna write one on all the great Big Bird memes I saw yesterday. Laura Freed is no journalist, folks. Her "opinion" is only worthy of the spew you usually see in the Comments section.
Jesseka Kadylak
12:57 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
@Maggie— This isn't an "article" it's a "blog" posted under Local Voices. Laura Freed isn't employed by Patch. She's just a community member. Anyone can blog, so feel free to post your own.
Maggie Wallace-Cullen
1:36 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
@Jesseka....Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Laura should post her thoughts on her OWN BLOG or in the "Commentary" section like most right-wing wackos do.
"At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know."
FAIL. You guys don't have an editorial staff to oversee what your "community members" post as an "article?" So, can anyone write a "Tell Laura Freed to shut-the-F-up" blog post? You'll let that be published to go into my daily email digest? I don't think so.
Fran Lorie
2:30 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
I just assumed that Patch was a tea-party publication, since they've had a goofy, fact-divorced "opinion" from the same person twice in , like, a week and a half. I thought Ms. Freed must be on staff.
You go, Maggie!
PaulRevere
2:53 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Fran:
Maybe if you stop labelling people or publications rather than reading with an open mind, You might Learn something. Your mindset problably reflects why this country is so divided. Some might say you belong to the "Uninformed" party. That also means uneducated and ignorant of all the facts needed to form intelligent opinions.
I wonder if a Tea-Party really exists? I only see (R) (I) (D) (L) party candidates. Do you know who is running as a (T) candidate?
Rombe Smythe
12:33 am on Sunday, October 7, 2012
yes....Laura is a teabagger. Personally, I would be afraid to have my picture posted when making uninformed and biased statements as she does.
David Neamand
8:51 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Maggie,
So all from the right are wackos? How discriminatory of you. I find that when you look at two sides of an argument somewhere in the middle is the whole picture, you would have us just consider YOUR side and forget the rest? A bit self centered no? This is still a free country and people are still welcome to post here as long as comments are not profane, or raciest. I guess you would have each and every comment screened using the "Maggie" rule of common decency? Let us hope not, for America's sake
PaulRevere
2:29 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
My-My? What a simple "analogy" creates here.
Mr Obama gives thousands of stories about how the Rich do not pay their Fair share.
Congratulations To Laura, for her Splendid alalysis of How so-called Leaders Should not behave.
Obama actually has not paid for one single thing he has given to us.
Maybe you all should try to take Laura's analysis as "What is coming to our society"
It's not pretty becuase Obama NEVER had one accomplishment in his whole life in handling any Financial disasters. So challenge Laura's points with some specifics.
You can't. Now go google the 2002 Olympics and read how Romney took hold of a disaster that would tarnish America's "Sports" image.
Romney Saved America from Financial Olympic corruptions.
Yes! He was a Manager and Leader and Financial wizard who undrstands how to make people who are fighting come together. Obama does not have any qualities to land a job anywhere outside of "quacking" University.
Nadia
12:51 am on Sunday, October 7, 2012
Thanks of Barrack Obama...flu shots are free for with every health insurance plan this year. BARRACK ROCKS !
Nadia
12:52 am on Sunday, October 7, 2012
Thanks to Barrack Obama...flu shots are free with every health insurance plan this year. BARRACK ROCKS ! you gotta love Obamacare
wheezer96
12:32 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Flu shots are not FREE. Someone has to pay for them. You may not have to pay, but your neighbor, your parents, your siblings are paying for your flu shot.
Skr
2:27 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012
The scary thing about this election isnt the candidates. It is the fact many American people want the safety net of the government picking up the slack. Government agencies cannot figure out how to balance their checkbooks. People have lost their faith in America. The "freebies" are becoming the norm.....NOTHING is free!
Nick
2:06 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Laura Freed is a hateful, shameful propogandist. The truth is meaningless to her.
Shame on Patch for permitting such BS.
Rush Limbo
2:12 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Nick facts stick with the facts! Give examples of what is a lie and support your claim with facts ! Too many of you Chicago style pundits just want to make up filthy lies and false attacks. Be different join the conversation with, (Drumroll please.....) FACTS
David Neamand
9:01 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
The level of vitriol here is astounding! I direct your attention to the fact that in America there is still FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Rather then attack with such vigor, perhaps a better route might be to engage in debate, but no, baselessly attack simply because YOU DON'T AGREE! What comes next, the department of correct political think? Most of the attacks from the left in this stream are simply that (A couple from the right as well), the comments are not logical but based on emotion and an attitude of "because I say it is so", rather then a well thought out comment or reply. Why is your position any more powerful to others then another comment on the other side of the political spectrum? Perhaps there should be less "hate speak" and finger pointing, and more joining of ideas to fix the problems in this country? One party didn't put this country in the position it is now, and one party isn't going to fix it. We need a consensus, and I challenge both parties to work towards a consensus and stop blaming each other for the current state of affairs. Become part of the solition, not part of the problem.