"Readiness is all"
The recent Super Bowl offered two of the top coaches in the NFL in Andy Reid and Kyle Shananhan. But Shakespeare's Hamlet sums it up nicely when the game moved to overtime: Readiness is all.
Although SF won the coin toss, they elected to receive the kick off in OT. According to KC tight end Travis Kelce, on a podcast he hosts with his brother, Eagles center Jason, the ref asked the 49ers during the coin toss, "Are you sure you want to receive?" The response was "Yes."
No doubt both the 49ers and KC were well prepared for the Super Bowl. But the degree of prep is where we see a difference between Reid and Shananhan. Travis noted on his podcast, in the two-week runup to the Super Bowl, that KC coaches discussed overtime scenarios four times.
When the 49ers elected to receive, Kelce and his teammates were thrilled. The better play according to KC's analysis before the game is to defer the kick in OT. Apparently, some 49ers didn't know the overtime rules, which are different in the Super Bowl compared to games in the playoffs or regular season.
Quality planning is equally critical to high performing teams. The recent Super Bowl teaches us that, even when the likelihood of something happening is important but relatively small (like a Super Bowl going to overtime), the better prepared team will be better aligned on the best course of action and thus tilt the odds of winning in their favor.
Founder & CEO Burnout Anticipation Technologies Inc.
1 年“Chance favors the prepared mind” - Louis Pasteur The more prepared or knowledgeable you are, the more likely you will be able to make the most of chance opportunities.