Thus far, we’ve written a couple of articles examining the ways that owners of both successful and unsuccessful franchises run their operations, and found several broad themes:
- Great NFL teams tend to have owners who make wise hiring decisions at the general manager and head coach positions and empower their upper management to use their expertise to run football operations.
- But good owners are seldom completely detached from their teams. When they are involved in team management, owners of successful franchises tend to take a consultative approach and act to facilitate open discussion amongst their front office and coaching staff leaders.