He’s really talking about two different things. It may seem superficially like it’s the same thing, but if it were your job and your workplace, I think it would be obvious that they’re not.

With an organization so aware of process, I’m sure you’re right – they must have designated review periods where internal policies, strategies, processes, etc are discussed and debated in some way to see if they need to be revised.

Its just that he doesn’t say that. If he had been actively engaged in the past, on those days or periods where internal processes were reviewed, in stating what his personal views and philosophies were, in contrast to whatever was currently in place, then those would have been “other days” when he’d done so.

But my reading of it is that what was good about the interview to him was that it was a unique situation, “one day”, where he could talk about what he himself thinks and feels about how things should be run, which he typically just doesn’t do.

I understand that the coaches to some extent are given marching orders so that what they communicate to players is consistent across levels, etc. But what was unique about Luvullo’s interview wasn’t that finally he didn’t have to be mindful of what he needs to communicate to the players – that happens a lot, like whenever he’s not communicating with players. What made the quote jump out at me was that it gave an impression that he felt free to say stuff in the interview that he’d never really said in a formal setting, even at those previous times when he was involved in the group process of formulating player development philosophy, etc.

Of course I don’t know if that’s a valid reading, just like I don’t know exactly how the internal approaches are decided upon and how they collectively “change their mind”. The quote just jumped out at me somewhat while reading the whole piece, given how the whole subject of who makes decisions, how they’re made and how and when they change when they’re not working well has itself been a subject of review recently.