The message a former NFL exec is now preaching brings to mind our former neighbors, the San Diego Chargers.
Michael Lombardi, who worked for five NFL teams, rails against many club owners for how they decide on new head coaches.
Mistakenly, they value scheme over leadership. “No one screams ‘find me the best leader;’ they all scream, ‘let’s hire someone from the McVay or Shanahan tree.’ It’s always scheme over leadership,” Lombardi writes in The Athletic.
It’s a fair point. And the 33-year Spanos Era in San Diego fit the trend.
Typically Alex Spanos or Dean Spanos hired or endorsed the hiring of coaches whose No.