The culture thing is interesting. I remember listening to that podcast with Atkins (which was great), but I also remember reading something about Shapiro (perhaps it was from you) that he had a handwritten list of slogans/ethos in his office and there was a picture of it and one of them said 'No dickheads'.
The culture thing is interesting. I remember listening to that podcast with Atkins (which was great), but I also remember reading something about Shapiro (perhaps it was from you) that he had a handwritten list of slogans/ethos in his office and there was a picture of it and one of them said 'No dickheads'.
He'd borrowed this from the Sydney Swans Australian Rules Football team who had a famous 'no dickheads' policy when it came to recruiting players. I live in Sydney now and the Swans definitely bought into that culture and were a powerhouse for years and set some sort of record for consecutive years making the playoffs....so maybe there's something to team culture after all eh?
And I could throw out some names of players this regime has got rid of that may have fallen into the 'dickhead' category.
The culture thing is interesting. I remember listening to that podcast with Atkins (which was great), but I also remember reading something about Shapiro (perhaps it was from you) that he had a handwritten list of slogans/ethos in his office and there was a picture of it and one of them said 'No dickheads'.
He'd borrowed this from the Sydney Swans Australian Rules Football team who had a famous 'no dickheads' policy when it came to recruiting players. I live in Sydney now and the Swans definitely bought into that culture and were a powerhouse for years and set some sort of record for consecutive years making the playoffs....so maybe there's something to team culture after all eh?
And I could throw out some names of players this regime has got rid of that may have fallen into the 'dickhead' category.