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The best players on the roster right now may not be the players with the best potential. Which makes putting together a roster somewhat of a challenge.
In his three-year tenure as the head coach for the Cowboys, Jason Garrett has consistently emphasized a culture of competition in Dallas, and it's remained a key theme for the Cowboys throughout this offseason. Of course, competition by itself is not really that novel of an idea for a professional sports team. So what does competition really mean, especially in the context of the looming roster cuts?
Does it mean the best players make the roster? And would those best players be the best players right now, or the players with the best potential? That’s the question the Cowboys have to answer at almost every position where there is competition for a roster spot - and where they are willing to carry an injured guy over a healthy guy.
Answering the production versus potential question is a much more complex undertaking than you would think. One of the key challenges for any type of organization is aligning the targets of all the decision makers in that organization. And it's no different for NFL franchises:
10 of the 32 NFL coaches (including four rookie head coaches) this season do not have a winning career record in the NFL, and not all of them will survive the season. In the NFL, winning equals job security. It follows that the coaches, especially the assistant coaches, are primarily focused on the short term. They want to keep their jobs or are angling for a promotion. And they’ll only get what they want with immediate, short-term results. Assistant coaches, by definition, have no interest in prospects that will need three years to develop. Their decision making process naturally gravitates towards proven, reliable veterans over players with less or no NFL experience - unless one of those young players truly stands out.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...-carefully-balancing-production-and-potential
In his three-year tenure as the head coach for the Cowboys, Jason Garrett has consistently emphasized a culture of competition in Dallas, and it's remained a key theme for the Cowboys throughout this offseason. Of course, competition by itself is not really that novel of an idea for a professional sports team. So what does competition really mean, especially in the context of the looming roster cuts?
Does it mean the best players make the roster? And would those best players be the best players right now, or the players with the best potential? That’s the question the Cowboys have to answer at almost every position where there is competition for a roster spot - and where they are willing to carry an injured guy over a healthy guy.
Answering the production versus potential question is a much more complex undertaking than you would think. One of the key challenges for any type of organization is aligning the targets of all the decision makers in that organization. And it's no different for NFL franchises:
10 of the 32 NFL coaches (including four rookie head coaches) this season do not have a winning career record in the NFL, and not all of them will survive the season. In the NFL, winning equals job security. It follows that the coaches, especially the assistant coaches, are primarily focused on the short term. They want to keep their jobs or are angling for a promotion. And they’ll only get what they want with immediate, short-term results. Assistant coaches, by definition, have no interest in prospects that will need three years to develop. Their decision making process naturally gravitates towards proven, reliable veterans over players with less or no NFL experience - unless one of those young players truly stands out.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...-carefully-balancing-production-and-potential