Getting to the top and staying there entail far different personality traits.
While the climb to the top takes more of an aggressive, focused and at
times self serving personality, staying on top entails someone that is more
of a diplomat and statesman.
Remember Steve Spurrier? He was the Florida Gators and Washington Redskins coach that never hesitated to run up the score. But for one moment
forget about football and think of boxing. Imagine you have slowed down your opponent. You know that the next blow will be the last. You aim, lock,
load and hit your target. The opponent starts to go down. Do you hit him again on the chin? What about the back of his head?
Another signal caller, Jeff George of the University of Illinois, had other
ideas. Two days before the deadline to declare availability for the draft,
George caught many by surprise when he decided to skip his final
season. Most had figured that George would be a late first or mid second
round draft pick. While scouts had had all year to salivate over Ware,
George only threw three times in front of National Football League
(NFL) scouts going