BigMart wrote:Of course he has a boss....
The CEO of the company...... If we don't improve next year.... Who goes, Pelchin or Watters... Who is responsible for onfield performance??
If we don't improve next year then no one goes, because the club realises that it's going to take another couple of years of being s*** before we can start to rise from the ashes.
BigMart wrote:Managing the list, is a bit different to determining the list
Wage profiling, talent scouting, advising coaching staff, testing, free agency scouting, age profiling of list
All in accord with the plan SET by the senior coach.... Who is in charge of On Field results....
He should be collaborative, he should empower, he should be open to suggestion, he should support
But
He must be the leader
WTF do people think Pelchin is running the joint.... In olden day speak he is the recruiting manager.... Like JB was in the 90's
Mart, I love you, but on this one you're really talking out of your arse.
You have no idea about how to run a big team. That's fine, we can't all have experience in every area of life. But let's not pretend that you're some sort of expert on this and therefore you somehow know exactly how it is or should be.
Pelchen is Head of Football. In that role he's responsible for everything in the football department, from on-field performance to recruiting to training to logistics to human resources.
He has probably seven direct reports:
- Head Coach (Watters)
- General Manager - Player List and Legal Affairs (Bains)
- Player Welfare Manager (Tony Brown)
- High Performance Manager (Davoren)
- Sports Science Manager (Simon Kearney)
- Recruiting Manager (Elshaugh)
- Logistics Manager (Peter Maddern)
Maybe some others, but I think that's probably pretty close. On the other hand, the Head Coach's direct reports are probably:
- Assistant Coach (Offensive) (Kingsley)
- Assistant Coach (Midfield) (Laidley)
- Assistant Coach (Defensive) (Sexton)
- Assistant Coach / Academy Manager (Micale)
- Specialist Coach (Hamill)
- Opposition Analyst (Paul O'Connell)
Watters doesn't and shouldn't concern himself with the specifics of the contracts, with what the high performance guys do, with which hotels the team is staying in, with how many recruiting guys we have and where they are on a weekly basis, etc. All of that and more is on Pelchen's plate and he needs to stay on top of it. He brings it all together and makes sure Watters has what he needs to do his job properly.
But ultimately, Pelchen is the one managing the whole process. He's the one saying to the Board: "this is the plan and this is how we're going to go about achieving it". He then puts the pieces in place, including the Head Coach, to make that happen. Watters obviously has some input into everything else that happens, but ultimately the pieces are put in front of him and he makes the best he can of them.
The reason it works this way is because the Coach is an ephemeral role. He might last a couple of years, maybe if we're lucky more like five or six, but essentially he'll be gone well before all the football department's plans are complete. So to counter any "Key Man risk" all of the accumulated planning, knowledge and wisdom for the department has to be external to the Head Coach role. That's where Pelchen comes in.
I know it's complex if you haven't been involved in large organisations. But I guarantee you that's the way it is.
