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Maya:
"Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better, do better."

Coach Fleck:
"Work for a better best on a daily basis."

Funny how we see Maya in terms of profound wisdom, and Coach Fleck as a .......what?

The main idea here is sort of obvious, we need to work to improve ourselves. I find the Angelou quote sort of kinder and gentler, which, when you think about it, may not be what you want in the football department.

Still, I'm starting to find that "on a daily basis" thing to be a bit overwrought. Obsessive compulsive if you will. I'm the type to stop and catch my breathe now and then. Relax. Enjoy. Take a days rest. Process your stuff.

September 4 is coming. We're going to find out where we fit into that better best continuum. Gonna be a heck of a night.

But remember, ultimately it is not the result that is important. The important thing is to keep working the process.

Results are for winners, focusing on the process when the results aren't there is for losers.

"Show me a good loser, I'll show you a loser" - Lombardi

#brocoach knows he needs results, no and if or buts about it, he even said that with his losing record he'd be fired from most places. That talks to results.

I"m behind #brocoach to reach the success that he's promised. THIS YEAR!! GO BRO!!!

Quote:Results are for winners, focusing on the process when the results aren't there is for losers.

We have had results, going Up. And we didn't "go Up" to 6-6. Process requires some results. That type of quote is to refute too-high expectations, to jump from point A to point Z overnight. Impatient folks don't want process, they want it to auto-happen.

Progress is for winners. Results thru the process, making progress, are for winners. You don't have real Results unless you've had true progress foundationally.

(08-26-2015 10:33 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:Results are for winners, focusing on the process when the results aren't there is for losers.

We have had results, going Up. And we didn't "go Up" to 6-6. Process requires some results. That type of quote is to refute too-high expectations, to jump from point A to point Z overnight. Impatient folks don't want process, they want it to auto-happen.

Progress is for winners. Results thru the process, making progress, are for winners. You don't have real Results unless you've had true progress foundationally.

Focusing on process and not results is for government employees. Following the process, expecting and achieving results aren't mutually exclusive, as much as you guys try to use that to lower expectations for some odd reason.

Even #brocoach said he expects results. We should expect them too, he welcomed the high expectations, since after all, he set them. Why so wary?

#brocoach gets it, embraces the expectations and has said so on many occasions, why don't you?

Quote:Focusing on process and not results is for government employees.

Progress IS about Results. Focusing on the process is about progress -- getting results. The process Of Getting Results.

LAZY people look to go to from point A to point Z instantly, and if not/can't, cry home to mommy (or cry at the other for not doing so).

Analogy: You first focus on the ability to get 1st downs before focusing on hail mary passes. Football is a process-oriented sport. Improving in different areas. Getting better. Etc. Bettering a game, as opposed to treating a season like it's just one big game with 2 minutes left.

"Progress?! I don't want some 'process'! I want a TD! NOW! If this QB is as good as they say he is, he's just a lazy bum if he's working on some 'process'! He doesn't want points! They pulled my hero out -- this freshman QB better start scoring at will now over every team or he's Nothing!"

Coach is starting to expand his process. He now is saying the important thing is not the result itself, but how you respond to the result. That is the key in the quality improvement. It is not a teleological thing with an end point. It is a repeating loop. Work your process, get a result, examine your result, respond to your result, work your process again, etc..

"Result" implies an end point. And it is true the score will go into the record book. But the score is not the end of the process.

And no, this is not confined to the public sector.

I see people hide behind the process constantly when they're held accountable table in attempts to deflect. This is nothing new. That's my gig, to sniff out self serving agendas that don't benefit the organization and crush them.

Your guys dismissal of potentially bad results and insisting the process is key feels similar. If the results aren't there, the process isn't working.

Sound like auditors, fail and then hide behind the rules they made themselves as the reason for the failure.

The process is like a participation trophy.

Every team is doing the process.

(08-27-2015 07:54 AM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  The process is like a participation trophy.

Every team is doing the process.

Reminds me of T-ball where they don't keep score. Replace "process" with "trying".

"Hey, at least you're TRYING!"

(08-27-2015 08:47 AM)rtletterman Wrote:  

(08-27-2015 07:54 AM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  The process is like a participation trophy.

Every team is doing the process.

Reminds me of T-ball where they don't keep score. Replace "process" with "trying".

"Hey, at least you're TRYING!"

Somehow I'm not seeing the 2015 WMU Broncos as anywhere analogous to a T-ball team. It's pretty hard to see the energy and effort being brought to bear as "at least you're trying".

I know the point you are trying to make though. But simply saying you want to see a result doesn't get the boat to the other shore. You need a process. And yeah, everybody has a process. So you need a better process than the other guy. Is there an echo in here?

I have a process. Mine is working.

(08-27-2015 09:12 PM)rtletterman Wrote:  I have a process. Mine is working.

Proud of you dude.

(08-27-2015 09:12 PM)rtletterman Wrote:  I have a process. Mine is working.

Whether it is working or not depends on what your goal is. If your process is truly working then most of us can surmise what your goal is on this board. Even the slow minded ones, like me.

I thought his goal was to get the Ball State board going. What happened?