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Message: [QUOTE="GoCardinal, post: 3538061, member: 6989"] To me, an emotional leader is someone that rallies the troops when things start unraveling on the floor. The type of player you can trust to not get rattled or shrink. A coach calling a timeout to light a fire under the group shouldn’t always happen. It seems as though Geno has had to be the one to fire the team up when everyone is struggling. As great as Collier and Samuelson were, there were times they looked rattled when things weren’t going their way. I’d argue Williams was somewhat the same when she moved into a larger role. An emotional leader can simply be someone to celebrate after an and-1, or motion to the crowd to back to team up when they are done. Having someone to do that is valuable. Aja Wilson, Marina Mabrey, Sophie Cunningham, Ruthy Hebard, Ayana Mitchell, Kathleen Doyle, Haley Gorecki, Anriel Howard, Mikiah Hebert Harrigan (and I’m sure there are many others) have all been “emotional leaders” for their teams at some point. Does that always translate to being the best player on the roster? No, but often times you’ll hear coaches say “the heart and soul” of the team; and that’s equally as important. [/QUOTE]