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BamaFan said:
My best answer would be a crew chief that demands performance and knows how to get the best out of his car and driver each week. Also he would be half psychologist to relate to team members( actually no different than a coach) when he does that he gets better performance and results each week. Lastly he has a system for the way they do things, a system each one understands and buys into. That my friends is the formula for success as I see it.( yes I am in the coaching field myself). :D
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Alabama needs you! ;)
 
Smoke14 said:
Off topic, but what does it take to be a "established team"?
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My thought about an established team would be one that has been together for at least one season. Kurt and Kevin are going to teams that perhaps aren't even fully staffed yet , and with new crew chiefs' . I agree that Stewart Haas has been in existance ,but these crews and crew chiefs have not been together for a single race .
 
Established team = not new.
The driver is a key part of the team. If key personnel are new (crew chief, driver) then it is not an established team. JMO.
 
ted@economy said:
My thought about an established team would be one that has been together for at least one season. Kurt and Kevin are going to teams that perhaps aren't even fully staffed yet , and with new crew chiefs' . I agree that Stewart Haas has been in existance ,but these crews and crew chiefs have not been together for a single race .
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I think next season is going to make for some interesting conversation. I remember when the ship SHR first sailed and folks thought Tony would never win another race.
 
Established team in my book could be as soon as the first race they enter. If they qualify well and finish high who cares how long they have been together. They wouldn't place high usually, if the car was a little off, or the pit crew screws up somehow. competition is too close these days, you pretty much have to have everything really close to perfect to finish in the top 5 even.
 
BobbyFord said:
Established team = not new.
The driver is a key part of the team. If key personnel are new (crew chief, driver) then it is not an established team. JMO.
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Agreed.. I think new and established directly conflict .. lol you cant have a brand new team with Jimmie Johnson driving and call it established.. that'd be like saying teams like Front Row and JTG Daugherty are established because guys like Bobby and Terry Labonte were driving their cars..
 
BobbyFord said:
Established team = not new.
The driver is a key part of the team. If key personnel are new (crew chief, driver) then it is not an established team. JMO.
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Interesting. By that definition, no driver, no matter how experienced, can join an established team. :confused:

I see the team aspect most critical with the pit guys being able to do that dance together, and the guys in the shop responding to the car chief and CC. If all those guys have cup experience, I consider it to be an established team. It's then up to the driver and CC to make the best of it.
 
Driver and crew chief compatibility, IMO, is the most critical part of the team. Many driver/crew chief partnerships have proven to not yield successful results. Enough so, that Rick Hendrick jumbled all but the 48 crew. RFR has made similar driver/crew chief changes, as has JGR and probably many other teams.
IMO, an established team is a complete team. Same personnel for at least one season.
 
it's all just luck. Sometimes you get DALE and RCR sometimes you get Allen and Paul. The pieces just come together.
 
I guess what it comes down to is ...What does it take to beat the 48 bunch? Can a driver do it by himself ? Does he need an experience crew chief and crew ? How long do they need to work together ?
 
ted@economy said:
I guess what it comes down to is ...What does it take to beat the 48 bunch? Can a driver do it by himself ? Does he need an experience crew chief and crew ? How long do they need to work together ?
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I think had Matt not blown two rice mills, you'd already have an answer. We just gotta wait for 2014 now.
 
BobbyFord said:
Driver and crew chief compatibility, IMO, is the most critical part of the team. Many driver/crew chief partnerships have proven to not yield successful results. Enough so, that Rick Hendrick jumbled all but the 48 crew. RFR has made similar driver/crew chief changes, as has JGR and probably many other teams.
IMO, an established team is a complete team. Same personnel for at least one season.
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Me thinks JGR needs some more juggling :idunno:
 
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