CircleTheWagons Posted November 29, 2004 Posted November 29, 2004 I just read the latest "Ask Coach Mularkey" and for at least the second time he has commented about the amount of time he spends on things that are not really football related. Can we not get this guy a staff to take care of lots of the other crap? In my opinion, one of management's key responsibilities is to eliminate some of the distractions so that the coach and team can focus on football, especially during the season.
BillsGuyInMalta Posted November 29, 2004 Posted November 29, 2004 I just read the latest "Ask Coach Mularkey" and for at least the second time he has commented about the amount of time he spends on things that are not really football related. Can we not get this guy a staff to take care of lots of the other crap? In my opinion, one of management's key responsibilities is to eliminate some of the distractions so that the coach and team can focus on football, especially during the season. 138511[/snapback] I always assumed that Chuck Lester's job responsibilites essentially make him a secretary-whore for whoever the head coach is.
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted November 29, 2004 Posted November 29, 2004 I just read the latest "Ask Coach Mularkey" and for at least the second time he has commented about the amount of time he spends on things that are not really football related. Can we not get this guy a staff to take care of lots of the other crap? In my opinion, one of management's key responsibilities is to eliminate some of the distractions so that the coach and team can focus on football, especially during the season. 138511[/snapback] I went back and read the column and he did site the number of non-football things as the biggest surprise about the job, but his mention did not strike me as an untoward focus for an HC as many of the things he mentioned like the training room are non-football in terms of no Xs and Os involved, but they are all about who is ready to play and not ready to play and are important things about this football team. If adopting cheeseburgers as the travel food of choice becomes the thing which make this team feel different than the past teams which always lost on the road then bring MM the menus and heck let him cook the food. The best HCs strike me as not the best Xs and Os guys, but really are the best at making the team feel and operate like a TEAM. BB is one of the best at tactics and Xs and Os, but I think a key to him building a winner with the Pats is that he has excelled at a bunch of non-football stuff in terms of getting these players to trust each other and sacrfice for each other. The buck for implementation with team starts and stops with the HC. I have no problem with him dealing with non-football stuff which he feels impacts or football performance.
CircleTheWagons Posted November 29, 2004 Author Posted November 29, 2004 The buck for implementation with team starts and stops with the HC. I have no problem with him dealing with non-football stuff which he feels impacts or football performance. 138539[/snapback] I agree, if it's items that impact the football performance, however my concern is that it's stuff like getting out and meeting season-ticket holders, shaking hands with Ralph's friends, or answering weekly questions on the team website - stuff that is important to the franchise but not the product on the field. Of course, it's entirely possible that it's simply his standard answer for that question that he came up with back in the summer.
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