Two Hats of a Quarterback: Robot and Artist--Cousins

Quite often a leader must wear two hats:  one of a leader and change manager, and another of a manager and system stabilizer.

Kirk Cousins, the backup quarterback for the Washington Redskins, recently applied these two roles to the game of football.

“One of the things I’ve learned about being a quarterback is that it’s a balance between being a robot and being an artist."

Quarterbacks, like other organizations leaders, put a lot of time into planning, preparation, practice, and review. Practicing the basics so that many plays are robotic.  They also know when to step out of the box, take a risk, and make a play that will be celebrated as artistic.  (Celebrated if it works.)

A link to the Public Radio comment is here:  http://www.npr.org/2012/12/16/167374520/college-footballs-coaching-carousel-in-full-effect

A link on NBC Sports to a discussion of Cousins's comment is here:   http://irish.nbcsports.com/2012/12/10/kellys-talking-points-translate-to-pro-football/