Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
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.