(22-03-2021, 03:43 PM)Pedalo_menders Wrote:(22-03-2021, 03:05 PM)stayinupforever Wrote: How does one "implement a sporting director"?
I'm not convinced. Once a dof or sd starts interfering in football team matters you might as we kiss goodbye to any harmony.
It depends. I want the manager focusing on getting the players organised and ready for matchday. Not all managers have the time or ability to manage the scouting network, identify targets and negotiate contracts.
100% the manager should be involved in the identify targets discussion. However, the medium to long term planning of the squad could be better managed by someone who can do the investigative work full time.
Losing the likes of Nathan Thompson, Christian Burgess and Matt Clarke; then replacing them with absolute numpty's shows there is room for improvement in this process.
No sporting director is going to stop players wanting to move on to better themselves and IMO nobody but the manager should pick the replacements because it is his job on the line if they don't work out.
Thompson understandably turned down a new contract because he had a championship move lined up, Burgess knew before Christmas he would not be re-signing because he fancied a new challenege in a new country if we did not go up, and no-one could hope to keep Clarke once a premiership club came knocking. No sporting director or director of football would make a blind bit of difference to those scenarios.