Jameis Winston: “… You Probably Don’t Need To Be In The Locker Room”
January 17th, 2017
Clear messaging
America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, loves to talk about family. His Bucs are all about family, according to Jameis, it’s family, family, family.
But what does that really mean?
Jameis put a bow on that concept recently on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
In essence, Jameis’ message was, Love or leave.
“The easiest way I can put it is, when you spend eight hours, eight-to-10 hours with grown men every single day, aside from your family, these are the men that you’re spending your everyday life around. So if you can’t have enough humility to like the man that you’re spending 10 hours a day with, you probably don’t need to be in the locker room,” Jameis said. “You know, so I think that’s why we really grasp that family aspect in the locker room because we know that there’s no way I’m going to walk in this locker room and not see Gerald McCoy, Vernon Hargreaves. I gotta see them every day. So I might as well love them up and treat them like they would treat me.”
Joe’s heard lots of ex-players and others say it’s unnecessary to like all your teammates. Well, not in Jameis’ world.
Suck it up and embrace your brother, Jameis believes. Like, love, family, it’s the way to go. If you watch some Mic’d Up segments of Jameis, you’ll see him telling guys individually before games how much he loves them.
Also, the love of Jameis for his teammates further illustrates just how out of place Austin Seferian-Jenkins was to have drawn the ire of Jameis in training camp.
January 17th, 2017 at 11:30 am
Jameis has changed the culture of the locker room and Dirk has changed the culture of winning football games. It’s safe to say that we are well on our way to the promised land. Now, it’s time to work on getting those missing pieces and take the next leap.
January 17th, 2017 at 11:40 am
Jameis is going to be the type of QB that maximizes the talent around him and makes them better. The kid just needs to correct his mechanics, get some talent around him, and the rest is history
January 17th, 2017 at 11:50 am
Culture = Changed
January 17th, 2017 at 12:09 pm
“I hurt Seth….”
“Dammit, we all hurt Joe Bob……”
from North Dallas Forty
You may as well love the guys you’re taking a beating with, football is tough on the body and all the fellas are getting beat up — together — may as well spread the love as Jameis says, besides, it’s a good thing we should all try and show a little more love in this world….it’s the right thing to do.
January 17th, 2017 at 12:19 pm
Oh the secrets that come out in the NFL…
Reminds me of Jameis pumping up his team in the locker room at FSU before a packed house at Clemson…
Starts out with…”Hey, my brothers. Put a smile on your face.”
Family. Believe, or not believe.
I believe.
January 17th, 2017 at 12:21 pm
Amen!
January 17th, 2017 at 1:01 pm
The worst “leader” is one who is not technical expert at the job but thinks he is, and is also a jerk (Jay Cutler comes to mind). The best boss is one who is an expert, but thinks he’s not, and is a great guy (Jameis). The humble leader. Both Jameis and Dirk lay the problems at their own feet, and take responsibility even when it’s not all on them. Like or love, family or not (all of these “help”), mutual respect and the ability to get along and work with others is the key ingredient to a team that works. When you have an outlier, be it Freeman, Martin, ASJ, etc, whose goals don’t align with the team, it throws it all off. The catch too though, is the closer the team is together, the greater the possibility problems can provide huge interpersonal problems, albeit temporarily. So yeah, get close, be close, but realize “brothers” and “family” can and do fight. Back to mutual respect always.
January 17th, 2017 at 1:52 pm
What Cmurda said!
January 17th, 2017 at 9:37 pm
Jameis is a special cat
January 18th, 2017 at 10:36 am
I’ll take it a step further. I believe having a harmonious work environment is critical to success. When everyone is working towards the same goals within the defined system, beautiful things happen. Selfishness and infighting are the true enemies of success.
Harmonious work environments where everyone respects each other are where success happens. Harmonious work environments where everyone genuinely cares about each other are where greatness happens.
I’m thrilled to see that Winston understands that at his young age. Kudos to the Glazers, Licht, and Koetter for creating the environment for Winston to take leadership and flourish. (Tip of the hat to Lovie Smith for not standing in the way.)