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League's 'fluidity' leaves no room for trade secrets

By: Cam Cole Canwest News Service There have been 30 head coaching vacancies in the National Football League since 2006, a surprising number of them filled by relative unknowns from other staffs -- including the two whose teams face off in Sunday's Super Bowl. By one estimate, there could be as many as 19 changes of defensive coordinators, alone, before next season. The potential for corporate espionage is staggering. Does every franchise that loses a coach to another team immediately tear up its system and start all over because it knows the guy who departed probably photocopied the playbook before he turned it in, and will surely deliver the intelligence to the new employer? To continue reading this interesting article from The Calgary Herald, please click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on February 01, 2009 (boomark / email).