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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 892431" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>Apropos of nothing, but somewhat a tangent to your point, is that sometimes we also build the wrong solutions from available data. In WWII they tracked where all the bullet/flak holes were in the returning B-17s in order to understand why they were losing so many of them. Their initial thought was to reinforce those areas in order for the planes to be more resistant during their missions. The engineers pressed to reinforce the seemingly most vulnerable areas, but a scientist and mathematician convinced them that the real problem was where the bullets weren't. They needed to armor the engines, cockpit, and rear fuselage because that's where the critical hits were coming in. I think we suffer sometimes from the same problem. We have a ton of data and we are convincing ourselves it points to a solution that we are biased towards, and yet we may not even be asking the right questions. </p><p></p><p>Culture is different at every school, and no single culture is inherently better than the other. If the culture does not produce the desired results, then the culture needs to change. That is the current issue. We are talking about culture, but maybe we need to have a hard discussion about what we truly desire for our football program before we settle on what kind of culture best gets us there.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]13036[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 892431, member: 1191"] Apropos of nothing, but somewhat a tangent to your point, is that sometimes we also build the wrong solutions from available data. In WWII they tracked where all the bullet/flak holes were in the returning B-17s in order to understand why they were losing so many of them. Their initial thought was to reinforce those areas in order for the planes to be more resistant during their missions. The engineers pressed to reinforce the seemingly most vulnerable areas, but a scientist and mathematician convinced them that the real problem was where the bullets weren't. They needed to armor the engines, cockpit, and rear fuselage because that's where the critical hits were coming in. I think we suffer sometimes from the same problem. We have a ton of data and we are convincing ourselves it points to a solution that we are biased towards, and yet we may not even be asking the right questions. Culture is different at every school, and no single culture is inherently better than the other. If the culture does not produce the desired results, then the culture needs to change. That is the current issue. We are talking about culture, but maybe we need to have a hard discussion about what we truly desire for our football program before we settle on what kind of culture best gets us there. [ATTACH type="full"]13036[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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