Index4INDEX Card 333: Lou Holtz 3
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
-- Lou Holtz
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It's amazing the burdens we are able to handle. It's amazing the number of burdens we bar at the same time. Parents know about this very well. So do commanders of military units or heads of departments in a corporation. The more capable a person is, the greater responsibility is granted to that person-- and, therefore, the greater the burdens placed on that person.
Burdens are like time. If we assume that everyone has the same load or burdens, and we know that we all have the same amount of time in a day, then the difference comes down to how we distribute the burdens we need to handle. Like columns distributed throughout the area of a structure, the loads we carry need to be distributed the right way so that we can carry them better. If one of those supports is missing, the load becomes imbalanced and our ability to carry that load is stressed. Over time, because the supports are carrying more than what they were intended to carry, the structure fails. This is also true when we carry a load greater than we can bear when we lose support.
Some (More) Information about Lou Holtz
As great as Lou Holtz had been for the Razorbacks football program at the University of Arkansas, his tenure ended in 1983 with a midling W-L-T record of 6-5-0. For a while, word went around that Holtz was dismissed as a result of burn out. Eventually it was revealed by both Holtz and the Athletic Director of the University of Arkansas, Frank Broyles, that Holtz had been fired. Speculation was that Holtz was fired due to his off-field political activities, which included endorsing for re-election Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Although 1983 was technically a winning season for Holtz and the Razorbacks, it was also his weakest season in a long time.
One door closed for Lou Holtz in 1983, but another door opened for him in 1984 when the University of Minnesota hired him to coach the Golden Gophers football program. Although the Golden Gophers won only 4 games in its first season under Holtz, the previous season they had won just 1 game. On the bright side, 3 of the 4 wins were against opponents from the Big Ten Conference to which they belong. In 1985 Holtz coached the Golden Gophers to a 6-5-0 record; although it was both an improvement and a winning record, it wasn't a successful season.
1986 was a momentous season for Lou Holtz. He was heavily recruited by the University of Notre Dame to behead coach of the Fighting Irish football program. For a long time, the independent Roman Catholic university had been an also-ran in Division 1 NCAA football. When he took over the team, he instituted numerous changes to foster stricter discipline. One of the more controversial measures taken by Holtz was to remove players' names from the backs of their football jerseys. This was done in order to remind the players that the important name (or logo) was on the front of their jerseys. While this may seem strange, it's a principle also followed by one of the most historic sports franchises of all time: the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, winners of 27 World Series Cahmpionships.
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