Musings at Altitude

LSU beat Florida this past Saturday night.

Barely.

In the last minute.

Which seems to be the norm for LSU.

Les Miles (the LSU head coach) weathered a torrential storm of criticism prior to the game for his time management the week before, even though they won.

And the announcers for Saturday’s game made sure everyone watching knew that Coach Miles was facing an almost identical situation this past Saturday as the seconds ticked away and LSU trailed during those very anxious final moments.

But everything went right this time for LSU.

Even the decisions that were suspect this time (like the fake field goal) proved right in hindsight when they led to success.

At least for now, the criticism from the week before has been replaced with a roar of excitement for the excellent calls that were made – this time anyway.

Because they worked.

Part of the excitement and charm of LSU games right now is the questionable decision making that occurs during the game.  It’s even more gut wrenching and head scratching when winning or losing will be decided primarily by those decisions.

But LSU, much more often than not, finds a way to win.

And odds are they will keep on winning at a pretty high rate.

Even with a growing number of critics.

Because winning is what they do.

Week by week.

Regardless of the decision making.

I’ve known businesses that did the exact same thing.

For some reason, in spite of highly questionable decisions, they just kept on closing deals and growing.

Week by week.

Month by month.

Year by year.

Folks would wait in anxious anticipation for the inevitable failure directly attributed to those decision makers.

Yet it wouldn’t happen.

Another contract signed…more people added to the team…more growth in revenue and income.

But the critics were there and the skeptics kept chirping.

And the team kept on winning.

So, is it better to be on a team that makes the perfect decision every time and loses?  Or, is it more fun to be on a team that creates incredible anxiety because of the path and plan that is followed and the decisions that are made, but wins much more than they lose?

Better lucky than good?

I’ve heard that somewhere before!