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SIAP, is this legit?

Mr. Dynasty1 said:
We just talked about this and thread was deleted. MODS should nix this one too
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Exactly and whoever that is is def on this board... Because in the last thread people commented how he got the info from here except that the old tweet said Manny met with BAKER yesterday, a couple of people on the board in the thread 2 hour ago said they took the wrong blake (the board originally said he met with Blake and the podcast assumed baker when it was james) now this tweet comes out an hour ago with an asterik sayin it was Blake James.
 
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Empirical Cane said:
Any High Reliability Organization would have the HC meet with the AD weekly, monthly at a minimum, to go over what is going right/wrong, what support HC needs, etc.. etc.. etc..

How an AD doesn' t do this is disturbing.
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I've worked in management at one of the most prestigious organizations on earth, and I'd never meet weekly to discuss what's going on. Monthly is pushing it.

Micromanagement doesn't work. It never has and it never will aside from very rote, rudimentary jobs.

EDIT: OK we had weekly team meetings and whatnot. But no one-on-ones with my direct supervisor at that frequency.
 
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streetja said:
Lol at Stroud's stipulation. Why do I have the feeling that Manny has zero connections to any somewhat rated defensive coach in all of America?

Time for Manny to start shedding his salary to help bring in real dudes.
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He might not, and you're right, but a DL coach would look at the recent history and DL room including DTs and say, I've got a good chances to come in for a year or two, look real good statistically and improve my resume and bolt after.
 
1mg of Epi said:
Wait... what are the indications that Baker is gone?
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I'm not saying there are yet. But what I am saying is IF the changes as described are true, it stands to reason, logically, that Baker won't be retained. You don't sweep the rug out from under someone as a vote of confidence.
 
CashMoneyCane said:
I've worked in management at one of the most prestigious organizations on earth, and I'd never meet weekly to discuss what's going on. Monthly is pushing it.

Micromanagement doesn't work. It never has and it never will aside from very rote, rudimentary jobs.
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Yeah but this is a football coaching, its not a year round thing. Even during the season, to be in the office or nearby the field 60 hours plus a week you'd have to find yourself work.
I always say, people who have nothing to do set up meetings.
 
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Arehel said:
Yeah but this is a football coaching, its not a year round thing. Even during the season, to be in the office or nearby the field 60 hours plus a week you'd have to find yourself work.
I always say, people who have nothing to do set up meetings.
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In the nfl I can see a GM and HC meeting the frequently

but I’d agree that I doubt BJ and Manny meet weekly. We already know how hands off BJ sets out to be
 
Arehel said:
Yeah but this is a football coaching, its not a year round thing. Even during the season, to be in the office or nearby the field 60 hours plus a week you'd have to find yourself work.
I always say, people who have nothing to do set up meetings.
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1) If you don't think coaching football for a major D1 school is a year-round job, I'd guess you've never really worked...
2) I've had jobs where all I do, all day long, is have meetings. I've been in three meetings at the same time. This also makes it seem like you've never really worked.

Have you ever had a job where you don't get to go home and turn it off completely? I missed Christmas with my family because of an error that was not my fault, but I had to fix it because if something went wrong, I'd have to explain it.
 
In my experience, the frequency of the meetings is determined by the nature of the work. When I had relatively green programmers working for me on a short deadline, we had weekly meetings to discuss issues, obstacles, and expectations in order to meet deadlines. I've had other organizations where we met monthly just so we can remember what the whole department looks like together because everyone had different functions.
 
JD08 said:
In my experience, the frequency of the meetings is determined by the nature of the work. When I had relatively green programmers working for me on a short deadline, we had weekly meetings to discuss issues, obstacles, and expectations in order to meet deadlines. I've had other organizations where we met monthly just so we can remember what the whole department looks like together because everyone had different functions.
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This, and, is predicated on more task-oriented (typically lower level employees) vs. more strategy-oriented (typically management).

Diaz probably has weekly meetings with analyst. And quarterly, at best, meetings with James.
 
Zombie-Cane said:
Does anything truly matter if we still have Baker?
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I think it just helps the next coach. If we get a few position coaches who can recruit we'll at least have better players for whoever takes over after Manny is fired. However, I get the point you're making and agree.
 
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CashMoneyCane said:
I've worked in management at one of the most prestigious organizations on earth, and I'd never meet weekly to discuss what's going on. Monthly is pushing it.

Micromanagement doesn't work. It never has and it never will aside from very rote, rudimentary jobs.
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That isn't micromanagement.

It's called leadership. Although I will agree in how it is engaged is a fine line.

There isn't a single HRO on the planet that operates in the manner of "monthly is pushing it". There isn't a single "hands off" organization on the planet that consistently outperforms any HRO in any meaningful industry.

Appreciate any examples (im sure we could think of one or two). Off top of my head, I can name probably 10-20 HROs that are national-global leaders.

My guess is (although he doesnt call it that) Saban runs Bama with many HRO elements in-place*.

*I'm cheating, I know for fact he has copied the Toyota Managment System (aka Toyota Production System).
 
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streetja said:
Lol at Stroud's stipulation. Why do I have the feeling that Manny has zero connections to any somewhat rated defensive coach in all of America?

Time for Manny to start shedding his salary to help bring in real dudes.
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Well, that's because most long time VERY respected DCs (a few that "anonymously" made comments over the years) think Manny's defense is gimmicky and a lot of creative talk that doesn't translate onto the field.

That is exactly what he needs to do though, I agree, shed all semblance of ego and make the decision to be a CEO, not a DC anymore. That means selling the best you can interview to AD dip****, and then hire based on results, not on his own scheming preferences. Sometimes it may just also be about a coach that can teach the fundamentals, but also motivate the defense to wrap up and play fast and hard each and EVERY game.
 
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