Lions coach Jim Caldwell in today's interview quotes theologian Charles
Hodge principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878
"There's a guy named Charles Hodge who is actually a great theologian,
but he made this statement- ‘You have to be able to exalt men without
inflating them' and the other part of it is, ‘and humble men without
debasing them.' So, that's kind of a balancing act for us. We have to
make certain that we make them feel good about what they're
doing, but not to the point where they feel overconfident. We have to
make certain, obviously, that we tell them the truth about things
they've done wrong, but we don't have to dog-cuss them and tear them
down. So, it's a delicate balancing act trying to kind of keep a team on
even keel all across the board, never too high never too low."
How
nice to have a well read Lions coach who even knows who Charles Hodge
is. I'm sure most of the reporters didn't have a clue.
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