Woodwardfan
Woodwardfan
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As I interpret what KM spoke about:
Technical Board, which obviates the need for a D.O.F because all areas of the football division of the club are represented on the Board( committee)
Owners rep/s - to ensure recruitment strategy is being carried out and budget utilised effectively, not exceeded.
"Admin Guy" - responsible for player recruitment and contracts.
Team Manager - supported by his Head Scout.
Academy Manager - to remind the committee of Academy players who could fill the role being considered.
I think it's a reasonable concept which we fans should not be getting our knickers in a twist over. The Team Manager will know his budget now and as Wilder said the other day, he is used to working within a budget. Wilder knows full well there's no point suggesting we re-sign such as Maguire and match his Hull wages, not unless he makes a case for making him the sole signing of the year!.
As I see the committee, the Team Manager and Head Scout ( whoever that may be) will dominate it and if the manager wants a player within budget he'll get him, but it will all be dependant on the "Admin Guy" doing the deal with the other club and the player. Is the "Admin Guy" the one from the Property Industry?
The inclusion of the Academy Manager looks symbolic to me and merely a continuous reminder to all parties that the Academy is there plus great encouragement to the new Academy Manager and his staff and players; shame Cox isn't still with us. In practice the Academy lads who make the first team will have emerged on a long pathway which involves plenty of time on the bench and training with the big lads, it's poor of KM to suggest that Travis will pipe up in a meeting to say " why are you thinking of signing so and so when there's my young lad here already".
KM admitted we had not got past contracts right re League 1 wages with incentives for success not failure. He also admitted the Board selecting new players was not experienced enough. Sorry that should have been basic. Yes KM and the Prince should have set it up differently but what have all these blokes on good salaries been doing? Clough will have known better, Adkins will have known better. Branagan will have known better and looks as though he didn't manage the whole situation effectively in Clough's time anyway.
As ever KM has to eat some 'humble pie' but I suggest these blokes paid big money should have done a whole load better whatever the structure. If that Board dealing with player recruitment was not experienced enough then our successive managers should have provided evidence and demanded changes and the M.D. even more so. The owners did not choose player candidates, they did not negotiate with them; they had a right to expect their staff to get the job done properly. I contend the way things were suited our football managers and all the cronies they recruited as staff and players.
The interview in the video above annoyed me but I do not fully blame KM even though a couple of the things he admitted did disappoint me a lot. Put it this way, if I had been doing Brannigans job these weaknesses in our systems and approach would not have persisted and yes I have the background to operate at that level. Blokes earning 6 figure salaries should earn their corn. I'd have done it for the Minimum Wage given the chance, maybe 10 or 15 years ago too!!
Technical Board, which obviates the need for a D.O.F because all areas of the football division of the club are represented on the Board( committee)
Owners rep/s - to ensure recruitment strategy is being carried out and budget utilised effectively, not exceeded.
"Admin Guy" - responsible for player recruitment and contracts.
Team Manager - supported by his Head Scout.
Academy Manager - to remind the committee of Academy players who could fill the role being considered.
I think it's a reasonable concept which we fans should not be getting our knickers in a twist over. The Team Manager will know his budget now and as Wilder said the other day, he is used to working within a budget. Wilder knows full well there's no point suggesting we re-sign such as Maguire and match his Hull wages, not unless he makes a case for making him the sole signing of the year!.
As I see the committee, the Team Manager and Head Scout ( whoever that may be) will dominate it and if the manager wants a player within budget he'll get him, but it will all be dependant on the "Admin Guy" doing the deal with the other club and the player. Is the "Admin Guy" the one from the Property Industry?
The inclusion of the Academy Manager looks symbolic to me and merely a continuous reminder to all parties that the Academy is there plus great encouragement to the new Academy Manager and his staff and players; shame Cox isn't still with us. In practice the Academy lads who make the first team will have emerged on a long pathway which involves plenty of time on the bench and training with the big lads, it's poor of KM to suggest that Travis will pipe up in a meeting to say " why are you thinking of signing so and so when there's my young lad here already".
KM admitted we had not got past contracts right re League 1 wages with incentives for success not failure. He also admitted the Board selecting new players was not experienced enough. Sorry that should have been basic. Yes KM and the Prince should have set it up differently but what have all these blokes on good salaries been doing? Clough will have known better, Adkins will have known better. Branagan will have known better and looks as though he didn't manage the whole situation effectively in Clough's time anyway.
As ever KM has to eat some 'humble pie' but I suggest these blokes paid big money should have done a whole load better whatever the structure. If that Board dealing with player recruitment was not experienced enough then our successive managers should have provided evidence and demanded changes and the M.D. even more so. The owners did not choose player candidates, they did not negotiate with them; they had a right to expect their staff to get the job done properly. I contend the way things were suited our football managers and all the cronies they recruited as staff and players.
The interview in the video above annoyed me but I do not fully blame KM even though a couple of the things he admitted did disappoint me a lot. Put it this way, if I had been doing Brannigans job these weaknesses in our systems and approach would not have persisted and yes I have the background to operate at that level. Blokes earning 6 figure salaries should earn their corn. I'd have done it for the Minimum Wage given the chance, maybe 10 or 15 years ago too!!
My final sentence should have read "10 or 15 years ago though" ( I would have needed a good P.A./ proof reader!!)
