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re: Who is the worst coach to win a championship?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:25 pm to Emmanuel Goldstein
Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:25 pm to Emmanuel Goldstein
Being a head football coach in college is all about three things: 1) recruiting 2) hiring good people and 3) being a good enough leader to manage all the workings of a major college program. It's very much a CEO position.
If you can bring in the right people and lead/inspire them you can be an imbecile with X's and O's and still be a very successful HFC - as long as you know you're an imbecile with X's and O's and stay out of that area (which knowing your limitations and having the humility to hire people better at those things is part of being a good leader).
I give O a lot of credit for bringing in great people in 2019, but it remains to be seen if he can do that consistently.
If you can bring in the right people and lead/inspire them you can be an imbecile with X's and O's and still be a very successful HFC - as long as you know you're an imbecile with X's and O's and stay out of that area (which knowing your limitations and having the humility to hire people better at those things is part of being a good leader).
I give O a lot of credit for bringing in great people in 2019, but it remains to be seen if he can do that consistently.
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Posted on 8/15/21 at 3:42 pm to Globetrotter747
From what I've learned via Strong and Herman I'd add two more
4) Consistency
Consistency in preparation and in implementation. This is the main reason I've stopped believing in "a win is a win". That kind of mentality is toxic towards achieving growth and it's a common pitfall for both highly athletic and talented football players and highly intelligent people in general. I guess this one also coincides with hubris. Guess they don't really teach this at MENSA, huh?
People want to take shortcuts without building the proper foundation first and it just doesn't lead to sustainable success.
5) Stress management
People make bad decisions under stress. I think a big answer to this is to just delegate more... which leads back to hiring good people. I think if a head coach is doing a lot of coaching on game day he's made some bad personnel decisions.
4) Consistency
Consistency in preparation and in implementation. This is the main reason I've stopped believing in "a win is a win". That kind of mentality is toxic towards achieving growth and it's a common pitfall for both highly athletic and talented football players and highly intelligent people in general. I guess this one also coincides with hubris. Guess they don't really teach this at MENSA, huh?
People want to take shortcuts without building the proper foundation first and it just doesn't lead to sustainable success.
5) Stress management
People make bad decisions under stress. I think a big answer to this is to just delegate more... which leads back to hiring good people. I think if a head coach is doing a lot of coaching on game day he's made some bad personnel decisions.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 3:44 pm
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