i'm posting this article in response to anyone defending the "comfort" angle of hiring SE as OC. comfort is often your enemy and inhibits your growth. comfort is a crutch that we rely on to avoid taking risks, which means we never take a chance at development. the author does a good job of offering a checklist that i think applies very well to Ed Orgeron as head coach at LSU

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Throughout our careers we must continually assess whether we are letting our fear of failure or losing face keep us from taking the actions, and engaging in the conversations, that will move us forward and make the impact we want. Again and again, we have to decide:

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Do I keep doing what’s always been done, or challenge old assumptions ad try new approaches to problems?

Do I proactively seek new challenges or just manage those I already have?

Do I risk being exposed and vulnerable, or act to protect my pride and patch of power?

Do I ask for what I really want, or just for what I think others want to give me?

Do I 'toot my horn' to ensure others know what I'm capable of, or just hope my efforts will be noticed?

Do I speak my mind or bite my lip, lest I ruffle feathers or subject myself to criticism?

Coach O is clearly trying to do what he's always done and he's avoiding trying new approaches to problems

Coach O is clearly trying to just manage the challenges he faces

Coach O is clearly protecting his pride and patch of power

Coach O is clearly telling us what he thinks we want him to give us (last year was particularly comical)

Coach O is clearly "tooting his own horn" because "We comin'" and "I'm da head coach"

And I'll give O credit. He's making statements and decisions that are ruffling feathers, just not the feathers of his loyal propagandists, facebook moms, and the "one of us" crowd

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Too often we let our mistakes and setbacks define us. Yet, as Dr Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology once said, “It’s not our failures that determine our future success, but how we explain them to ourselves.”

Orgeron clearly knew what his mistakes at Ole Miss were and lied to the fanbase by promising he understood those mistakes. however, as this quote brilliantly and succinctly states, it's not the mistakes that define us. O understands the mistakes. O understands why they're bad. however, when faced with the same issues again he's falling back into the same pattern b/c he's not being honest with himself about his limitations and preferences. he's lying to himself that his problems aren't what they are, so he's reverting back to the behaviors of his past failures

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In our ever more cautious and competitive world, there is little security in playing safe. Being willing to give up the familiarity of the known and embrace the discomfort that comes from being outside your comfort zone is increasingly crucial to your success in work and life.

another example is the Canada disaster. OK so O completely fricked up his first OC hire and it led to disaster behind the scenes. does O be honest about the assessment of what the problems are, or does he lie to himself about it and revert back to his comfort zone? O did go outside of his comfort zone and it didn't work out. that doesn't mean the issue was being aggressive and seeking change. it just means that there was an issue in executing the plan. the plan was fine.

this is for another discussion, but you're either process-oriented or results-oriented. it's clear that O is results-oriented completely. that means that we have a fundamental deficiency in our core, because O does not have an overall philosophy that the team is molded after. O is making moves to try to secure results in the short-term with no real consistency or rhyme/reason. again, just look at the Canada hire/fire/replacement trifecta. if O had a plan, he's abandoned it for short-term comfort and safety. that means we never had a real plan in the first place