Stuart Webber

[TIL 1010 4,722]

[quote user="westcoastcanary"]

The key priorities for the Sporting Director are:

Support the first team and head coach

Maintain and manage a positive working relationship with the owner

Employ the best people within budget as department heads

Oversee the implementation of the club’s DNA and identity a suitable playing philosophy across all teams, from first team to Academy.

Implement and maintain a scouting network

Manage the movement of players in and out of the club

Oversee the academy and development teams (extending to community foundations for talent identification)

Oversee the performance departments including medical and sport science

Oversee the training ground

The Sporting Director is the custodian of the club’s sporting performance and must have:

Football industry knowledge

Business and financial acumen

Ability to lead and develop a high performance culture

Ability to develop and deliver a strategy both strategically and operationally

Understanding of - and the ability to deliver - good governance

Ability to manage change and innovation

Ability to manage research (monitor and evaluate) on relevant performance measures

Can''t understand why so many people are pooh-poohing this whole restructuring idea. It''s exactly what was needed.

[/quote]Looks to me that some areas there clash with the responsibilities of a technical director.

[Lessingham Canary 99]

@ TIL 1010

Looks to me that some areas there clash with the responsibilities of a technical director.

The technical director will take his direction from the Sportng director, no making it up as goes along, this can only be good for everyone if gets all working together! imo

[TIL 1010 4,722]

Oversee the performance departments including medical and sport scienceIf this is included in the new post i really do fail to see the need for another pair of hands on the tiller.

[westcoastcanary 173]

[quote user="TIL 1010"]Oversee the performance departments including medical and sport scienceIf this is included in the new post i really do fail to see the need for another pair of hands on the tiller.[/quote]The question you are really raising is Ricky Martin''s role in the new structure. Clearly the board have (correctly) identified the need for a Sporting Director with the responsibilities and experience outlined in the quoted post, and if they had thought Ricky Martin could do the job as specified they wouldn''t be bringing Webber in. So the answer is: wait and see.

[TIL 1010 4,722]

[quote user="westcoastcanary"][quote user="TIL 1010"]Oversee the performance departments including medical and sport scienceIf this is included in the new post i really do fail to see the need for another pair of hands on the tiller.[/quote]The question you are really raising is Ricky Martin''s role in the new structure. Clearly the board have (correctly) identified the need for a Sporting Director with the responsibilities and experience outlined in the quoted post, and if they had thought Ricky Martin could do the job as specified they wouldn''t be bringing Webber in. So the answer is: wait and see.[/quote]Not questioning for one minute the new Sporting Director role Westcoastcanary and you have summed up what i was thinking.

[Webbo118 0]

My main concern is the following:

"It could also be argued that the head coach should have the final say on signings. There is on benefit in forcing an unwanted player on a head coach"

"A sporting director will present to the head coach the best options for a particular position and the head coach will select his preferred choice. However, as the sporting director is the custodian of sporting performance, he does have the authority to block a signing"

This is an area where elements of grey have the potential to produce problems. It has to be black or white. I can hear the responses already - they have to come to an agreement. In a lot of cases that might be possible. But in others, it won''t. Who has the final say? I know what Alan Irvine thinks!

[hogesar 9,618]

Officially on gardening leave..

http://www.htafc.com/news/article/2016-17/huddersfield-town-stuart-webber-club-statement-garden-leave-3648901.aspx

[TCCANARY 263]

[quote user="hogesar"]Officially on gardening leave..

http://www.htafc.com/news/article/2016-17/huddersfield-town-stuart-webber-club-statement-garden-leave-3648901.aspx[/quote]

If you worked as a gardener and wanted to change jobs to be a gardener for someone else would you original employer put you on gardening leave until your contract finished and you were free to leave? 

[Kidderminster Exile 0]

TCCANARY wrote

f you worked as a gardener and wanted to change jobs to be a gardener for someone else would you original employer put you on gardening leave until your contract finished and you were free to leave?

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Perhaps they would put you on football leave

[TCCANARY 263]

[quote user="Kidderminster Exile"]TCCANARY wrote

f you worked as a gardener and wanted to change jobs to be a gardener for someone else would you original employer put you on gardening leave until your contract finished and you were free to leave?

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Perhaps they would put you on football leave[/quote]

[westcoastcanary 173]

@Webbo118

Anyone who accepts appointment as head coach under this system will understand that the SP "has the authority to block a signing". As the original article says, this is anathema to many home grown managers, so we won''t be appointing anyone of that mind. The fact that the system works just fine for virtually every top tier club across Europe and several here shows that there need be no problem; what''s needed is a head coach who buys fully into the way the system works, and appreciates the benefits of working within that framework. 

[TIL 1010 4,722]

Looks like we are not the only ones sniffing around.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-director-football-rumours-fuelled-10126028

[Van wink 2,994]

Tilly raises some serious questions about the apparent overlap in responsibilities and it will be interesting to see where RM will fit into the new structure.

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="Van Klomp"]Tilly raises some serious questions about the apparent overlap in responsibilities and it will be interesting to see where RM will fit into the new structure.[/quote]What''s Russell Martin got to do with it Winky?

[Van wink 2,994]

Does he live in Mulbarton?

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

Not wishing to sound stupid, but what is the Mulbarton thing about? I''ve seen it mentioned in various threads but obviously missed something way back when?!

[TIL 1010 4,722]

[quote user="Branston Pickle"]Not wishing to sound stupid, but what is the Mulbarton thing about? I''ve seen it mentioned in various threads but obviously missed something way back when?![/quote]The Man from Mulbarton was the nickname given to Ricky Martin by youth players at Colney.

[Van wink 2,994]

Indeed Tilly

[Icecream Snow 761]

So is Mulbarton a dull place to live? Or were they not particularly creative with their insults?

[Hairy Canary 668]

Probably linking him and Mulbartion to a parochial way of life as opposed to cutting edge pushing the boundaries

[Diane 500]

I''m wondering if we''ll get an announcement on Thurs after our game with Huddersfield?

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

Ah - makes sense now...

[toftwood 4]

Well he may be at home on gardening leave but I bet his

mobile is smoke''n hot with calls in and out!

[yellow hammer 0]

[quote user="Hairy Canary"]Probably linking him and Mulbartion to a parochial way of life as opposed to cutting edge pushing the boundaries[/quote]

Lucky he doesn''t come from Costessey. They''d have fun with that

[Tumbleweed 106]

Never been to Mulbarton. Is it anything like Poringland?

[hogesar 9,618]

Nice place. My girlfriend teaches at the primary school. Ruddy lives their I think.

Sorry, felt like giving a serious answer for once.

[nutty nigel 7,513]

The world begins and ends in Mulbarton...

[snake-eyes 13]

lol Nutty!

[Webbo118 0]

[quote user="westcoastcanary"]@Webbo118

Anyone who accepts appointment as head coach under this system will understand that the SP "has the authority to block a signing". As the original article says, this is anathema to many home grown managers, so we won''t be appointing anyone of that mind. The fact that the system works just fine for virtually every top tier club across Europe and several here shows that there need be no problem; what''s needed is a head coach who buys fully into the way the system works, and appreciates the benefits of working within that framework. 

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And presumably he has the authority to give the head coach players that he doesn''t want?

[wcorkcanary 4,329]

[quote user="Webbo118"][quote user="westcoastcanary"]@Webbo118

Anyone who accepts appointment as head coach under this system will understand that the SP "has the authority to block a signing". As the original article says, this is anathema to many home grown managers, so we won''t be appointing anyone of that mind. The fact that the system works just fine for virtually every top tier club across Europe and several here shows that there need be no problem; what''s needed is a head coach who buys fully into the way the system works, and appreciates the benefits of working within that framework.

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And presumably he has the authority to give the head coach players that he doesn''t want?[/quote]

Oh Dear, thats not progress happening at our Club is it? can''t have that, god forbid we change anything. What if it works...the idiots should have done it earlier. I like the idea of a new set up. the current one has worked, up to a point but we are very much limited by finances...... and unless we are promoted sharpish or sell out to someone with big bucks.. that side of things wont change, but a change of structure could make a big difference. Either way , I prefer change from within.