Before the book release on July 4th, I’ll share a few parts of what you can expect to find inside.
This is a coaching resume. A document. Non-living.
This is Scott Langer. The living, breathing human being behind the resume.
If you know anything about this human, he has built two different organizations in junior hockey into infinite organizations, one’s that excelled even after he left his coaching post.
After building his 2nd junior hockey dynasty in Aberdeen, South Dakota he was interviewed to be the head coach at the next level of junior hockey in Fargo. The Force wasn’t a bottom dweller in the USHL when their HC left to pursue opportunities outside of hockey. But they found themselves without a coach and put in a call to “the best coach available at the level below the USHL.”
He was hired, moved his family, made the playoffs in his first year with the new team at the new level, and then…
He was fired after this season. One season. One.
But don’t worry, the GM that hired him still and possibly forever will have a job in Fargo.
Scott spent 17 years in two organizations in the NAHL. That is an infinite-minded coach. He sends signals that:
“I’m here”
“I’m not leaving until this is built correctly.”
“This is my process and how I do things, I’m in for the long haul.”
And you can say… “Drew, it’s the nature of the business at that level. He knew the risks.”
And I can say… “That’s still bullshit. That doesn’t have to be “the nature of the business” forever, we can stop treating human coaches like cattle at any time.
I can also say this…
There is never any responsibility placed on the people who hire coaches and then fire them after one year. How is that not a black eye on Fargo GM, Cary Eades’ resume? Why doesn’t he get fired for hiring a coach that he lets go after one year?
If he was the right guy for the job 7 months ago, what changed?
You can find your answer by looking at how quickly Langer was replaced. It’s kind of like a cheating relationship, usually, the one who has a girlfriend 3 days after is the one who cheated…
We’ve got a long road ahead of us, commit to being a better human to other humans. Commit to a more infinite game.
To play more of an infinite game, get my new book, The Wave on July 4th. Available as an ebook on Gumroad and a physical copy on Amazon.
P.S. Here is a thread you might have missed from me:
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After reading this article I can only ask was the newly hired then fired coach a threat to the comfort of a employee;an organization ; a cultural mindset that was probably losing more than just money?