#BreakingPoint talking points

 3:57 Steve says mistake number one

This should be the patient zero of mistakes, a manager shouldn’t have to be with his team 24/7 in order for them to do the job they are being paid for.  The manager’s deputies in his absence should be able to take over the responsibilities as and when required.  If this doesn’t happen then you can’t call it effective management, staff should show enough maturity to do their job without constant supervision. Granted that these guys are very young and they would need more supervision than older people, part of the management process should also include people/environmental training to teach them how to deal with losing and toxic environments.

5:54 interaction between Dardoch and Piglet

Piglet reminds dardoch that he mentioned he wanted to win summer split and should focus on practising more.  Dardoch responds with “not anymore”, Loco should have jumped in right away to question Dardoch by what he meant by that.  This was a clear lack of motivation this can kill team morale especially when their shotcaller has no motivation to win.

8:10 Loco addressing how “good” players are affecting the “weaker” players

This is something that should have been addressed individually in private not in front of the other players.  When piglet says “maybe” to his question loco should have challenged him rather than just accepting that this was the best he was going to get out of Piglet.  He should have asked what he meant by maybe as this would have helped ease the other players concerns that loco was playing favorites.

10:00 Dardoch talking about Piglets actions in korea

If this was true about piglet not playing outside of scrims, Loco should have stamped this out after the first time it happened there should have been a fixed timetable of scrims as well as non scrim playing time. The players needed to be reminded they weren’t in korea for a holiday they were on a business trip.

17:33 Matt’s lack of confidence in calling out other players

This is common in teams with large overbearing personalities, certain members will feel that they don’t have the right to speak out because of their own flaws.  It should be made clear that not all the players are perfect and calling out other players is not a direct attack on them which results in backlash.  Loco makes it clear that your skill level does not mean whether or not you give constructive criticism.  Its everyone’s responsibility to chip in not just the coach’s.  Loco is quite dismissive of Matt.

21:36 Matt wanting to be friends

For people working together and living under the same roof for the best of a year they are expected to have a level of comradery.  However it’s not always possible to be friends with everyone you work or live with that’s why companies spend of money on mandatory team building days.  Although you may not be friends with each other you can’t be dismissive and/or hostile to each other if you are all trying to aim for team success there has to be some positive team dynamic.

28:00 Loco and Dardoch arguing about checking out in the game

Loco was being riled up when talking to Dardoch.  Dardoch was being difficult during the conversation but Loco as the Coach and senior member of staff in that room should have controlled the conversation and moved it on to solution rather than just keep mentioning the problem

30:00 thorin talking about Dardoch

Thorin hits the nail on the head with his reasoning as to why dardoch was behaving the way he was.  Dardoch was the MVP and the main issue was that he knew he was the MVP and was using that as leverage in his relationship with Loco.

34:00 steve listing issues (dardoch)

This conversation was one that should have taken place in private.  Steve called Dardoch immature in front of his peers and colleagues, this was going to elicit a reaction. Loco needs to be more calm when dealing with Dardoch, Dardoch clearly knows how to wind up Loco and does it very effectively and is not very good at hiding it as Dardoch and others in the room picked up on his body language. Steve brings this up very effectively and provides an alternative to how loco should be acting. 

  

 48:38 thorin on dardochs return

Thorin again gets it right.  By subbing dardoch and having him return after his replacement performs very poorly gave him an elevated sense of self-importance.  This can be seen in the video where he gives the opinion that TL would have been relegated without him.  This doesn’t solve any of his behavioural problems and potentially makes them worse. This is seen in the following clip with the CLG game where Dardoch gives up very easily on comms and demoralises the entire team.

1:13:07 post game fan meet

Dardoch refused to go to the fan meet.  They should have gone as the full team or they should have all stayed back.  By leaving Dardoch on his own it gives him time to stew and its not healthy to do this after an extremely disappointing loss. Also the conversation Dardoch was having was a conversation that needed to be had with the team not just with an individual player.

1:16:30

Dardoch’s sense of self-importance is hurt here when Steve cuts him off and scolds him for swearing. Steve is correct in controlling the conversation and getting his point through.  Dardoch does not seem very interested at all and chooses to be petulant however his reaction to how steve may be due to age and lack of maturity as a result of this.  His reaction may be explained by the sacrifices he’s made in order to become a professional league of legends player.