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[mraynrand]

"No uncoordinated leaks" - treachery should be choreographed.

"DO NOT SILO" - not sure what this means exactly, but I'm sure it means something different to Travis Henry.

[pbmax]

"No uncoordinated leaks" - treachery should be choreographed.

"DO NOT SILO" - not sure what this means exactly, but I'm sure it means something different to Travis Henry.

Silo is corporate speak for a hierarchical organization that has departments that are self contained and only take input or give output at the lowest and highest levels. Its one way to explain how one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Also explains why organizations that have already solved a problem or been alerted to another do not share that information.

What you actually need to know is that companies that spend the most time talking about silos are usually the ones building them the fastest.

Murphy made mention of this effect when he acknowledged there were disagreements between player personnel and coaches, ie. they were silos. So Murphy did what most Corp execs do, insert himself at the top of the silos.

[mraynrand]

Silo: I see. Disagreements like you describe only get solved by involving a higher-up who has proven success and therefore commands respect. Specifically, if you have scouts or pro personnel disagreeing with coaches on a particular player to fill roster hole, the GM steps in and says "wait, I know who the right guys is to fill that hole and it's this guy, whether only one party or neither agree with me" They all shut up and go with it because the guy has most always been right, and is in charge. Thus, the terrible problem if Murphy is going to try and resolve disagreements between coach and GM. He has to give the GM full power to resolve player acquisition/roster disagreements. Maybe the franchise QB is the only exception, but it has to be that narrow or I don't think it will work.

[pbmax]

Silo: I see. Disagreements like you describe only get solved by involving a higher-up who has proven success and therefore commands respect. Specifically, if you have scouts or pro personnel disagreeing with coaches on a particular player to fill roster hole, the GM steps in and says "wait, I know who the right guys is to fill that hole and it's this guy, whether only one party or neither agree with me" They all shut up and go with it because the guy has most always been right, and is in charge. Thus, the terrible problem if Murphy is going to try and resolve disagreements between coach and GM. He has to give the GM full power to resolve player acquisition/roster disagreements. Maybe the franchise QB is the only exception, but it has to be that narrow or I don't think it will work.

That is the problem with sitting atop silos. The decision maker might make good decisions, but its normally based on priors that might have little to do with actual measures of success. And I am sure no one here would be surprised that decision makers always remember all their successes, but only one or two failures.

Its like saying the last FA signing for modestly more than we wished to value the player at worked just fine. Let's do it again. Or we'll keep 7 TEs and RBs because that has worked before.

Murphy might have a feel for the details. But nothing in his background suggests he does. Which is why, if coaches and personnel remain apart, I'd rather have a GM making the decisions.

Ideally, those two silos work together to come up with the important metrics or assessments and diligently fill that information in with tape and reports and scouting. When the time comes, most of the decision has been made.

[pbmax]

Silo: I see. Disagreements like you describe only get solved by involving a higher-up who has proven success and therefore commands respect. Specifically, if you have scouts or pro personnel disagreeing with coaches on a particular player to fill roster hole, the GM steps in and says "wait, I know who the right guys is to fill that hole and it's this guy, whether only one party or neither agree with me" They all shut up and go with it because the guy has most always been right, and is in charge. Thus, the terrible problem if Murphy is going to try and resolve disagreements between coach and GM. He has to give the GM full power to resolve player acquisition/roster disagreements. Maybe the franchise QB is the only exception, but it has to be that narrow or I don't think it will work.

See, this is the guy who cannot be tasked to sit atop the silos. You have to work around him to function and that's not good for anyone.

“[T]he team had soured on Bridgewater after his interview dinner and workout with team brass,” Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com writes in a comprehensive look at years of dysfunction under Haslam’s watch in Cleveland. “[S]omething about Bridgewater’s handshake rubbed Haslam the wrong way, he told team executives.”

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/01/24/handshake-helped-jimmy-haslam-sour-on-teddy-bridgewater/

[pbmax]

As the Twitter account for Dick Nixon would say: My God.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25797430/inside-cleveland-browns-front-office-where-hope-history-collide

Bonus Mike Pettine mention as "underwhelming hire" after a largely fruitless start to the search.

This one has nothing to do with Haslam, but is a lot of fun to imagine.

One of the marketing staffers entered a search for #dp -- for Dawg Pound. The problem was, that hashtag carried a few different meanings, one of which triggered an array of porn to be broadcast onto a wall for the entire office to see for more than 20 minutes, until a tech employee killed the feed.

This judgement has gone from possibly true, to undeniably false, to possibly true in record time. And Eagles fans have been there every step of the way:

but also earning ridicule for passing on Carson Wentz, whom DePodesta didn't consider a franchise quarterback.

[mraynrand]

One of the marketing staffers entered a search for #dp -- for Dawg Pound. The problem was, that hashtag carried a few different meanings, one of which triggered an array of porn to be broadcast onto a wall for the entire office to see for more than 20 minutes, until a tech employee killed the feed..

Yep...yep...we're trying to get that off the display...might take some time...can't figure it out...yep...really struggling here...might take ten, fifteeen more minutes to shut the browser down...just a second, just a second....

[Fritz]

If you had two really, really excellent linemen, you could get double penetration pretty often.

[texaspackerbacker]

Yeah, one to plug the front and the other to take 'em from behind - is that what you had in mind?

[pbmax]

The former WCO.

https://www.si.com/vault/1982/02/01/540947/xd-od-and-kod

The funny thing is that Walsh had to be convinced to go to more 3 WR sets by Holmgren and Shanahan. Everyone gets stuck in the past eventually.

[pbmax]

Marty Schottenheimer might have jinxed the entire AFC East with this quote:





Also keep in mind that Theismann, whatever his shortcomings, might simply be smarter than "film eater" Ron Jaworski.

[pbmax]

Bret Bielema failing upward.

SNF on NBC @SNFonNBC
Bret Bielema reportedly expects to become the next @Patriots defensive coordinator. #NFL http://bit.ly/2sMGyM1

[Fritz]

I wonder if Matt Patricia is sad to learn that he was not absolutely crucial to the Patriots' success.

[pbmax]

Matt Patricia might be sleeping too much.

Evan Lazar @ezlazar
McDaniels said the #Patriots have a room at the stadium for coaches to sleep with float tanks that simulate 4-5 hours of sleep in 40 minutes.

BUM CHILLUPS @edsbs
Football coaches will believe anything positive you tell them about sleeping less

BUM CHILLUPS @edsbs
Sleep deprivation does things like making you draft Tim Tebow with a number one pick

[pbmax]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
The #Bills have hired Ken Dorsey as quarterbacks coach and named Chad Hall wide receivers coach. Dorsey had been QB coach for the #Panthers a few seasons ago.