If the Shoe Fits: Channeling the Jets or the Giants
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
By now, everybody knows that the Jets management turned itself into a pretzel and spent big money to acquire Tim Tebow from the Broncos.
Notice I didn’t say “add him to the team,” because from what I read there is no team, just a series of “splashy acquisitions.”
That’s the difference between the Jets and the Giants.
…championship teams are built, not bought, not bartered. … The Jets have yet to learn what the Giants already know: championship teams are built, not bought, not bartered. The Jets lacked two important elements last season: roster depth and locker room cohesion. They built their roster as if playing fantasy football, certain Coach Rex Ryan could glean character from a locker room full of characters. But when this grand chemistry experiment blew up the Jets’ laboratory, with players arguing in the huddle and on the field, Ryan acted shocked.
Last year I wrote Insanely Smart Retention and Stars (the third in a series; it contains links to the first two, Insanely Stupid Hiring and Insanely Smart Hiring) and last fall I posted the story of what happens when a founder sets out to hire a star.
In one form or another I and others have been warning that hiring stars is an iffy business and your energy is better spent building and maintaining an all-star team.
So which is your company channeling?
The Jets or the Giants?
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