The former Dublin footballer and seven time All-Ireland winner Bernard Brogan took to his twitter this week to be full on honest in his assessment doing corporate gigs when he was with the Dublin footballer and how it was handled by the manger.
Taking to social media the Dubliner revealed that the squad agreed to establish a pot when Pat Gilroy took charge of the Blues.
He says a percentage of all individual earnings from corporate events was agreed to be distributed amongst the squad, so that all players would earn from the events.
Brogan says he saw it as a ‘win, win’ situation as it removed the possibility of animosity within the squad.
See the twitter thread below;
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But the team wasn’t the same.
“Why is Berno getting all the jobs”
“It’s because he’s a forward”
“It’s because he’s a Brogan”
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
Ultimately it was hurting the team so we called everyone together to have a meeting, which I can only describe as a kind of truth session, where players let each other know what annoyed them about each other.
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
Sometimes it was funny things like not liking someone's hat but this day it was more serious and it was coming my way.
“Berno can’t be talking about some sponsorship gig he got when other lads aren’t getting any”
I was shocked but had to take it on the chin.
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
Yeah I was getting a lot of gigs, they were offered to me, no one else was stepping up, so I’d say yes.
Then Pat came in.
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
“It’s important to remember that you’re getting those gigs and the attention because there are 14 other men out there working their asses off and helping you get the ball”
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
And from that moment on a percentage share of whatever anyone made from doing commercial jobs (off the back of being a Dublin footballer) would go into a team pot so that everyone could get a slice of the action.
A win-win for everyone.
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023
The key takeaway here is yes feedback sucks and it hurts the ego most of the time, but when you have positive outcomes like this that impact your whole team – it’s worth it.
So welcome feedback even if it hurts and try to use it to build a better team culture.#teamculture
— Bernard Brogan (@bernardbrogan) January 25, 2023