daytripper
All Star
This off season will be a benchmark for this franchise. A new coaching staff and a franchice QB are very real possibilities. But that wont be enough to save this moribund franchice, after all we just watched a similiar scenario go down in a cloud of desert dust.
In order to achieve success the entire organization is going to have to rise out of that dust cloud like the proverbial Phoenix to have any chance at success.
There are many on this board with business acuem greater than mine, but my limited training and experience tells me that the greatesr success comes with the achievement of synergy in which the sum is greater than the total of the parts. Unfortunately this organizations business model is nowhere close to being in a position to achieve this allusive goal.
A brief look at the organization indicates a business model based on a command and control enviornment rather than a supporting mentoring enviornment with clear stated goals and objectives. Please note that this does not specifically apply to the the coach player relationship. Breaking down the organization into several parts and lokking at each part indicates to me that not only do we need to upgrade the coaching staff and player talent but more importantly the entire business philosophy need to radicaly change in order to achieve success.
Taking a look at the indivdual parts shows me the following:
Ownership: THe soul and driving fire of a business. Ours shows neither, at least publicly. This needs to change now. Specific goals need to be set and a clear path needs to be established in how to get there. Adequate capital must be provided to achieve the plan. If not on hand it must be found and commited to without reservation. Again this commitment has not been made by ownership in the past. Ownership also, most importantly IMHO, needs to provide unequivical suppport to the organization not a half hearted effort just to protect the bottom line.
Management: Ours is a dishelved mess of family, cronies and for hires all with different agendas and ideas. In my opinion this is where we need the most work. THere needs ro be a restructuring of this group regardless of hurt feellings or family ties. It will be the biggest challenge facing ownership. This group then needs to be given free reign to achieve the goals set by ownership without interference.
Staff: In most business models this would be al encompassing in this particular model it nedds to be broken down.
Support staff: Front office, PR, Marketing, WHile Mr Minenger, our own Mr Omohondro and others are trying, they also seem to be limited by constraints placed by others. THis group needs to be turned loose and to think outside of the box to bring in new customers. This staff also needs to exhibit more enthusiasm in there interaction with the public.
Staff Team. The heart of the organization. THey are the ones who actualyy provide the product. One cannot expect a high level of performance from a group that for the past three years has been the youngest in the league. There has been no growth of talent or experience. Yet we have a high salary cap window and a high payroll. A huge blunder that has to be addressed if were ever to succeed.
Staff coaching: Its a shame that this staff will take the brunt of the failure to achive. Its plainly not their fault alone. Hopefully this will be the catalyst that motivates ownership to retool from the ground up. This situation needs to handled carefully and pragmatically. THe outcome may and should surprise many.
Customers: No business can survive without them. This organization is unwearily lucky to have a core group like the ones on this board to build from. But if things dont turn quickly they may blow their last chance. The feelings of disenchantment have never been higher and with the new e world at your fingertips other options are too easy to come by.
Because of the circumstances of the business envoirnment, the NFL, there is hope to turn this shipp around. But if we head into the new stadium with the same old product Im afraid things will degrade further and we may then see the demise of this franchise.
Does Mr B have it in him? We can only watch and hope.
In order to achieve success the entire organization is going to have to rise out of that dust cloud like the proverbial Phoenix to have any chance at success.
There are many on this board with business acuem greater than mine, but my limited training and experience tells me that the greatesr success comes with the achievement of synergy in which the sum is greater than the total of the parts. Unfortunately this organizations business model is nowhere close to being in a position to achieve this allusive goal.
A brief look at the organization indicates a business model based on a command and control enviornment rather than a supporting mentoring enviornment with clear stated goals and objectives. Please note that this does not specifically apply to the the coach player relationship. Breaking down the organization into several parts and lokking at each part indicates to me that not only do we need to upgrade the coaching staff and player talent but more importantly the entire business philosophy need to radicaly change in order to achieve success.
Taking a look at the indivdual parts shows me the following:
Ownership: THe soul and driving fire of a business. Ours shows neither, at least publicly. This needs to change now. Specific goals need to be set and a clear path needs to be established in how to get there. Adequate capital must be provided to achieve the plan. If not on hand it must be found and commited to without reservation. Again this commitment has not been made by ownership in the past. Ownership also, most importantly IMHO, needs to provide unequivical suppport to the organization not a half hearted effort just to protect the bottom line.
Management: Ours is a dishelved mess of family, cronies and for hires all with different agendas and ideas. In my opinion this is where we need the most work. THere needs ro be a restructuring of this group regardless of hurt feellings or family ties. It will be the biggest challenge facing ownership. This group then needs to be given free reign to achieve the goals set by ownership without interference.
Staff: In most business models this would be al encompassing in this particular model it nedds to be broken down.
Support staff: Front office, PR, Marketing, WHile Mr Minenger, our own Mr Omohondro and others are trying, they also seem to be limited by constraints placed by others. THis group needs to be turned loose and to think outside of the box to bring in new customers. This staff also needs to exhibit more enthusiasm in there interaction with the public.
Staff Team. The heart of the organization. THey are the ones who actualyy provide the product. One cannot expect a high level of performance from a group that for the past three years has been the youngest in the league. There has been no growth of talent or experience. Yet we have a high salary cap window and a high payroll. A huge blunder that has to be addressed if were ever to succeed.
Staff coaching: Its a shame that this staff will take the brunt of the failure to achive. Its plainly not their fault alone. Hopefully this will be the catalyst that motivates ownership to retool from the ground up. This situation needs to handled carefully and pragmatically. THe outcome may and should surprise many.
Customers: No business can survive without them. This organization is unwearily lucky to have a core group like the ones on this board to build from. But if things dont turn quickly they may blow their last chance. The feelings of disenchantment have never been higher and with the new e world at your fingertips other options are too easy to come by.
Because of the circumstances of the business envoirnment, the NFL, there is hope to turn this shipp around. But if we head into the new stadium with the same old product Im afraid things will degrade further and we may then see the demise of this franchise.
Does Mr B have it in him? We can only watch and hope.
