NFL tactics from four years ago no longer work today
Michael Lombardi · #2 Michael Lombardi: Leadership on the Field · May 29, 2015 · at 5:25
Michael Lombardi, veteran NFL executive, discusses the rapid obsolescence of tactics in professional football and why coaches and executives must continuously educate themselves.
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“You don't want to be doing something that was done four years ago because it no longer works today. And so you have to constantly work at it and your time is your only real element that you can challenge and you have to make sure you use your time wisely.”
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