(10-22-2019, 08:03 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-22-2019, 07:17 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't know if I would call it "chaotic," but the problem I have with the current structure is that it is hard to assign responsibility for anything.  Who's in charge of drafting?  Who's in charge of player discipline?  Why is the front office confronting a player about his behavior?  

I know we're not necessarily supposed to know all this stuff, but look at how we argue all the time among ourselves about who made what draft pick, who decided to hire a particular free agent, etc.  Does the EVP just hang around and override the GM or the coach whenever he feels like it?  That's not a good structure.  If you have a GM who needs that kind of supervision, then you need a new GM.  Same deal with the coach.  

We've seen this kind of dysfunction all over the league, when someone above the GM (usually an owner) insists on a draft pick.  It's a bad structure.  We seem to have created a position which we call Executive Vice President of Football Operations, but can better be described as "Designated Meddler."

I know Ramsey was wrong, and he probably had to be dealt, but any decent supervisor knows that you do not confront an employee when they are in a very emotional state.   It was a very bad decision to drag Ramsey into a room right after a loss, right after he and the head coach had a pretty major confrontation, and have any kind of conversation with him about it.  This is management 101.  That was nothing but a front office temper tantrum.  Very bad management.

Everything you said is speculation formed on your bias against what you think is wrong. If your employee put his hands on a member of your leadership, in public no less, and you did nothing then you should be fired.

When did I say I would do nothing?  

Is what happened after the post-game conversation what you wanted to happen?  I'm saying there was a much better way to handle it, that might or might not have produced a better outcome, and that what happened is an example of a dysfunctional organizational structure.  

Do not confront anyone when they are in an emotional state.  That's just a basic rule of life.  Avoid escalating the situation.  But someone (cough cough) in the front office decided to stand up for the coach (which undermines the coach) and everything went off the rails.

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