Over the weekend I watched the movie "Moneyball" with Brad Pitt. It was an excellent movie. At first I wasn't sure about the ending. But then when I found out what the main character had done ultimately led to the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series I was totally okay with it! Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the general manager for the Oakland A's baseball team. Not to get sidetracked with a long description of the premise of the movie but Pitt's character goes out on a limb and comes up what turns out to be a radical AND highly successful way to create success for the A's. Due to his success he is offered a high paying job as GM for the Boston Red Sox. He points out to the owner of the Red Sox that everyone pretty much hated him in Oakland. He is then told the following:
"The first guy through the wall - he always gets bloody. Always. This is threatening not just a way of doing business but in their minds it is threatening the game. But really what it is threatening is their livelihoods, their jobs. It is threatening the way they do things. Every time that happens, whether it is a government, a way of doing business, whatever, the people holding the reins, have their hand on the switch - they go batshit crazy."
What a perfect quote. It can apply to so many things, not the least of which being dog training!
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