“1. Your great coach might hang on until he’s no longer great.
2. Keeping an endless supply of good quarterbacks is hard, even in Los Angeles.
3. An underdog found a massive advantage, then squeezed everything they could out of it.
4. Your opponents might’ve passed a rule specially designed to undermine you.
5. You might have one class of players just outlandishly better than your competitors, and you might not be able to replace it.
6. A lower-level dynasty has to keep replacing coaches throughout.
7. Goliaths might emerge elsewhere, eliminating your margin for error.”
And then, let’s add some more... Other Reasons Good/Great Programs Lose Their Way...
You get complacent. You stop doing all the things that made you great.
Your administration makes bad new hires when selecting replacement coaches and program leaders.
You’re slow to adapt to changing times. Changes in the game, changes in competing programs, change in general.
You run an offense that does not appeal to young players you are recruiting.
Your coach has a lousy clubhouse and leadership manner.
Favoritism in the clubhouse. Failure to create a team feeling.
You had a big winning bullseye on your back, opponents brought their best against you, and you could no longer respond successfully to their challenge.
You make excuses and don’t address problems in your program that you are aware of.
You aren't even aware of what the problems are.
A dynasty isn’t divinely inspired to last forever. Change always wins out.
