The model troop in our stake has gone into the crapper - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 02-11-2008, 07:59 PM

A bright, motivated young adult with no kids, working fulltime and going to school turned around a non-existent program in a ward that was half-Hispanic. In three years time they were over 20 strong, about 50% non-member with a non-member assisant scoutmaster, and a nice trailer with their logo on it, secure finances. Absolute incredible job by that scoutmaster. Now, 6 months after her left, troop is in the crapper with only 6 boys left, and the Asst. SM (nonmember but who attend church, at least some of the time now) seems disaffected.

It's like Rome was built in 3 years, and collapsed in a month.

I've seen a worse collapse. My mission. I left same time as my mission president. About 3 months later, the mission had collapsed from it's alltime high to absolute doggishness. Sometimes it really is the personality and force of one man who keeps something going.

As they say, never follow a legend. My successor doesn't have to worry about that.

02-11-2008, 07:59 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The model troop in our stake has gone into the crapper A bright, motivated young adult with no kids, working fulltime and going to school turned around a non-existent program in a ward that was half-Hispanic. In three years time they were over 20 strong, about 50% non-member with a non-member assisant scoutmaster, and a nice trailer with their logo on it, secure finances. Absolute incredible job by that scoutmaster. Now, 6 months after her left, troop is in the crapper with only 6 boys left, and the Asst. SM (nonmember but who attend church, at least some of the time now) seems disaffected. It's like Rome was built in 3 years, and collapsed in a month. I've seen a worse collapse. My mission. I left same time as my mission president. About 3 months later, the mission had collapsed from it's alltime high to absolute doggishness. Sometimes it really is the personality and force of one man who keeps something going. As they say, never follow a legend. My successor doesn't have to worry about that.