Saturday, February 5, 2011

Here's what has worked for Mike Tomlin

As we look toward the Super Bowl:

http://www.newsweek.com/2009/01/30/the-president-and-the-coach.html

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

what does Mike Tomlin got to do with PPS? he's a football coach was this analogy meaning a form of reason from Glen Beck get real be more specific in where you going with this topic,it's about PPS reform not DEPROGRAMING PPS

Questioner said...

What is "deprogramming PFS"- can you be more specific?

As for Mike Tomlin, models for success can be found in many different areas: sports, the arts, the presidency. Students, and parents for that matter, can most likely find much to emulate in Mike Tomlin's approach.

Anonymous said...

If this is what you are resorting to for articles, Questioner, you must be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Look, professional athletics and any analogies therein have nothing to do with the struggles going on within PPS.

Questioner said...

In many cases individual students and families need to look for ways to succeed that have nothing to with what is going on at PPS; or, in SPITE of what is going on at PPS!

Anonymous said...

If this is about EDUCATION, then we should NEVER be stating: "in SPITE of what's going on in PPS. Parents are at the mercy of PPS for education and the "success" that would follow if the education that they are entitled to is provided! How dare you shift the responsibility for education, PPS exists, supposedly to education Pittsburgh's children. If they are not doing that, are you recommending charters, private, parochial of home schooling? I thought PURE REFORM's focus was "reforming" PPS. Is that correct?

Questioner said...

Oh, please. The efforts are not mutually exclusive. Parents, community members and parent/community groups can look to good models for working with their children and students, while at the same time working to improve PPS.

Anonymous said...

i make a recommendation that Mike Tomlin be appointed chief of staff
or board member for the PPS dist to help bring about reform in change to PPS i think with his coaching skills he can take PPS to the future,meaning that we should have school in the PPS dist for
athelets they have NIKE SCHOOL

Questioner said...

Ha ha, but in all seriousness- some day when Mike Tomlin retires, he would be a valuable source for advice on running a large, high profile organization successfully.

going for it on 4th and 20 said...

If the Rooneys had given Mike Tomlin an unrealistic playbook and told him to follow it exactly, word for word...

...and if Tomlin was threatened with dismissal if he tried to modify even one play, regardless of the circumstances...

...and if Tomlin was constantly being harassed by "football consultants" who had never actually coached a game in their lives...

...then this story would be more relevant to PPS teachers.

Anonymous said...

Mike Tomlin, I trust, is smart enough to know that leadership in his field of experience and expertise is not automatically transferrable to the fields of education____law, medicine, etc. Questioner, Roosevelt and BROAD appear NOT to share the understanding that experience and expertise in specialized fields are critical to leadership success.

Thanks 3:22 for challenging the the analogy and realizing that the problems of PPS cannot be taken so lightly.

Questioner said...

No one is saying "Tomlin for superintendent" or that we don't need expertise in a specialized field, and no one is taking the problems of PPS lightly. However, many fields involve elements of education, inspiration and organization, and standout performers in those fields can have something to offer PPS- just as educational experts have undoubtedly had something to offer NFL teams.

Anonymous said...

His kids do go to PPS.

Anonymous said...

Do they still? Someone mentioned switching to catholic school.