Director of Football / Technical Board - why do we need one?

[KMC-1889]

I tried looking elsewhere for a discussion about club structure but couldn’t see a dedicated thread so thought I’d start one.

It was discussed a few weeks back in Shoutbox but YouTube has just thrown up this old video which I think is worth a watch.



When you look at what the describe as the ‘old, bad’ why to run a club with a 2 man team of the manager & executive (and the the problems this is likely to cause) they describe this current United team and its plight perfectly.

When you look at Sunderland, who are having phenomenal success at our expense, you can see the sort of set up we should be aiming for.

https://www.safc.com/club-information/club-personnel

Will COH bring in this sort of set up? It’s popular in the states but Bettis’ position on the board makes me think he’ll fight any changes tooth and nail.

 

[Danetheblade]

I tried looking elsewhere for a discussion about club structure but couldn’t see a dedicated thread so thought I’d start one.

It was discussed a few weeks back in Shoutbox but YouTube has just thrown up this old video which I think is worth a watch.



When you look at what the describe as the ‘old, bad’ why to run a club with a 2 man team of the manager & executive (and the the problems this is likely to cause) they describe this current United team and its plight perfectly.

When you look at Sunderland, who are having phenomenal success at our expense, you can see the sort of set up we should be aiming for.

https://www.safc.com/club-information/club-personnel

Will COH bring in this sort of set up? It’s popular in the states but Bettis’ position on the board makes me think he’ll fight any changes tooth and nail.

Short answer, no.

 

[Kenilworth]

Love a DOF, me

 

[I should coco]

We only 'need' one. if the board believe in it and are committed to making it work. There is absolutely no point in setting up such a system for appearances sake, especially if the manager (sorry, 'coach'), doesn't buy into it.

Bettis and Wilder are probably the two most impoprtant individuals presently in the club, so if they won't buy in, an 'interesting' period is ahead.

 

[Keen Blade]

I tried looking elsewhere for a discussion about club structure but couldn’t see a dedicated thread so thought I’d start one.

It was discussed a few weeks back in Shoutbox but YouTube has just thrown up this old video which I think is worth a watch.



When you look at what the describe as the ‘old, bad’ why to run a club with a 2 man team of the manager & executive (and the the problems this is likely to cause) they describe this current United team and its plight perfectly.

When you look at Sunderland, who are having phenomenal success at our expense, you can see the sort of set up we should be aiming for.

https://www.safc.com/club-information/club-personnel

Will COH bring in this sort of set up? It’s popular in the states but Bettis’ position on the board makes me think he’ll fight any changes tooth and nail.

I recall Bettis staying clearly in one interview that , to paraphrase - "we're not having a SD here"

Protecting his position , one might venture to suggest.

Goodness knows how he has the right to say that , but then again , his bosses (the owners and their cronies) appear to be a bunch of American Idiots abroad.

Not only do they fail to introduce the kind of SD structure which surrounds them across the pond - they also sack a 92 point manager , bring in an idiot who recruits a load of bobbar and then - in an embarrassingly comical move , sack him and donate the unbalanced squad to the man they sacked just weeks before.

I wouldn't trust them to sit the right way round on a toilet.

If SUFC were a soap opera on telly , you would dismiss it as having no basis in real life.

 

[FriethBlade]

Love a DOF, me

If only we'd discussed this before

 

[nopigfansintown]

Primarily to fill in for the lack of basic football knowledge in the non football staff. Giving the football staff's opinions on football matters primacy is one thing; having nothing at all to bounce their ideas off is another. Even the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s managers had that. That was my biggest take away from the Bettis interview.

 

[finlaytheblade]

I recall Bettis staying clearly in one interview that , to paraphrase - "we're not having a SD here"

Protecting his position , one might venture to suggest.

Goodness knows how he has the right to say that , but then again , his bosses (the owners and their cronies) appear to be a bunch of American Idiots abroad.

Not only do they fail to introduce the kind of SD structure which surrounds them across the pond - they also sack a 92 point manager , bring in an idiot who recruits a load of bobbar and then - in an embarrassingly comical move , sack him and donate the unbalanced squad to the man they sacked just weeks before.

I wouldn't trust them to sit the right way round on a toilet.

If SUFC were a soap opera on telly , you would dismiss it as having no basis in real life.

If the owners have not learned from mistakes made this summer i will be very surprised ! I feel sure we spent more than planned if Wilder had stayed. Panic buying set in with the season fast approaching and a team well short in certain areas.
Owners who couldnt have taken any advice on running a club how nieve is that,! bringing in a coach who himself was short on experience in team building and recruitment = disaster in the making.They realised maybe just in time before all was lost.
Sellers may become a good manager in time as he will have learned a lot from the disaster which was unfolding in front of him.
We will never know whether his methods would have worked as he had to go to save the club from a certain relegation.
20 to 30 minutes against Bristol city was so exciting to watch! If thats a sample of what he can bring to a club ! We have missed a trick as with the right backing he may have something special within his coaching manual

Will be interesting how his career developes ! Starting at. Zarogoza where they are propping up the rest.