My first internship was as an equity research analyst, writing about companies. We did a study: there was zero correlation between the quality of management’s presentations and their performance/effectiveness.

Doug Pederson’s press conferences were shambolic; Andy Reid’s platitudinous; Belichick’s soporific.

This is noise, not signal.

Having finally listened to this press conference:
This was Lurie’s worst performance I can remember. He’s generally thoughtful and articulate, but this was not his day. Rambling, platitudinous and sprinkled with non sequitors. (1/n)

2/n:
The Philly press corps is top notch, with an abundance of talented, dedicated, pugnacious reporters. But there are a few troglodytes. To call on the likes of Eskin while ignoring Kapadia and Wulf is unforgivable. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

3/n Any pundit who claims Nick Sirianni’s introductory presser gave a signal - good or bad - about his future performance as a head coach can be safely ignored.

In summary: don’t judge a head coach by his press conferences, which are orthogonal to performance. But do judge a PR staff and organization by how they run them (e.g. allowing the CEO to deliver a soliloquy while not taking questions).

[clears throat]

Time’s yours.