Alpha dogs? Really? Couldn’t he call them Bull Gators? Big Lizards? Anything but dogs?
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 bar...@realtracs.com Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> > Date: August 7, 2019 at 2:12:39 PM CDT > To: GatorNews <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: Mullen still searching for leaders > Reply-To: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > Dooley: Mullen still searching for leaders > > August 7, 2019 > > Florida coach Dan Mullen at practice searching for Alpha Dogs. (Brad > McClenny/The Gainesville Sun) > The theme of the day at Dan Mullen’s weekly briefing for the media boys and > girls was Dogs. Not the Bulldogs he used to coach or the Bulldogs up north he > wants so badly to beat, but the Dogs he needs to take Florida to a different > level. > > The ones he really didn’t have last year. > > We’re speaking of Alpha Dogs, which may feel like an overused cliche but > certainly makes ears perk up when they are mentioned by a head coach. > > He wants some. > > As many as he can fit onto the team bus. > > He just doesn’t have any yet. > > Mullen continues to look for those Dogs, but a lot of it needs to happen > organically. You can’t force a guy to be a leader, make him be the guy who > does everything the right way and pulls the most stubborn players with him. > > “You don’t win two national championships in three years (without them),” > Mullen said. “I mean, trust me, we had a lot of talent. But there were some > Alpha Dogs that were making sure that the level of play was at an extremely > high level. > > “There were a bunch on those teams.” > > He rattled off a handful of names of players at Florida, at Mississippi > State, at Utah. > > The ultimate one being Tim Tebow, right? > > “Dak Prescott’s probably the best I’ve ever seen,” Mullen said of the Dallas > Cowboys quarterback who played for him in Starkville. > > Better than Tebow, considered the ultimate leader by so many fans? > > “Oh yeah. I mean, Dak, to me, was the best I’ve ever seen at it,” he said. > “But, I’ve seen — there’s been a ton. You know, you go back … You know when > you have them.” > > And when you don’t. > > Because you’ve seen those guys standing up on benches waving towels or > getting the crowd fired up before a kickoff only to miss an assignment and > give up a big play. > > Being an Alpha Dog represents more than getting excited. It’s about doing it > right. Not being a phony dog. > > “The problem when you have phony Alpha Dog-type people, eventually you’re > gonna get exposed,” Mullen said. “The difference goes to guys that are trying > and then guys that are phony and trying to sort those two. That can be a very > fine line that you’re looking at, like, right (hands together) there, like, > I’m trying, yes, but that was kinda phony. That’s the fine line that you > always have to manage.” > > This all may sound confusing to you, but at the same time you get it. > > How many teams have you seen underachieve because there wasn’t a person (this > applies to women’s teams as much as men’s) to grab the team by the collective > ear and drag it to another level? > > For example, take last season’s Florida basketball team. Please. (Sorry for > those bus tire tracks, guys). > > An Alpha Dog has a simple job. Lead by example. Lead with words. Lead with > everything you do. > > It doesn’t matter what sport we are talking about. You have to have Alpha > Dogs. The more the better. It doesn’t have to be a singular job. > > So Mullen is searching, desperately seeking another set of Pouncey twins or > an Alex Smith or a Fletcher Cox or a Prescott or a Major Wright. > > And yet, he won 10 games last year without one. > > “Yeah. In my mind, a great one, I don’t know if we had a guy that was,” > Mullen said. “It’s hard in year one in the program. You hope you have one. > Probably the best one last year was Martez Ivey. If I had to pick one, I’d go > with Martez.” > > Ivey is gone to the NFL. > > The wait for the next one to show up is ongoing. The funny thing is, we’ve > talked to a lot of players since the end of last season who acted like they > were Alphas. But the coaches know the real thing and the real thing is still > a work in progress. > > “We have a bunch who really could,” Mullen said. “We potentially have some. > None that are at the level of being, the ONES. We don’t have a Fletcher Cox > or a Dak Prescott or Pouncey brothers.” > > What he does have are a bunch of young players who need leading. > > There is no application to fill out, no job interview. > > And the head coach will know when the job is taken. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at pat.doo...@gvillesun.com. And follow > at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > Go Gators! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/ACFFC655-0FE1-4F4C-A790-C89654F50CF2%40gmail.com. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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