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I loved Spags fire, but it seemed like he didn't know how to get a locker room worked up or motivate in critical moments at times. O.J. and SJ were our most vocal leaders of late.
That's possible. He definitely was a soft-spoken guy. I mean, you never saw guys like Lovie or Dungy or Landry getting all amped up either. But I think it's a pretty important trait to some degree. Maybe the times have changed where you need to get fired up, but Chuck Noll was a big proponent *against* that stuff. He would actually get pissed if someone on the sidelines tried to fire everyone up. I believe he said something to the effect of, "if you need that, then you're not any good to begin with." Paraphrasing of course.
Just talking here, but I think that's a very underrated "thing". People's adrenaline can get very elevated with speeches and pep talks. Like you said, Jackson and others took on that role, but maybe it wouldn't be so bad to have a coach get all frothy too once in a while. Depends on the kind of players you have though, and you certainly can't do it just to give the appearance of being fired up. People can see right through that too. So, I guess what I'm saying is, it has to be in your nature to begin with.
