I recently saw this quote from Brian Ferentz. It was in an August 14, 2022 article regarding how they addressed improving the offense in the off-season.
“That’s the goal right now, be more efficient, and be more effective on the field,” he said. “Last year wasn’t what we wanted, so what can we do moving forward is to get better at everything, knowing that specific results will follow.”
I found ‘to get better at everything’ part very interesting. I’ve worked in several different fields, including education, and never had a supervisor ask people ‘to get better at everything’. In a world with so much data at your fingertips, how about, ‘we really need to be better on first down because the data shows if we get three yards on first down…’ or ‘we need to be laser focused on red-zone production.’
I just find it really hard to believe their goal was ‘to get better at everything’. I have always found focusing on several specific goals leads to better results than focusing on everything.
Maybe it’s just ‘coach-speak’ but then I saw this quote in the same article.
‘We need to be faster, everyday we need to go out there and do what we’re doing, but we need to do it faster and more effectively”
Not sure how that helps with blocking, mechanics or play-calling.
Go ahead and tell me I’m an old man screaming at a cloud, probably deserve it.
“That’s the goal right now, be more efficient, and be more effective on the field,” he said. “Last year wasn’t what we wanted, so what can we do moving forward is to get better at everything, knowing that specific results will follow.”
I found ‘to get better at everything’ part very interesting. I’ve worked in several different fields, including education, and never had a supervisor ask people ‘to get better at everything’. In a world with so much data at your fingertips, how about, ‘we really need to be better on first down because the data shows if we get three yards on first down…’ or ‘we need to be laser focused on red-zone production.’
I just find it really hard to believe their goal was ‘to get better at everything’. I have always found focusing on several specific goals leads to better results than focusing on everything.
Maybe it’s just ‘coach-speak’ but then I saw this quote in the same article.
‘We need to be faster, everyday we need to go out there and do what we’re doing, but we need to do it faster and more effectively”
Not sure how that helps with blocking, mechanics or play-calling.
Go ahead and tell me I’m an old man screaming at a cloud, probably deserve it.