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Highsmith to the U?

AlexCane said:
I think you're mistaken.

We're all speculating about what Alonzo's role could or would be, but judging from his background in the Packers scouting or personnel department, if he is hired as a general manager of sorts and is primarily tasked with finding recruits to fulfill the head coach's vision, why would that encroach on the AD?
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Fully agree with this.
 
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Football Operations according to Caneville. Which is exactly what i wanted. I want someone's job to be only what is good for Miami football. I don't want them worrying about women's Tennis and all that. I want them helping the coach evaluate players, address the weight program. Everything. The current situation demands that.
 
ssvir said:
Exactly. He's also seen every single major program and can help implement the best ideas/strategies from the best of bread schools.

Finally, if a guy like Jurich is coming he could be grooming him as his eventual replacement.
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He would then need to report into the HC to help execute on the HC vision and basically fill the director of player personnel role.

Chain of command is important here. If he reports to AD then no HC is going to want to come in and be told how to run their team.
 
AlexCane said:
I think you're making it more than what it is.

Let's assume--because again, we don't know--that Alonzo's role is that of a general manager of sorts. Let's assume he is heavily involved in scouting. He implements culture. He is there day in, day out and meets regularly with HC concerning players, transfer market, scout, scheme, personnel, etc. If he (or anyone in that position) reports to the AD, why would that threaten an AD? An AD isn't capable to do those things, nor does an AD have the time to be around the football team 24/7. If there is a very clear job description put in place that the "GM" (Alonzo) reports to the AD, I don't see why that would be a problem. Quite frankly, if I'm the AD, I'd be excited with bringing a pro structure to college and maybe starting a new trend.

I think where there may be conflict is between GM and HC, which we see all the time in pro sports. That to me is far, far more of an issue than between GM and AD.
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You make a good point. My question is what HC is gonna be ok with that arrangement?
 
Pentagon Cane said:
So you don't think the presumptive AD would not sign off on it? I realize we have a bunch of fans who have Hecht PTSD but I will wait until an announcement to see how this plays out. I won't immediately run to the negative.
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I think any quality AD wouldn’t want Zo or be forced to hire him.
 
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Thommy30w said:
You make a good point. My question is what HC is gonna be ok with that arrangement?
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I don't disagree.

We know pro coaches are comfortable with it so maybe a CFB coach might be curious to try. But, certainly, it could be a source of contention. I'm not aware of any HC in CFB that isn't responsible (to steal Parcells' line) of picking the ingredients and cooking the meal. I guess you could convince a HC that permitting Zo to be in charge of scouting frees up HC during the season to focus on what actually matters on Saturday. I can't imagine that coaches enjoy texting 17 y/o kids and watching game film of recruits during the season?
 
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Odysseus said:
Both are coming to the U
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Odysseus said:
Both are coming to the U
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Canedude08 said:
Because no AD wants a layer of bureaucracy between themselves and their most important hire. There is usually an administrator that deals with day to day stuff, but they are a glorified stooge for the AD. Zo won't be anyone's stooge, so that means an AD will have a guy with legit power standing between himself and his revenue generator.
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