Havanese13
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I have to admit, for the longest time I have been a big believer in the GM on down approach. That approach gives the GM control over the roster and the head coach. In essence, that person can fire the coach and draft who he wants. The coach doesn’t much matter. He’s just the coach. The GM answers to the owner and the coach to the GM.
However, after watching what my eyes told me were talented players being underutilized or misused, it has become very clear to me that it is imperative for the coach to be on board with who the GM drafts or signs. Look at it this way, if your boss makes a decision you don’t agree with, a decision you don’t feel vested in, how hard are you going to work to make it work? My suspicion is that you will do your job of course, but you won’t go above and beyond. Look at it the other way. Let’s say you have input, agree with, and feel vested in the decision your organization made. How hard will you work to make it work? Again, human nature, but you’re going to work extra hard and give that idea every opportunity to flourish and be successful.
This illustrates the point, which is, if both the GM and coach agree on a player then the coach will be “vested” in that guy being good. When that happens, you can be sure that player will have every opportunity to be successful. That is something that is drastically undervalued in the media and fan perception of today’s NFL (although if you look closely, the league’s best teams have that type of working relationship between coach and GM).
As crazy as it sounds, staggering, swaying, and falling ass backwards into Hickey, an equal for Philbin, someone without the ego or the agenda, may turn into the move we look back at someday and say, as ugly as it was, became a defining moment for the franchise. I can’t put my finger on it, but for some reason, the new two-minds-are-better-than-one decision making process Miami has in place makes a lot of sense to me and makes me excited. Like it’s a diamond in the rough, be it the deep, deep rough.
However, after watching what my eyes told me were talented players being underutilized or misused, it has become very clear to me that it is imperative for the coach to be on board with who the GM drafts or signs. Look at it this way, if your boss makes a decision you don’t agree with, a decision you don’t feel vested in, how hard are you going to work to make it work? My suspicion is that you will do your job of course, but you won’t go above and beyond. Look at it the other way. Let’s say you have input, agree with, and feel vested in the decision your organization made. How hard will you work to make it work? Again, human nature, but you’re going to work extra hard and give that idea every opportunity to flourish and be successful.
This illustrates the point, which is, if both the GM and coach agree on a player then the coach will be “vested” in that guy being good. When that happens, you can be sure that player will have every opportunity to be successful. That is something that is drastically undervalued in the media and fan perception of today’s NFL (although if you look closely, the league’s best teams have that type of working relationship between coach and GM).
As crazy as it sounds, staggering, swaying, and falling ass backwards into Hickey, an equal for Philbin, someone without the ego or the agenda, may turn into the move we look back at someday and say, as ugly as it was, became a defining moment for the franchise. I can’t put my finger on it, but for some reason, the new two-minds-are-better-than-one decision making process Miami has in place makes a lot of sense to me and makes me excited. Like it’s a diamond in the rough, be it the deep, deep rough.