11 minutes of what true NFL ownership looks like…. BY A WOMAN!

[TheBigKat]

Tepper could learn a lot from Mrs. Ford-Hamp, she’s done more for that franchise in 3 years then her predecessors have in 50. 
 

Examples like her or Steve Bisciotti are what you’d look for in an owner

 

vision

resolve

 hiring the right people

 providing resources

 

then stepping aside and letting the people you hired do their job, not send in plays you’d like to see on a fortune cookie slip or having your wife watch the O-line drills or having the coaches meet with you on Mondays to review what happened

 

Listen to what she says and more importantly what she doesn’t say, buzz words like ‘analytics’

 

Yes Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell are amazing but the Lions and Ravens are where they are because of leaders like Mrs. Hamp and Steve Bisciotti

Edited January 24, 2024 by TheBigKat

[BrianS]

Maybe one day we'll have an owner like that.  Dream big Panther nation.

[CamWhoaaCam]

Take notes Tepper.

[Tbe]

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/02/lions-owner-sheila-ford-hamp-sitting-in-on-offensive-defensive-meetings-heading-into-free-agency.html?outputType=amp
 

LLEN PARK -- William Clay Ford wasn’t very involved with the Detroit Lions during his final years as owner of the team. Martha Firestone Ford adopted a more hands-on approach when she took over in 2014, and it seems their daughter has been even more involved with team operations.

Sheila Ford Hamp is even sitting in on offensive and defensive meetings heading into the start of free agency on March 17.

People always ask me how much Sheila is involved,” special assistant Chris Spielman said on Tuesday morning during an appearance on 97.1 The Ticket. “Well, Sheila has been involved by being in all these personnel meetings. She’s sat in two days of offensive free agency meetings and defensive free agency meetings.”

Owners have different styles across the league. Some, like Dallas’ Jerry Jones and Jacksonville’s Shad Khan, have given themselves control of roster building. Others, like the late William Clay Ford in Detroit, are never around at all. Martha Firestone Ford was much more active in her years of ownership with the Lions, including dropping in on training camp, attending almost every game, sitting in the draft room, talking to draft picks and potential free agents and so on.

Sheila Ford Hamp has been even more active since taking over for her mother last summer, including firing the general manager and head coach she inherited just five months after taking over the team. She heavily pursued Chris Spielman to join the franchise as her special assistant, and Spielman eventually agreed after a couple interviews with Ford Hamp.

“She’s the one that put me over the top when I was deciding whether to do this or not,” Spielman said. “She’s fabulous. Great leader. She’s a leader to me. I was like, ‘Let’s go!’ Felt like I talked to a head coach before a game. She gave me a locker-room speech, and I was ready to run through the hotel door in Cincinnati.”

Ford Hamp was involved in the subsequent searches for a new general manager (Brad Holmes) and head coach (Dan Campbell), and now she’s sitting in on those guys’ meetings as Detroit prepares for free agency and the draft, which will be critical to forming the backbone of the new approach.

That’s not unheard of around the NFL, and Spielman was very clear that football people like Holmes and Campbell have the final say on all decisions. But it’s certainly a more active ownership approach than we’ve seen in Detroit, as the new owner tries to understand all the nooks and crannies of her organization. 

She even took Chris Spielman’s office at the training facility.

“I had an office when I got here, and all of the sudden I’m on the corner next to the exit door,” Spielman told The Ticket. “So what happened? Well, Sheila wants this office because it’s right in the middle of everything, which is awesome. And it just goes to show her commitment and what she wants and how involved she is being in these meetings and giving her opinion, which is fun. It’s cool to see the commitment that she has.”

[MasterAwesome]

Owners have the luxury of stepping aside and letting the people they hired do their job, if they hire the right people.  It's that simple...that's all that matters, and you're lucky if you get it right the first time.  The worse your team is performing, the more likely an owner is going to intervene/"meddle".  Which is obviously what anyone should want as a fan, unless you're saying you wish we were heading into Year 5 of Rhule's 7-year plan because Tepper is a good little owner who is entirely hands-off.  I seriously doubt Tepper would be asking Reich to introduce certain plays for Bryce half-way into the season if we were 8-0 and Bryce was on pace to shatter every rookie record.

[CRA]

I bet when you look into the Lions draft room....she isn't sitting smack dab in the middle of it. 

[Tbe]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

I bet when you look into the Lions draft room....she isn't sitting smack dab in the middle of it. 

 

 

[Tbe]

You guys are looking at the wrong owner if you want an example of someone who is not involved.

She’s just as involved as Tepper. She’s just clearly smarter.
 

But she’s sitting in on draft meetings giving her opinion, she’s front and center in the draft room, her office is in the team training facility, she goes to practices, all of it.

 

[toldozer]

So no one else read this as BY (Bryce young) is a woman?  Caught me off guard 

[Martin]

I found it really funny that this was the example, someone doing exactly what Dave and Nicole does. The difference is that she got somewhat lucky with her hires. Otherwise exactly the same.

[Jay Roosevelt]

From a WOMAN, you say?!?

[Martin]

5 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

From a WOMAN, you say?!?

I know, he must have been shocked.

The rest of us, not very surprised.

[csx]

Too funny  

[Panthercougar68]

She’s just as “meddling” as Tepper lol 

Her hires work, good for Lions, if we get the right coach we will be there too and stupid threads like these go away.

Edited January 24, 2024 by Panthercougar68