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**wingsnut19** · 07-02-2008, 12:14 AM

There was an article posted on mlive that posted the 9 things Holland tries to follow in building his team, and I found it very interesting. All 9 things seem like common sense, but they are hard to balance and harder to achieve than I think most people think. Holland has done a great job of it during his tenure as the Wings GM.

http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008...cy_k.html#more

ofhdhdy · 07-02-2008, 04:33 AM

Yeah, Ken Holland wrote it for The Hockey News.

**Daryl Shilling** · 07-02-2008, 08:10 AM

I enjoyed that article, and found it nice to hear somebody echo my old stand-by comment about defensive defensemen: they're fine, but make sure you don't pay a lot for them.

In the book "Winning Decisions", there was a simple matrix that showed the most basic outcomes based on management style:

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                Good Outcome           Bad Outcome
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Good Process |  Deserved Success   |    Bad Break
Bad Process  |   Dumb Luck         |     Poetic Justice

Holland's teams, for the most part, exist largely within the upper-left box: they have a good process and usually enjoy a good outcome. It's what any well managed club shoots for, after all.

Daryl

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