Falcon Scouting

I'm no football expert, but it seems like the Falcon's GM, Thomas Dimitroff, is all about developing a performance culture. In an AJC interview, he described his scouting system and how he is building staff capacity to implement that system.

Then we had an interactive setup where we were all on our laptops. We have what we call a scouting matrix. Each position has 17 to 20 different criteria that we grade on a 1 to 9 scale. After we watched a certain player, we'd all get on our laptops and type in our numbers and it would project onto the screen. You were able to see the matrix in front of us. It precipitated discussions. It was a really good interactive exercise, to make sure that everyone was moving in the right direction and getting on the same page.

Could the same kind of specific criteria be done for teaching and leading positions in our schools? Definitely.