When is professional football like a school district?

Disclaimer: I know practically nothing about professional football. These are just observations.

It seems to me that there are some odd similarities in current education policy and professional football. At least, similarities with these things in DC. Jim Zorn was fired from the Redskins' head coach on Monday, after only two years on the job. His "West Coast offense" strategies haven't been paying off for the team, who have had a 4-12 record so far this season. Owner Dan Snyder and general manager Bruce Allen are currently interviewing replacements. What is interesting to me about this is that this replacement will be the 7th head coach that Snyder has brought in since 1999. Now, let's think about DC Public schools. Since 1996, DCPS has had several (anyone know the exact number? I'm finding between 5 and 6, including Rhee) superintendents. Dr. Janey was given barely 3 years to implement his reforms, and the incumbent, Paul Vance, before him was in office also 3 years. This is hardly enough time to truly reform such a troubled district as DC. The numerous changes in leadership has imprinted itself onto the schools where, with each new superintendent, new programs are put in place: Read180, America's Choice, Excellor-something, Leap-Jump-whatever, and so on. New infrastructures are put in place and torn down, schedules are changed (block? regular 7-period? modified block? A-B block?), new buzz words are overused (warm-up, rigor, teaching and learning, SWBAT, assessment, data, word wall, reflect, etc.).

My point is this: good teaching works. Communication works. Notification works. Logic works. CONSISTENCY works. If we want to improve, perhaps we have to stick to something for more than 2 or 3 years to see if IT WORKS.