SkinsJock wrote:Snyder is not 'managing' this franchise at this time
One thing you and Snyder have in common is you don't understand what management means. He thinks it's micromanaging the decisions of his staff and you think it's giving up complete control. It's neither. It's empowering and trusting your staff, but being involved and having the final say. What you advocate would be in no way more effective then what he does. I have over 2 decades management experience and right now own and run two businesses and have been looking to buy more.
Do you know that the longer I manage, the less often I "tell" my staff what to do and yet the more say I have over the decisions we make? I learn, teach, mentor, explain and work with them. I also listen to them and incorporate what they say in my own vision. Management does not mean control, and yet it does. A manager's job is to create an effective team and a productive environment. If your staff do not feel empowered they won't work hard. But if they don't have boundaries they won't work effectively or together. Management is creating and maintaining that environment.
SkinsJock wrote:he's the owner and he's still stupid
2/2 on this one. I'm not arguing Snyder is an effective manager, I've argued strongly he's not. I'm just saying your repeating the point he doesn't make the football decisions is just flat out wrong. Sorry. But believe what you want. It's how he makes them, not whether he makes them. And he obviously sucks at it. But what you're advocating is in no way better then what he does.
Even if Allen and Shannahan made every tactical decision on every cut we made, Snyder had the final say. It wouldn't have happened without his OK whether he made player by player approvals or by his creating the process for the cuts. It could be no other way.
