(10-22-2019, 12:16 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(10-22-2019, 10:37 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't care how high up in the organization you are, reprimanding a player is for the head coach to do. For someone above the HC to do the reprimanding makes the HC look weak.  Reprimanding him immediately after a loss in which he had an emotional meltdown is pure malpractice.  This is people management 101.   

This is why I am saying we don't need this kind of EVP.  If you like TC, make him the HC or make him the GM.  Setting up a 3rd position above those 2 is a mistake.

This is arguably true except in the case where the HC is the one the player is fighting with. In that case it's 100% in the domain of the VP in charge of Football Operations to get involved. What Ramsey did was unacceptable. You have to set limits on the behavior of the players or discipline breaks down completely.

So Mom is fighting with Sonny and she says, "Wait til Dad gets home.  He'll tan your hide."  No, that is weak.  That makes the HC look like he is unable to enforce discipline on the players.  It puts the player on the same level as the HC.  If the player is fighting with the HC, the HC needs to exercise his authority and handle it.  Otherwise, he has no authority.  

The team should be run by the HC and the GM.  The EVP of Football should stay out of things except to observe and report to the owner.

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