I'm breaking off some James Ingram (really Quincy Jones) to start off this post.  Deal with it:

"I did my best but I guess my best wasn't good enough
'Cause here we are back where we were before
Seems nothing ever changes we're back to being strangers
Wondering if we oughta stay or head on out the door"

Did you hear?  In perhaps the most unsurprising news of the last centruy, Jameis Winston (former Heisman Trophy winner and Florida State QB) is turning pro.

The reality is that Jimbo Fisher, coach at Florida State, has known this for a long time.  Want to understand how I know that?  All you have to do is look at the interactions between Jimbo and Jameis in the Rose Bowl, where it all went to hell and Jameis tried to show up his coach.  Take a look at the video below (enable video and photos, click through to the blog post if you can't see it. You'll want to see this one):

That's right.  Read the lips.  After Jameis tries to show him up, Jimbo calls him in tight - but not too tight - and says the following: "If you don't calm the f*ck down, you're going to the bench."

Which is how Managers React When They Discover They Don't Need A******* Employees.

We've all been there.  An employee has special skills.  We don't crosstrain.  Those special employees are awful to other people.  Like Scott Strapp, we create our own prison.

Then one day, because the person tells us they're leaving or we've finally hired enough talent to backfill them, the haze is lifted.  They treat someone poorly (maybe you) and we tell them to shut the hell up. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Jimbo Fisher got caught making exceptions for a special talent.  Then in was in too deep to dig out.  At some point this fall or winter, Jimbo learned or knew Winston wasn't coming back.

And then he make all of us who had been cringing - Jimbo Fisher fans in the years to come.

I'm sorry the last couple of years have been the best of times/worst of times, Jimbo.  I'm glad you got to say what you wanted to say on national TV.

If only all the managers in corporate American who arrive at the same point had the ability to do the same.