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Foundational pieces that make a team/program great?

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I don't have a singular answer. Just interested in getting the opinions of others. I realize there are probably exceptions, but I'm looking for what people think MOST great teams have.

I'll start by saying:

1. Every great team/program has a foundation with a clear purpose and the participants absolutely have to buy into that mission.

2. I'm going back and forth on whether every great team has anticipation/proactivity at the foundation of everything they do.

3. Mutual Trust.

People who've been part of great teams or even organizations, what core elements made it great?
 
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1) Choices
2) Attitude
3) Partnerships
4) Gratitude
5) Team
6) Passion
7) Preparation
8) Empowerment

Profit.
 
JefeGringo said:
1) Choices
2) Attitude
3) Partnerships
4) Gratitude
5) Team
6) Passion
7) Preparation
8) Empowerment

Profit.
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**** my whole life. Though, if we actually had those in reality, we wouldn't have gotten steamrolled by the Gulliver Raiders.
 
LuCane said:
I don't have a singular answer. Just interested in getting the opinions of others. I realize there are probably exceptions, but I'm looking for what people think MOST great teams have.

I'll start by saying:

1. Every great team/program has a foundation with a clear purpose and the participants absolutely have to buy into that mission.

2. I'm going back and forth on whether every great team has anticipation/proactivity at the foundation of everything they do.

3. Mutual Trust.

People who've been part of great teams or even organizations, what core elements made it great?
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3.) What if player,players, or coaches have broken each other's trust?
I'm dumb but we definitely don't have 3 at this point
But I'll go
1.)dominate line play
2.) trust
3.) confidant and loose
 
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Recruiting- obvious the lifeblood and number one in importance

Quality coaches- having great assistants with a head coach who are great in their side if the ball

Team chemistry- every great team has it and is usually built over time through tough times and expectations between players for each other

My 3 most important
 
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I was going to say a coach to put the pieces in the right place and set team goals. Then I thought Larry Coker
 
A fan base that packs a huge stadium and makes huge donations regardless of the results


/erma right?
 
I didn't play football, but I served in SF. Our "win/loss" ratio was a documented 150:1.

We were of course trained in our specialties, but THEN we were encouraged to use our own initiative within the team framework, and given the freedom to maximize our talents. If a man is going to be held responsible for something, he must be given authority over that position.

What I see is coaches trying to fit a quarter in a dime slot. Micromanaging and crushing initiative.

I see both individuals and the team being put in positions/placement that are certain to fail. THEN, I see a more automatic execution, without regard to ongoing changes. In battle, the plan lasts until the first shot, and then it's a constant hairball of adaptations and adjustments to gain the advantage.

I see initiative and ongoing adjustments almost anathema. I see fire and adaptation forbidden, and even crushed. It's like being assigned the point position, but your commander demands you ignore your vision and hearing, and instead, follow this one path - even though it leads to certain destruction.

I also learned that the best defense is an aggressive, attacking defense. Energy equals mass times velocity squared. If you're hesitating even for a second, initiative has just been handed over to your opponent. And this most fcuked up defensive approach is designed to hesitate, and attempt to absorb the opponent's attack.

The shield without a sword will eventually defend the wrong side of a feint, or in a short time be shattered.
 
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bbcane said:
LuCane said:
I don't have a singular answer. Just interested in getting the opinions of others. I realize there are probably exceptions, but I'm looking for what people think MOST great teams have.

I'll start by saying:

1. Every great team/program has a foundation with a clear purpose and the participants absolutely have to buy into that mission.

2. I'm going back and forth on whether every great team has anticipation/proactivity at the foundation of everything they do.

3. Mutual Trust.

People who've been part of great teams or even organizations, what core elements made it great?
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3.) What if player,players, or coaches have broken each other's trust?
I'm dumb but we definitely don't have 3 at this point
But I'll go
1.)dominate line play
2.) trust
3.) confidant and loose
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we are confidently loose on defense...lips hanging after getting gang banged these past 3 weeks/2.5 years
 
LuCane said:
I don't have a singular answer. Just interested in getting the opinions of others. I realize there are probably exceptions, but I'm looking for what people think MOST great teams have.

I'll start by saying:

1. Every great team/program has a foundation with a clear purpose and the participants absolutely have to buy into that mission.

2. I'm going back and forth on whether every great team has anticipation/proactivity at the foundation of everything they do.

3. Mutual Trust.

People who've been part of great teams or even organizations, what core elements made it great?
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Preparation. Ingenuity. Consistency.
 
Trust is one of the main ones. It's meant to go both ways and with this coaching staff it doesn't. They don't trust Morris to audible on his own, they don't trust the defense to audible on their own. Both sides of the ball are always looking to the sideline waiting for a signal waiting for direction because it's been embedded in them that they must adhere and follow a process that in all actuality doesn't work.

The players trusted the coaches. They put in work in the off season they passed the conditioning tests and met the coaches weight S&C goals. They even bought into the system. A hesitant Tracy Howard set aside his reservations and bought in. The players did their part in trusting the coaching staff.

What has transpired is a coaching staff that forced a passive philosophy on players that play an aggressive style of football. As the weeks went by and the doubt crept in the players slowly lost faith in the philosophy and the coaches. Now it is outright apathy where they are doing the only thing they can, protest by a lack of effort.

The coaching staff lost the trust of the players by forcing the players to adapt to a passive philosophy rather than adapting their philosophies to the players and in turn putting the players in a better position to succeed.
 
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Fire
Intensity
Ruthlessness
Enthusiasm

Gratitude
One Goal
Longevity
Determination
Enthusiasm (more)
No quit
 
Football is all about execution. It's about knowing your role, and executing that role. It's about stepping up to the plate when your number is called.

Somebody above compared football to war. I don't think it's quite like that, war is more unpredictable and random, football comes down to being prepared and not allowing the moment to be too big for you.

A well coached team executes with the football. A well coached team executes under the bright lights. They know how to dig in. They know how to hang in there for sixty **** minutes and get it done in some kind of way. That's the mark of a true champion.
 
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