I was thinking about our current head coaches, what appears to be the new structure that is starting to show up and how we might do it.
It seems like the future for big programs looks something like this
AD - oversees athletic department
President of Football operations
President of Basketball operations
GM football - oversees all recruiting and managing of players and brand
GM of basketball
Head Coach - overseas coaching, input on player matters and selection, run the coaching staff - same for both
For smaller schools or less
Flush P4 it may be that AD is also the operations folks.
In our model though I think we will be flush enough to have all three.
Tad Boyle to me isn’t a GM and would do well to have one. He is a good coach and if left to being a coach might do very well.
Coach Sanders might be an excellent GM. In both recruiting and promoting and caring for players. His strength is less so as a head coach and he might do well to have one under him.
It’s interesting the different strengths I see in both our flagship coaches. If each could find a solid partner to do what they don’t it could be really effective.
I feel like Sanders want a long ways towards this with his coordinators but I am unsure how far Tad has gone to shore up player acquisition with his hires.
I just find it all interesting as we watch the big boys move closer to this model. I think most of us at P4 will as well. As someone else said CU has a chance to be a sleeping giant. I don’t think it’s just recruiting or just coaching or just management. We need multiple people running a cohesive department using their individual
Strengths to achieve greatness at this level in todays game.
Really excited to see how the next 24 months develop on the college level and how we respond. I do believe for once it won’t be a day late and a dollar short. We might actually end up on the front end of it
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