The Four Commitments of a Winning Team by Mark Eaton

Author:Mark Eaton
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: urn:uuid:275fa0fb-0a30-43d1-bf27-ca9b321832f0
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Published: 2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

AN EMPLOYEE’S POOR PERFORMANCE is a common reason for being fired. When an employee consistently fails to carry out stated objectives or guidelines there is frequently no option but to let them go. Players and employees often understand the company game plan and their role in it, but for whatever reason choose not to do it, or don’t do it to the best of their ability. They may be asked to do something difficult or challenging; something that takes sacrifice like working longer hours, or something that stretches their abilities and makes them uncomfortable. Whatever the reason, when they ignore the game plan, the effectiveness of the entire group is affected.

John Stockton was a team player who knew that when he followed the game plan he would have to do the dirty work many players didn’t want to do.

At six feet tall, Stockton was often on the floor with players who were a foot taller than he was and much stronger. As part of our offense, he was called on to set screens (obstruct his teammate’s defender to free him up to score) underneath the basket where the big men played. It’s a tough job to set a screen on a player who outweighs you by a hundred pounds. Many guards in the NBA want no part of that assignment. They make a half-hearted effort or no effort at all, as they venture into the key.

There is no spot on a stat sheet that tallies screens set by a player; it’s a job that comes with no praise and a lot of bruises. Stockton embraced this assignment and even relished it as he became an irritant to the big men who didn’t like him to set screens at their waistlines. I can still see him staunchly setting his feet, bracing himself, arms up, elbows out like a football player, getting ready to take the full force of the other team’s big man as he tried to stop Karl Malone from scoring a goal.

Stockton was tough as nails and I loved to watch him work. Coach Sloan emphasized toughness in the huddle by saying, “Go lay some meat on somebody.” Stockton would happily do just that. He sacrificed his body and freed up his teammates to score.

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