Quotes on The Process

I apologize for the long break I took from my blog.  I will once again be posting blog posts on a more regular basis.  My first 1 back is on some quotes that deal with taking care of the process.  Quoted are Nick Saban (Alabama), Derek Dooley (Tennessee), and Jimbo Fisher (FSU)
"Process-oriented thinking as opposed to outcome-oriented thinking: Some times you want to win so fast you don't know how to win. Our goal is to get the structure of the staff and the support and resources in place to facilitate a winning plan and get players into the structure and start affecting change now." Jimbo Fisher

"I don't think it's normal to be great. I think it's special. The human condition is to be average and to survive. And everybody assumes that everybody wants to be as good as they can be all the time, but that's not true. If that was the case, everybody would be doing fantastic out there, right? So it's special to be as good as you can be. It's special to work to reach your full potential. It's special to go do it every day, day-in and day-out and never give yourself a break."
Nick Saban

"(One) thing that's important that we do is start developing our brand of how we compete and how we play. We shouldn't ever lose sight of that. I'm talking not just schematically, but more so from an intangible standpoint -- what kind of competitive spirit we practice and play with. What's our discipline level? What's our toughness level What's our effort level on every play?"
Derek Dooley

"Everybody has got to ask themselves what they've got to do to get better, but I think the message to the team was 'Wherever you are, make a commitment to try and improve and raise the standard of how you can execute to help your unit and our team, how you can improve yourself, in terms of the effort that you give, the toughness that you play with and the ability to execute."
Nick Saban

"I would really like players to have more positive thoughts about practice, have fun in practice, look forward to how they can improve in practice, and how we can play better in games, have more positive thoughts rather than the difficulty of it all." Nick Saban

"We can all change. We can all learn. That's what separates guys -- the ability to learn and process information. We're not a very situation-smart football team. That's why we constantly put them in (situations) and educate them as to what to do." Jimbo FIsher

"I think it's important that your team become situationally smart -- trying to understand what the offense is thinking on second-and-10; playing the strengths and playing the weaknesses on third downs." Derek Dooley

"Everybody here can be replaced; coaches, players -- everybody. Stick your hand in a bucket of water and pull it out. The hole that's left is how much people will miss you, at any job."
Jimbo Fisher

"You hope the surprises are more the guys who really maybe didn't flash in shorts but now they're showing up (at practice) because of their toughness and because of their explosive power. That shows up more in pads -- especially up front in the trenches. That's really what you're looking at." Derek Dooley

My theory is if we're not coaching it, we're letting it happen." Nick Saban

7Strategies for building an elite and enduring Program--Jeff Janssen

1. Long term vision of Success
1. Program builders have a clear vision of what they want to be and stand for.
2. NO 1-Hit wonders
3. What do you want your program to stand for?
2. Committed to the long Run
1. Focus on establishing and maintaining a solid foundation of success that endures.
2. Avoid instant gratification through short cuts.
3. There is no "Quick Fix"
3. Dont judge success only by Wins/Losses.
1. Be successful and respected on and off the field.
1. How do you evaluate the success of your season?
4. Selectively bring in recruits  and staff members that share their vision and values
1. People are  the key to success
2. Invest time to recruit and select talented people
3. What criteria do you value when selecting and recruiting people?
5. See thier work as a platform for teaching people how to succeed in life
1. Be a teacher of life skills
6. Build life long relationships with their people.
1. Highly value your ongoing relationships
7. Provide their people with perspective.
1. See the big picture.
2. How can you educate and broaden your athletes perspective on the world?

Tom Crean 10 things to Building a Program

1.  Trust your instincts
2. The more questions you have as a coach-- the more people are going to come to you for answers
3. 4 expectations players have of coaches:
1. Be Competitive
2. Be sincere (what & how you do it)
3. Reliability
4. Trustworthy
4. 3 expecations of Players/Coaches
1. Come Mentally Prepared
2. Come with Energy
3. How to compete
5. If you have a problem, but have not thought of a solution, you have componded the problem
6. Invest in time with your leaders
7. Player is a leader when they are in the program (Legacy of Leadership begins when he leaves your program)
8. Dealing with Adversity (Only focus on making program better)
9. One Voice in Program
10. Focus on the process-- Not just the results