Les Snead on Risk, Decisions, and Football

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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After nearly 12 years as general manager for the L.A. Rams, Les Snead has learned the power of humility when it comes to making big decisions--who to draft, who to hire as head coach, and how to create a shared vision for his team. Listen as he and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss what it's like to manage a professional football team along with the intense pressures that come with the territory. An episode for every fan who has played Monday-morning quarterback, and all of us who wonder how those who play for high stakes survive and thrive.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
0:14.0	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links down
0:18.6	the information related to today's conversation.
0:21.6	You'll also find our archives, but every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:30.2	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.8	Today is May 9, 2023 and my guest is Les Sneed.
0:43.0	Les is the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League, the NFL.
0:48.1	Les, welcome to econtalk.
0:50.1	Ah, right, Jack to be here, Russ.
0:53.2	I feel like a outcast though compared to...
0:56.8	Why?
0:57.8	You're normal guest, right?
0:59.8	I love listening to your podcast, but when you're in sports, you're like, wait a minute,
1:04.6	we're not going to...
1:06.1	I definitely can't discuss AI with you.
1:09.0	That's okay.
1:10.0	That's great.
1:13.2	I'm as excited as you are because for a long time, I have been interested in decision-making
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