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RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - oknom - 09-29-2024
Well when you have a personality as big as Thor Bǫllrsveifla in the locker room, things are bound to be different. Besides the gilded palanquin all the offensive line players are forced to carry their QB around on, Thor enjoys plenty of benefits not offered to the rest of the team. His locker is actually four lockers with the partitions removed. Next to it he has a vending machine with his own lifesize phot on it. You can only get Kirks soda or Fosters out of it. Well actually, YOU can’t get anything out of it because its only for Thor.
You might say this is typical QB behavior in the league, thinking they are better than everyone else. But Thor even chooses to extend this prestige to one person every game. Dubbed “Thor’s Favorite”, sits in an awkward beanbag chair next to Thor’s locker. Even worse, Thor will snatch this privilege away as soon as someone else is the next receiver to catch a TD pass.
RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - ComebackZak - 09-29-2024
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RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - Z-Whiz - 09-29-2024
Arizona has a great locker room dynamic. It’s based off trusting one another no matter the situation. We’ve been there and done that. We know what to expect. Losses don’t phase us. Back in the mid-20s, every season felt the same. Start 0-2 or worse and fight our way back to a playoff spot. So despite losing early in the year, we never give up. All that matters is making the playoffs and then anything can happen. Sometimes the offense has a stinker, and the defense picks them up. Sometimes the defense forgets how to play, so the offense needs to ball out. There’s no blame game. It’s one team, one dream. As far as one leader, we don’t really have just one. We have a lot of experience users who are loyal to the cause. Willing to sacrifice stats for wins. It’s a culture that is 20 seasons in the making and it’s a culture that has lasted through 7 different GMs and co-GMs.
RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - toivo - 09-29-2024
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RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - Raven - 09-29-2024
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Written option: Every team has their own unique Locker Room Dynamics that help shape the culture. Whether it's a singular leader who takes charge, a group mentality where everyone has each other's backs, or a Coach who helps bridge individual differences, the Locker Room is where that Team Dynamic is shaped. Write about your team's Locker Room and what's unique about the Culture or Leadership.The culture that's been established in San Jose is a great one. It feels like the whole team drops by the locker room every week and engages in discussions about the football being played or other topics. Win or lose after the game the locker room talks about the result, discussing what went well and what could have gone better. Everyone is engaged and proactive in trying to better themselves. Everyone is a bit of a leader in that regard.
There is also the non football related discussion. Team mates are activally talking about their hobbies and their undertakings during the week. Which makes the team so much closer, as we all get a good feel of what everyone is up to and what makes someone tick.
There's some great team dynamics happening when a couple of the games go off and talk about their favourite card game, Magic The Gathering. They are talking strategy, discussing the latest decks and sets. It's great to see and creates an amazing vibe throughout the entire team.
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RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - RDBSouthPaw - 09-29-2024
For the Portland pythons it has always been about putting the team first. The locker room has always been a place where the guys get together and they all share a common goal and a common desire for a singular stat, and that is to win. They do not care how that gets accomplished and they do not care whose stats are sacrificed to make sure that happens. A lot of times that means that there is not just a single voice that acts as the leader in the locker room but, instead it is a unified front that all works together and picks each other up. It is almost like the coaches are only their for accountability because the players have it engrained in themselves what the expectation and effort required to succeed is. I do not expect this to ever change in Portland and coming off the latest ultimini title you can definitely see it works.
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158 wordsRE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - Baron1898 - 09-29-2024
The Baltimore locker room is a nightmare. FSF has maintained an iron grip on the franchise for years, and he has terrorized both his fellow players and his GMs with his endless shenanigans. For months, all he would say to literally any comment anyone else made like "Nice win today team" would be "win @deez", followed by endless chortling over his supremely refined sense of humor. Swoosh took away his @deez privileges after the first Ultimus loss to New Orleans, thankfully, but FSF has vowed to keep up the energy in other ways. His latest obsession has been a severe bout of megalomania brought on by winning league MVP last year; his nickname in the locker room remains "MVP" to this day, and he will forgo no opportunity to remind people how great he is. He also has seized the production of game balls and awards himself a disproportionate quantity, just so he has another occasion to puff himself up. It's an endless nightmare.
RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - midknight - 09-29-2024
As a bondi beach buccaneer, we have been doing insane this season so far. If you think back on last season, where we were the second worst team in the league, our locker room was still warm and welcoming, and insanely fun to be a part of. It was amazing, just having fun talking with newer friends, and knowing we were developing, even seeing it sometimes on the field. Going into this season, with only losing Slam Dunkinson to the ISFL, well we were really excited. We were a bit sad to see our dino GM triceracop leave, but we were excited for the new one, maurice gunner. That is to say, morale was extremely high coming into the season. We retained our franchise QB confurius, and had upgraded at almost every single position. And so far, it has paid off. We're halfway into the season, and have only lost TWO games! Morale is at an all time high for how long I've been here, and soon it'll be even better once we win the ULTIMINI!
RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - zeagle1 - 09-29-2024
In Arizona, we have the legendary faith train. :faithtrain: is the source of all our success. It's been around so long I barely remember the origin. The venerable Z-Whiz is the first person to mention "faith train" in the LR, taking place 10/10/2021. Z first posted the emote on 11/29. Kotasa made an absolutely cursed copypasta on 12/10/21 about it and it caught on like wildfire from there. We had an OL bot named Faith Train for awhile and he ended up being extremely good, surpassing Sixty Endurance as the best OL bot in team history, only to be surpassed by Pew Pew (another great emote). Nowadays, every gameday the LR is nearly unusable because every member of the LR spams the faith train emote, and if you interrupt the faith train (and your name isn't brnx), you curse the team for the game day. Hop on the faith train y'all!
RE: (S50) PT #3 - Locker Room Dynamics - JKortesi81 - 09-29-2024
Coming into the Tijuana Luchadores locker room, Jack Crackerjack wasn’t sure on how the dynamics inside of it were going to go. JCJ is used to being the locker room leader from his high school and college teams, but coming into the DSFL, especially to a 13 time Ultimini champions locker room, he figured something would be different. He was right. First off, with having a two QB system, it’s a lot harder for them to lead together. Jack did something different in the DSFL, he took a back seat. He doesn’t say much, and lets everyone else do the leading. Jack just sits back, watches tape, lifts weights, practices hard, and does everything to improve his play. As for the real locker room leaders, it all starts with the GMs. The Tijuana leadership is always around, chatting and keeping things light. And before we even get into locker room leaders from the team, Tijuana is blessed with tons of Lucha Legends that also come in and help guide the players in their journey. The Lucha locker room is also led by a bunch of players, and a lot of the rookies. The rookie class seems like they’re growing into the next group of Lucha Legends, keeping things happy and poppin’ off during our games. Tijuana is in a good place, that’s for sure. (224)