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For those of us who play, have played, or are fans of sports, there is a phrase that is used when a coach or player has lost the trust and/or respect of her/his teammates: Losing the Locker Room . In the 2010 NFL season, Brad Childress lost his locker room. Some say that he lost it long before that, but it came to a head midway through November when he was fired from his job as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Poor decision making and the inability to effectively communicate cost him the respect of his team, the team owners, and the fans. " Without a foundation of trust and loyalty, Childress watched as his players reached near-mutinous levels at the first sign of adversity this season ", wrote Kevin Seifert on ESPN.com . It also resulted in an abysmal collapse of the team that, during the previous season, was a coin-toss away from advancing to the Superbowl. It resulted in failure. Unfortunately, this phenomena is not limited to realm of sports. It exists in