WPost Email: Jansen, Arrington Watch Helplessly

[sportscurmudgeon]

Matty:

Since I listen to LaVar on WTEM just about every Monday afternoon (I miss it when I'm out of town), this is not unusual for him. Everything is the "toughest thing he's ever had to endure" and every loss is the "worst in my life".

The problem is that LaVar is like the little boy who cried wolf; he's losing his credibility as a font of reason. And in the vast majority of cases, leaders need to be reasonable. That applies to sports teams and to real life. Leaders who are irrational tend to be "cult figures" - or worse - who usually do not lead people/organizations to glorious ends.

Examples of irrational leaders might be:

Jim Jones
David Koresh
Adolf Hitler
Charles Manson

Obviously, the Redskins need leadership but they need leadership of the rational kind. And LaVar is spending his "rational coins" fast and furious...