Hawaii Football May Fold Due To Insufficient Revenue TAGS: blitz | close | college football | colt brennan | consulting | costs | disband | down | fbs | fold | football | hawaii | hawaii bowl | hawaii exemption | history | lean | ncaa | revenues | sugar bowl | ty detmer The University of Hawaii football program has had a strong, competitive history – BCS bowl games, record-setting Heisman candidates, hosting bowl games, participating in the highest levels of college competition …Continue reading →

Quality Systems and Notre Dame Football Suspensions TAGS: blitz | consulting | davaris daniels | football | ishaq williams | keivarae russell | kendall moore | lean | national title game | ncaa | notre dame | operations | process | sports | suspensions The University of Notre Dame football program has taken a significant hit this past week, as four players – three slated as starters – are under investigation for academic misconduct. …Continue reading →

Donald Sterling & “Respect For People” In Sports TAGS: blitz | brendan gibbons | clippers | consulting | continuous improvement | crime | dave bliss | discrimination | donald sterling | jameis winston | jonathan martin | lean | los angeles | ncaa | operations | pillar | process | racism | respect for people | richie incognito | shabazz napier | six sigma | sports This past week we have seen a pretty notable violation of “respect for people” by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. This incident with the recording of him saying offensive …Continue reading →

Around The Bases: Sochi Olympic Games Edition TAGS: barry zito | blitz | bobblehead | boondoggle | consulting | continuous improvement | control | core values | corruption | games | global rescue | lean | manufacturing | mark emmert | mets | mission | ncaa | olympics | operations | process | quality | respect for people | russia | safety | security | seth godin | six sigma | sochi | sports | toilet | vision | vladimir putin The Sochi Olympic Games begin in a couple of weeks – a lot more attention is being given to the enormous cost of hosting the Games, the LGBT uproar, and …Continue reading →

Defects, Inventory, and Johnny Football Jerseys TAGS: aggies | amateur | college | consulting | defect | football | ineligible | inventory | jersey | johnny | lean | lean blitz | manziel | ncaa | process | sports | tamu | texas a&m | transportation | university | warehouse | waste Last year Texas A&M ran into an issue of backordered Johnny Manziel football jerseys – they had not adequately planned for his popularity surge and could not keep his #2 …Continue reading →

The NCAA and Auditing of Processes vs. Enforcement of Rules TAGS: audit | compliance | consulting | enforcement | lean | lean blitz | mark emmert | ncaa | pat forde | president | process | rules | sports | standards | yahoo Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports lays out the dire situation in the NCAA enforcement division. The NCAA enforcement division – the most scrutinized, controversial and perhaps vital part of the …Continue reading →

NBA and NFL Draft Eligibility Restrictions – Why? TAGS: acl | basketball | brandon jennings | college | consulting | continuous improvement | david stern | derrick rose | draft | eligibility | football | greg oden | injury | jadeveon clowney | kentucky | knee | lean blitz | marcus lattimore | nba | ncaa | nerlens noel | nfl | operations | pat forde | process | risk | rules | six sigma | south carolina | sports The NBA and NFL both have eligiblity restrictions on draftable players, and those restrictions are very quickly being called into question. The NBA implemented a rule in 2005 that required …Continue reading →

FMEA and College Basketball on Aircraft Carriers TAGS: aircraft | ambient | analysis | barack | basketball | blitz | california | carrier | charleston | consulting | continuous improvement | court | design | detection | dfmea | effects | espn | failure | fema | florida | fmea | georgetown | jacksonville | lean | marquette | michigan state | mode | moisture | myron medcalf | ncaa | noise | north carolina | notre dame | number | obama | occurrence | ohio state | operations | pfmea | president | priority | process | product | rain | risk | rpn | safety | san diego | san diego state | severity | six sigma | south carolina | sports | syracuse | temperature | university of florida | uss yorktown | winds A really novel concept – a regular season college basketball game played between high-profile teams outdoors on an aircraft carrier – was introduced last season. It really couldn’t have gone …Continue reading →

USC Trojan’s Student Manager Fired for Deflating Footballs TAGS: blitz | bowl | buy-in | change | college | colorado | constituents | consulting | continuous improvement | control | deflate | employee | field | fine | football | institution | jersey | kiffin | lane | lean | manager | ncaa | operations | oregon | pac-12 | player | probation | process | program | referee | reprimand | scholarship | six sigma | southern california | sports | terminate | trojans | unethical | usc   The Trojans of the University of Southern California have recently gotten off of NCAA probation. They are bowl eligible this year but have had scholarship reductions for the next …Continue reading →

College Football Rule Changes and PDSA TAGS: alabama | ambiguous | analysis | behavior | college | consulting | cupcake | defense | defensive end | division ii | division iii | effects | failure | fbs | feedback | field | fmea | football | football bowl subdivision | football championship subdivision | force | gray area | helmet | hit | james madison | lean | lean blitz | mack brown | maximize | mode | modify | ncaa | nick saban | northwestern | off | offense | oklahoma state | operations | opposition | pdca | pdsa | plan do check act | plan do study act | pop | preseason | process | rip | rule | running back | safety | savannah state | six sigma | sports | texas | trial and error Recently I wrote about the lack of PDCA – the continuous improvement framework of Plan-Do-Check-Act – and how it affects college football teams because they don’t have the luxury of …Continue reading →

Penn State University and Violation of Mission Statements TAGS: accreditation | allegations | blitz | consulting | culture | fbi | fixing | football | freeh | health | integrity | jerry sandusky | joe paterno | leadership | lean | louis | mid-atlantic | middle states commission on higher education | mission | ncaa | operations | penn | philosophy | principle | problems | process | scandal | sports | state | toyota way | university | vision | website | well being Penn State University continues to suffer the consequences of misplaced priorities. Not only have severe sanctions been applied to the university by the NCAA but now the accreditation status of …Continue reading →

State of the Lean Blitz Blog: April 2012 TAGS: activities | alignment | apparel | atlanta | audience | augusta | baseball | baseball winter meetings | basketball | bat | ben hill | blitz | blue | braun | braves | championship | club | cnbc.com | columbus | comments | communication | concessions | consultants | continuous | customer | darren rovell | david schoenfield | dayton | e-book | elmore | email | espn.com | experience | facebook | five whys | followers | football | georgia | giveaway | golf | google | greenjackets | group | hot dog | improvement | jackets | jersey | knowledge | lean | locker room | manufacturing | mascot | masters | merchandise | minor league | moneyball | movie | national | ncaa | notre dame | ohio | operations | pin flag | plus | principles | process | questions | respond | ryan | satisfaction | season | service | seth godin | silver hawks | six sigma | sneezers | Soccer | south bend | sports | sportsbiz | steroids | subscribers | subscriptions | sweetspot | t-shirt | tools | tournament | toyota way | twitter | waste | wastes I figured that since the blog is between 5-6 months old now that I provide a “state of the blog” address – what has changed since the blog first kicked …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #1 TAGS: athlete | authors | baseball | basketball | blitz | business | coach | continuous | crean | david | games | goals | hoosiers | improvement | indiana | jeffrey | kelvin | kentucky | lean | liker | long-term | meier | ncaa | operations | organization | patrons | philosophy | principles | process | sampson | savings | short-term | six sigma | sixteen | sponsors | sports | student | sweet | tickets | time | tom | tournament | toyota | university | value | visual | way Yesterday we brought forth a bit of a visual depiction of what lean is and how it can impact a small business or sports organization. Hopefully we demonstrated the level …Continue reading →

Time for a Lean Blitz Update! TAGS: 5S | anthony | augusta | blitz | carmelo | crean | disney | ebook | flop | georgia | golf | graban | hoosiers | indiana | jeremy | john carter | kentucky | knicks | lean | leanblog | lin | linsanity | mark | masters | memes | movement | ncaa | new york | operations | process | six sigma | sixteen | sort | sports | sweet | tom | tournament | tournaments | university There are a few updates on some previous posts that should be shared. Remember Linsanity? Part of the reason Jeremy Lin got the opportunity to start for the New York …Continue reading →

NCAA Tournament Instant Replay and Inconsistent Officiating TAGS: asheville | basketball | blitz | consensus | governing body | instant replay | jack cooley | lane | lean | mlb | nba | ncaa | nfl | notre dame | officials | operations | process | scoop jardine | sports | syracuse | tournament | unc | violation | xavier In Thursday night’s NCAA Tournament action, history was nearly made with a 16 seed almost knocking off a 1 seed for the first time ever. With the assistance of some questionable …Continue reading →