by Douglas Macgregor,Douglas Macgregor:
When will Americans demand higher standards from its battlefield coaches?
We even postpone wars to watch the Super Bowl. In 1991, the start ofOPERATION DESERT STORMwas delayed so Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines could watch the Super Bowl.
Americans expect the home team to win, and hardcore fans do not tolerate losers, period. Pittsburgh Steelers’Coach Mike Tomlinepitomizes the NFL’s winning standard. Tomlin won Super Bowl XLIII at age 36, and pushed the Steelers’ franchise to 22 consecutive winning seasons. This was not good enough.
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After two decades of winning, when Tomlin departed the field for his final game in Pittsburg a hailstorm of boos rained down from the bleachers. The veteran coach said “When you don’t get it done, words are cheap,” and his experience is not unique in the NFL, it is the standard. Tomlin failed to deliver another Super Bowl so pressure mounted on him to step down.
“Mike T. has had more success than damn near anybody in the league for the last 19, 20 years. And more than that, though, when you have the right guy and the culture is right, you don’t think about making a change,but there’s a lot of pressure that comes from the outside, and obviously that sways decisions from time to time.”
Aaron Rogers – Pittsburg Steelers Quarterback
In professional football,fans explode when they see gameday mismanagementand they demand accountability. Coaches are unceremoniously fired often at the behest of furious fan bases (“fan” short for fanatic). Paradoxically, the high standards set by NFL fans for head coaches diverges sharply from the way Americans treat General Officers where the stakes are higher because lives are on the line.
Paradoxically, the high standards set by NFL fans for head coaches diverges sharply from the way Americans treat General Officers where the stakes are higher because lives are on the line.
Source: SGT Report
