Great moments in Super Bowl history

I know there are a few members of our family that are really excited about the game tomorrow at Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.  It should be an exciting game. I'm sure there will be some new additions to the "Greatest Moments in Super Bowl History" list.  

Who remembers when James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers intercepted a pass at the goal line and returned it for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII?  Or how about when the lights went out at the Superdome in Super Bowl XLVVII?  I still remember the San Francisco 49ers defense stopping the Cincinnati Bengals for four plays in a row at the 3 yard line, late in the third quarter in Super Bowl XVI.  How about David Tyree's "helmet catch" in Super Bowl XLII?

While all of these are "great" moments, there are some bad moments too.  Remember when Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett recovered a fumble and ran it back for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXVII?  Well, almost.  While turning around and trying to "showboat" near the goal line, Buffalo Bills wide received Don Beebe caught up to him and knocked the ball out of Lett's hands, resulting in a touchback.  But maybe one of the all-time gaffs was when the Seattle Seahawks were trying to punch it for the go-ahead score late in the game in Super Bowl XLIX against the New England Patriots.  Instead of letting the league's best running back, Marshawn Lynch run it in, Seahawks Head Coach Peter Carroll instead called for a pass play, resulting in an interception that ultimately lost the game.  Carroll's choice of plays has been called "the dumbest call in Super Bowl history" and "a terrible Super Bowl mistake."

Ryan Holiday, who writes a blog called the Daily Stoic wrote a great post yesterday on Pete Carroll's bad play call ("How to Handle a Bad Call").  Rather than trying to shy away or pass off the blame to someone else, Carroll totally owned it.  He said, "I told those guys, ‘That’s my fault, totally.'"  Holiday writes, "That's what a leader does."

Leaders make the best decision with the information that they have currently in front of them.  If the decision goes well, the best leaders will share the credit.  However, if the decision goes poorly, the best leaders take the blame.  Leadership isn't supposed to be easy.

Holiday continues, "Big or small, a crime or a bad play call, every decision lives in the past. In the here and now, they no longer exist, can no longer be touched. All that remains is what you do next. You can take responsibility. You can build on the lessons of your mistake. You can move forward. You can make sure you don’t compound the mistake. You can decide how the next part of the story gets written."  That's leadership at its best.