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So Called Experts Critics and Coaches

Hard to fathom the logic of the following How in sporting terminology even the great Tiger Woods in his pomp and prime employed the service of a swing coach with not a single major title to his name And Jose football's special one manager never even played professionally himself As neither is any so called expert critic in any of the field of art be that film , poetry , painting , sculpture or photography Because surely if in reality they we're any good at all in there field of expertise they would be competing not teaching or passing comment So given that Tiger Woods has 20+ plus majors and is considered to be the greatest golfer to ever play the game Then why on earth would he need to employ the service or be willing to listen to the opinion of a coach without a single major title to his name Likewise why should or would any credible artist or come to that fact member of the general public value the critical opinion of someone or anyone With in essence no more clue than you or i yet given a platform to indoctrinate other's

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Date: 10/23/2020 2:48:00 PM
Christopher this one surprises me I’ll use a different context than sports or arts, how about the great generals of old, so many had the innate ability to get the job done, psyche up and influence men to win when outgunned and outnumbered, its this natural leadership that I aspire too, and admire in people, I have learned so much by listening and taking on board what ordinary salt of the earth people have to say, PS not a big fan of Jose myself, but he doesn’t care cheers David
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David Kavanagh
Date: 10/25/2020 1:21:00 AM
I believe they took all opinions on board before jumping into battles, but the ultimate call was theirs, I still cannot reconcile the generalization in this piece Christopher unless you had a certain someone in mind writing this poem
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 10/24/2020 7:23:00 PM
Yes David im terms of leadership and general's you lead on everyone's behalf so in theory everyone's opinion has value . The likes of Napoleon or Churchill i presume where very single minded when it came to decision making they didn't have a coach or took on board the criticism from other's who had none or less experience than themselves per say

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