Is There A Work Lesson In All This Brock Purdy Stuff?

Yea, but we also don’t need to make a big thing about it.

I need to start with two caveats.

(1) is that it annoys me to no end when people try to take lessons from sports and apply them to the business world. There are some applications, without a doubt. But to think some middle manager is suddenly going to channel Bill Belichick is ridiculous. Nick Saban isn’t a “product marketer” or “Assistant Operations Chief” for several reasons. People do have ceilings. Could a product marketer take some lessons from Nick Saban’s overall approach? Of course. But the way business journalism is written is often a bridge too far on these topics.

(2) The Purdy example might not be the best one out there, because for a lot of the year, the 49ers were going with Trey Lance (unproven), Jimmy G (thought to be washed up), and they were generally still winning. Then again, maybe that proves the point I’m trying to make.

What’s that point?

We need to focus less on individuals, and more on creating the right system.

Brock Purdy was not a bad quarterback in college by any means. Here are his stats: