How To Win in the NFL

Well, here we are again. Lets look @ the nuts and bolts of building a winner and see if these guys have anything to do with a winning organization.

I am going to approach this article with as little bias as possible, to give the fan an opportunity to judge for themselves the team owners' diligence in putting a winner on the field year in and year out.

In recent years, owners have looked to offensive geniuses to hold head coaching jobs and insure that if, in a few short years, they have better produce a Super Bowl champ or else file for unemployment.

Some owners who have chosen to be GM and even cheerleaders on the sidelines have sifted through the suspended player list and have tried to find someone to help them build a winner.

Some owners have been patient with head coaches and have allowed for the GMs, scouts, and the system in general to find talent, develop the talent, and assemble the leaders that will best deliver the prized ring.

So right there is an approach of hands off and let the professionals take care of it.

Decisions, decisions, what is a man or woman who controls the financial interest of an NFL team to do? Well, look no further. There is not a right or wrong way, but there is a factor that is prevalent  to win consistently in the NFL.

You have to have the cook involved when the owner pays for the ingredients and the owner must trust that the coach can coach. I don't know what the open-door policy is for an owner, but I can tell you the more open that door is, the more distrust exists within an organization.

Simply put, intangibles go a long way, and the biggest one is what we all must learn, going back to infancy. Trust. If a owner cannot trust he/she might as well sell the team because he/she is going to be spending too much time with a shrink and not enough time with his/her employees focused on the goals set for his/her organization with the treasured goal to win a Super Bowl.

Can an owner disrupt the ladder of information and framework set by the organization to achieve the ultimate goal? In a word, yes! Yes, he/she can tear the heart out of the organization dismantling the walls before the paint has been dried undermining his own promises to the scouts, coaches and players.

The owner can be heard using the word setback and it is a term echoed by coaches and players. Setback...

Well, folks, listen and learn or learn and listen which ever foots your fancy. Trust has been desecrated. Hire a new coach, let a player go, and move on. Change is for the good.

Now who looks silly? We paid a guy that we thought could get it done and a few short years we have had to move on because from the players to the owner success in a game many times determined by the luck of a bounce.

The owner has spoken, it shall be done on to you. Well, broken walls, windows, and relationships are not fixed, repaired or replaced in their original state. Common sense is common but doesn't always make sense. Look no further than one self in the building and maintaining the integrity of the chosen few that are helping you achieve that goal.

Congratulations to winners in today's very competitive market of pro football and to the owners of team in the past worthy to be consistently in the mix for the ultimate prize.

We've all got our favorites and we all have an idea of what it takes to win but it really comes down to the heart of a team and the trust shared by the owner and coaches that the work of motivating, developing and teaching the players what it takes to win and win consistently that determines a team's success.