Quote:I'm confused about what "putting the process ahead of winning " means. Now in their third season putting the process in place, I don't see very much progress. I had a boss when I was working who had a 5 year plan. The first year was " The Year of The Plan ", the second year was " The Year of The Factory " . The third year was " The Year of the Product " . The fourth year was " The Year of The Sale "............. I can't remember what the fifth year was......I think it was " The Year of The Resume " because he was fired after year 2.


I would think, early in the process, teaching a player how to line up onsides would be an easy task. For the Head Coach, determining when to throw the red challenge flag could be mastered by year 2. Allowing a future Hall of Fame QB to sit unmolested in the pocket for 4 quarters while he picks your defense apart, while admittedly more complex of a problem, should at least send a signal that another solution might be attempted.


I'm totally onboard with creating processes that result in winning football games. We called that " building a fortress " in my company. I'm just not sure how many more " 5 Year Plans " this fan base can tolerate.

 

Well said...

 

I think the thing that Gus fails to do, which as a person in any other profession realizes quickly is that you must re-evaluate after every success and every failure.  What worked?  Why did it work?  How do you ensure that this success will continue.

 

And in Bradley's case:

 

What failed?  Why did if fail?  How can we ensure this failure does not occur again?

 

I don't think Bradley is capabale of self evaluation.  I'm not sure if he every truly has figured out why things are failing. And I'm pretty positive he doesn't have a solution in order to reduce those failures.

 

Your example of the "Challenge Flag" failure is such a good example because it's something that we all have seen.  This guy is in year 3 of his head coaching stint, and he still has no clue as to when to throw the challenge flag, and when to just shove it straight up his [BAD WORD REMOVED].

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