Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

[upthemaggies]

Pros and Cons for both systems but I would have thought that the happy medium would be manager (I refuses to call him/her coach!) states the type of player needed and the required attributes the player should have, HR gets on the case, HR notifies the manager of a shortlist of likely players and the manager makes the final decision (that's assuming the HR has applied any financial restrictions to his short list) HR then starts the recruiting process. That is probably what the current system is but without the critical selection made by the manager?

If I were a player, I'd find it more difficult to respect a manager (or head coach) who is clearly having to defer to some other member of staff sat in an office. It also must make some degree of difference to a player if he thinks the manager rated and wanted him in the first place, as opposed to having no say in the matter.

[SmiffyPie]

If I were a player, I'd find it more difficult to respect a manager (or head coach) who is clearly having to defer to some other member of staff sat in an office. It also must make some degree of difference to a player if he thinks the manager rated and wanted him in the first place, as opposed to having no say in the matter.

Agree entirely. This recruit by committee malarky may be cost efficient but, as you suggest, it reduces the managers status and authority somewhat.

[OP67]

If I were a player, I'd find it more difficult to respect a manager (or head coach) who is clearly having to defer to some other member of staff sat in an office. It also must make some degree of difference to a player if he thinks the manager rated and wanted him in the first place, as opposed to having no say in the matter.

I believe the head coach does have a say in the recruitment as he's the one that has to work with them day in day out. The recruitment team use the stats to find players that fit the playing style and suggest them....
That's if there's a coach actually in the building which there's not. It didn't work out too bad when we bought Langstaff while having no head coach.