Monday-morning quarterbacks
After-the-fact advisors
Monday-morning quarterbacks are people who criticize decisions after the outcome is known, when it's easy to see what should have been done.
The term comes from American football—Monday is when fans second-guess the plays from Sunday's game.
The verb form describes this behavior: It's easy to Monday-morning quarterback the invasion now that we know how it turned out.
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- after the factFollowing an event's occurrence
- analystOne who examines systematically
- armchairUpholstered seat with supports
- afterthoughtsLate-arriving ideas
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Monday-morning quarterbacksdecision-makers
Those with choosing power
leaders · doers · actors · shot-callers · quarterbacks
Monday-morning quarterbacksplanners
Those who devise arrangements
strategists · forecasters · forward-thinkers · visionaries · anticipators
Monday-morning quarterbacksplayers
Game participants
participants · doers · stakeholders · competitors · practitioners
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