CULTURE
The Michigan football program is not stuck in a problem of X's and O's or this coach or that coach or this scheme or that scheme.
Before it is about any of those things, I think it is more fundamental than that.
This rebuilding process begins with building CULTURE because it is broken
When I hear about selfishness, lack of leadership, lack of effort, players with a "me" focus, this tell me that Harbaugh needs to go back to the drawing board on CULTURE first
TRUTH: If he cannot do this we NEED to bring in someone who can
Urban Meyer did this first
The Power of the OSU Football Culture
Enter Tim Kight, Founder and CEO of Focus3. Kight was brought on by Meyer following a conversation when they quickly bonded over similar beliefs.
In an effort to clarify the culture, Kight established Meyer’s three main core values for football: relentless effort, competitive excellence and power of the unit.
These three points were quickly ingrained in the assistant coaches, now called unit leaders. And they were instructed to teach and apply, with visuals and examples, these principles to their unit and build trust and cohesion.
Meyer and Kight then realized culture had to be a heart thing, not something just talked about or hung on walls. As this all was preached to the football players, the Buckeyes bought into it starting with the 2014 season.
The simple yet principled equation E + R = O (The R Factor) was also introduced. It represents the events of life that one cannot control combined with one’s response which gives one an outcome.
Tim Kight: Event + Response = Outcome
E + R = O
Hmmm: If you are paying close attention, Urban Meyer is quietly, subtly hinting about the Michigan job. Am I the only one noticing that?
The Michigan football program is not stuck in a problem of X's and O's or this coach or that coach or this scheme or that scheme.
Before it is about any of those things, I think it is more fundamental than that.
This rebuilding process begins with building CULTURE because it is broken
When I hear about selfishness, lack of leadership, lack of effort, players with a "me" focus, this tell me that Harbaugh needs to go back to the drawing board on CULTURE first
TRUTH: If he cannot do this we NEED to bring in someone who can
Urban Meyer did this first
The Power of the OSU Football Culture
Enter Tim Kight, Founder and CEO of Focus3. Kight was brought on by Meyer following a conversation when they quickly bonded over similar beliefs.
In an effort to clarify the culture, Kight established Meyer’s three main core values for football: relentless effort, competitive excellence and power of the unit.
These three points were quickly ingrained in the assistant coaches, now called unit leaders. And they were instructed to teach and apply, with visuals and examples, these principles to their unit and build trust and cohesion.
Meyer and Kight then realized culture had to be a heart thing, not something just talked about or hung on walls. As this all was preached to the football players, the Buckeyes bought into it starting with the 2014 season.
The simple yet principled equation E + R = O (The R Factor) was also introduced. It represents the events of life that one cannot control combined with one’s response which gives one an outcome.
Tim Kight: Event + Response = Outcome
E + R = O
Hmmm: If you are paying close attention, Urban Meyer is quietly, subtly hinting about the Michigan job. Am I the only one noticing that?
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