They say that if you are not moving forwards, you are moving backwards. In sports, standing still is a sign that you are not really doing anything at all. Look at the innovation of the NFL.
It was only this week that we were all watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams rewrite the rules of the game thanks to inventive, progressive coaching, refreshed, innovated game plans, schemes, strategies and skills. This was the sport moving forward, and those two organisations in particular.
Contrast the risk that the Rams took in hiring Sean McVay or the continued excellence of Andy Reid and his plethora of coaches that now pervade the league to the decision that the Chicago Fire are currently set to make.