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- Have you ever heard of “The Peter Principle?” The Peter Principle is the idea that in a company or organization where promotions are based upon success or achievement, a person will eventually be promoted beyond his or her skill level. Put another way, a person will be promoted to his/her level of incompetence. Under the Peter Principle, people are promoted because of what they’ve done in their current position and not based on how they’ll perform in their new position after promotion. This idea is something that isn’t exactly earth-shattering yet it still seems to happen over and over again in companies all over the world — the NFL included.
- The head coach is actually on a whole different level than all of the other coaches, coordinators included. There is little gap between the other tiers but the gap between head coach and everything else is quite vast. Tony Dungy said in his book, “The higher up the coaching ladder you go, the further you get from actual coaching.” He said that as a head coach he missed the individual attention and coaching he could give to his players because he was involved in so many other duties.
- As you can see, the jobs and duties of each level are quite different. Oddly enough, I believe that in today’s NFL, front office executives miss this point. They don’t understand the Peter Principle.
-These are all great qualities for a coordinator. But they don’t necessarily translate to being a great head coach. Yet teams continuously hire coordinators based on their merit as being a coordinator, not being a head coach. Look at all the examples of brilliant coordinators who have failed as head coaches: Norv Turner, Scott Linehan, Steve Spagnuolo, Mike Martz, et al.
- When looking for a head coach, I want a leader first. He has to be someone that is respected by coaches and players and leads from the front. A high football IQ is important, but not just in game planning, but in game managing.
- Promoting a coordinator simply because he performed well as a coordinator is like drafting a quarterback (
Colt Brennancomes to mind) because he had great stats in college. Sure he loaded up the stat sheet but he never really possessed the qualities necessary to be successful at the next level. You’re drafting on Peter Principle in that case.
*Colt.
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