Drew Brees and Reggie Bush as Saints Coaches?

neugey · 02-22-2025, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by TheOak

I’ve been in too many organizations where someone that was very good in a STEM field or specific application was promoted into a managerial role with catastrophic results.

A quick change of the phrasing eliminates confirmation bias. How many great coaches were great players?

How many businesses have you seen fail because someone with talent while working ‘in the business’ didn’t translate to talent working ‘on the business’?

Same goes for leading people. Great motivators are rarely great something else’s and vice versa.

Great leadership can look different. Even in football there is no archetype. Bill Belichick, Tom Osborne, Jimmy Johnson, Tom Landry, etc. are all different from each other. If you can inspire trust and motivate people without being a hypocrite or a liar that's a start.

02-22-2025, 06:25 AM	#18
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,825 Blog Entries: 13	Re: Drew Brees and Reggie Bush as Saints Coaches? Originally Posted by TheOak I’ve been in too many organizations where someone that was very good in a STEM field or specific application was promoted into a managerial role with catastrophic results. A quick change of the phrasing eliminates confirmation bias. How many great coaches were great players? How many businesses have you seen fail because someone with talent while working ‘in the business’ didn’t translate to talent working ‘on the business’? Same goes for leading people. Great motivators are rarely great something else’s and vice versa. Great leadership can look different. Even in football there is no archetype. Bill Belichick, Tom Osborne, Jimmy Johnson, Tom Landry, etc. are all different from each other. If you can inspire trust and motivate people without being a hypocrite or a liar that's a start. TheOak likes this.