Sorry about "aggressive" I should have worded that differently. Bravo isn't one to chase you down either, like some truly aggressive roosters I've had. But if you get near his girls he does try to protect them and he tries to keep them away from me. He's a work in progress since he will not even take meal worms from my hand. His previous owner said she sold him because he was always attacking her..I only found out when I met her over turkeys that he came from her and why he was sold.
I wish you and Russell Crowe well on your journey
His previous keepers said he was great with them and great with his girls. I think we all just need time to settle down and get used to each other. Many changes have taken place over the last month here amongst the flock between a dog raid and the loss of my enforcer ( hench-hen to my top gal who rules with nothing but a hard glare), to taking Russell in, followed by adding new girls. The girls are all integrating nicely but still divide up when Russell is out to mingle. They're used to having a rooster around (at their previous home) but my original girls have been very happy without one. 
I think your problems will be alleviated some what when you have the entire flock, including Russell under one roof. I assume that is your eventual goal. From his perspective, it's natural that he should want to add all the girls to his harem. I will tell you that I've not had Jack in a foot ball hold since he was a youngster. I've never had to step up to that level with him. And I can tell you that I would find it to be quite intimidating to do so. Those spurs can inflict a lot of damage.Lazy Gardener, I remember you advising me about herding my last rooster away from the girls and I've been doing that with this one and arming my babes with their child sized garden rakes to do the same (under supervision). He does move away but is getting increasingly reluctant in doing so. Last night he escaped his from his run was lurking around the big coop where all the girls who haven't accepted him go to roost (he had walked right by the open coop where Hola and her girls are staying). I herded him away and back into his own. This morning, I let all the girls out first, as usual and then my daughter and I gave them treats right in front of him (while he's still in his run). And they walked away from him when we did. He's good about keeping a healthy distance from us, it's him trying to hide the girls from me that bothers me. He sounds the predator alarm whenever he sees me now and they respond before the see who it really is and by the time they do, he won't let them come back. They've started ignoring his alarm when it's the dog; thankfully they've seen my original girls crowd around Willie very happily and have learned that he's not interested and will even give them a wide berth so as to not disturb their activities.
I'll have to psyche myself up for trying your football hold and head down method. I'm admittedly quite intimidated by those spurs.
