Post by JDaveG on Sept 25, 2015 0:39:30 GMT
And it's really good, but not what you think.
www.amazon.com/You-Win-Locker-Room-First-ebook/dp/B012X0ELBI/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443141478&sr=8-1&keywords=jon+gordon+mike+smith
Here is my review from the other Board.
Getting close to the end. It's a pretty short read. For those who haven't figured it out, it's more of a motivational/management type book than a biography or "tell all." Really, Smitty is all class and does a great job, as does Jon Gordon. Gordon and Smitty first teamed up Smitty's first year with the Falcons when he had the team read "The Energy Bus" and had Gordon come out as a consultant and talk to the team. Gordon has a lot of other sports ties, too, as well as business ties. It's a good book, especially for someone like me who is a small business owner.
The closest Smitty comes to giving us a real "behind the scenes" is when he intimates that he did not do a good enough job maintaining the relationship with Dimitroff. He takes the blame for it, though it's pretty clear to most everyone he's not the only one to blame. It's in the chapter on "connections," and basically he says he did not make fostering relationships as much of a priority and took things for granted. Read into that what you will. It could be taken as a shot or it could be just another Smitty vaguery. I took it as him saying the working relationship suffered and he takes the blame for it, though again, it's pretty clear to me he's not solely to blame.
The rest of the book is more him talking about his successes and failures honestly and talking about his approach to team-building and organizational management. The best thing in the book so far to me involves this incident:
After the game, he noticed the message light on the phone was lit up. It was his mom. When he opened the message, it said "KENNETH MICHAEL!" She went on to tell him she did not raise him to act like that and he wasn't setting a good example for his children, siblings and other family laugh.png
I thought that was a cool little anecdote.
For those looking for insight on player acquisition, scheme, personnel, etc., you won't find it here. But I'd still recommend the book, especially if you are in a leadership position. It's worth the read, and frankly, I'm happy to support Smitty. I always thought he was a good man, and reading this has reinforced that for me. His firing was just, but his treatment by some of our fans is not.
www.amazon.com/You-Win-Locker-Room-First-ebook/dp/B012X0ELBI/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443141478&sr=8-1&keywords=jon+gordon+mike+smith
Here is my review from the other Board.
Getting close to the end. It's a pretty short read. For those who haven't figured it out, it's more of a motivational/management type book than a biography or "tell all." Really, Smitty is all class and does a great job, as does Jon Gordon. Gordon and Smitty first teamed up Smitty's first year with the Falcons when he had the team read "The Energy Bus" and had Gordon come out as a consultant and talk to the team. Gordon has a lot of other sports ties, too, as well as business ties. It's a good book, especially for someone like me who is a small business owner.
The closest Smitty comes to giving us a real "behind the scenes" is when he intimates that he did not do a good enough job maintaining the relationship with Dimitroff. He takes the blame for it, though it's pretty clear to most everyone he's not the only one to blame. It's in the chapter on "connections," and basically he says he did not make fostering relationships as much of a priority and took things for granted. Read into that what you will. It could be taken as a shot or it could be just another Smitty vaguery. I took it as him saying the working relationship suffered and he takes the blame for it, though again, it's pretty clear to me he's not solely to blame.
The rest of the book is more him talking about his successes and failures honestly and talking about his approach to team-building and organizational management. The best thing in the book so far to me involves this incident:
After the game, he noticed the message light on the phone was lit up. It was his mom. When he opened the message, it said "KENNETH MICHAEL!" She went on to tell him she did not raise him to act like that and he wasn't setting a good example for his children, siblings and other family laugh.png
I thought that was a cool little anecdote.
For those looking for insight on player acquisition, scheme, personnel, etc., you won't find it here. But I'd still recommend the book, especially if you are in a leadership position. It's worth the read, and frankly, I'm happy to support Smitty. I always thought he was a good man, and reading this has reinforced that for me. His firing was just, but his treatment by some of our fans is not.
Pass.