I know that not all of your are sports fans. I also know that I posted an essay earlier about why I sometimes *do* follow sports. Hmmm. Can't seem to find it in the archives. Must have been before I got this handy journal software from Jehan.

Oh, well. I'll find it and post it again, soon.

Anyway, allow me to take a quick time out and let you know that a quarterback with class is doing well -- Doug Flutie is helping his San Diego Chargers win their first three games in a row, when last year they were only able to win one game in the entire season -- while the team that cut him -- the Buffalo Bills -- have lost their first three games in a row. They just can't seem to win ever since they gutted their own ranks.

I used to be a Buffalo Bills fan. Now, it's kind of fun to watch the team where the powers that be had chosen to cut the few players with class, and how their team can't win a game.

Perhaps there is a metaphor here; an analogy that has something to do with real life... maybe. Something about choosing to keep your losing leadership (like the quarterback the Bills kept: Rob Johnson) and cut your proven winners (like Flutie) and how that can affect how your team does. Flutie may not be the better quarterback as athletes go, but he is a bona fide leader. He knows how to get his team to shine at doing what they do best. Under him, the Bills almost always won. Under the other guy, the Bills almost always lost. Does it matter that Rob could throw the ball farther than Flutie?

Good leadership is undervalued, it seems to be. Good negotiation skills seem to be overvalued. Rob negotiated much better with the bosses than Flutie did. But, Flutie gets the job done. Now, he gets the job done for another team, and it's mighty fun to watch.