New GM for football

[Tommy Gadberry]

 

[Rudy]

WTF does a college football GM do?  Aren't his responsibilities to be handled by the head coach?

[Mean Green 93-98]

It varies.  Andrew Luck is the GM at Stanford, and he just fired the head football coach there.  So it can be comparable to an NFL GM.

[Rudy]

36 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

It varies.  Andrew Luck is the GM at Stanford, and he just fired the head football coach there.  So it can be comparable to an NFL GM.

Isn't that what the AD is for?  

 

Seems to me like we are wasting money because people can't/won't do their jobs...

[GMG_Dallas]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31795157/the-rise-college-football-general-manager

[Mean Green 93-98]

18 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Isn't that what the AD is for?  

 

Seems to me like we are wasting money because people can't/won't do their jobs...

I think you missed what I was saying.  Luck's role as GM seems to be the exception and not the rule, and even his job is not specifically to fire the head football coach.

It seems like only a few years ago, we were complaining that Bama had so many extra football staff that played a critical part of their success.  It seems clear that in the modern era of college football, it's an advantage as long as it's all well run.

[untphd]

18 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31795157/the-rise-college-football-general-manager

Pretty interesting read. More and more like the NFL.

[NT80]

2 hours ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

 

?  He is 23 now, spent last year at TCU and 5 years before that at Houston?   

So, he was 17 when Houston hired him as a personnel asst director?

[NT80]

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

WTF does a college football GM do?  Aren't his responsibilities to be handled by the head coach?

Expect the same with basketball, plus perhaps Asst GMs too.   

Is this just a fad or is more staff really needed?

"The University of Oklahoma (OU) men's basketball program has hired former Sooners star and current Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young as assistant general manager, with Young also pledging $1 million to the program." 

 

 

[jtm0097]

We only have the budget to hire a guy who's been managing a roster on NCAA 2025.

[Mean Green Newz]

20 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

We only have the budget to hire a guy who's been managing a roster on NCAA 2025.

You kid but that is good practice in my experience.

[jtm0097]

27 minutes ago, Mean Green Newz said:

You kid but that is good practice in my experience.

Indeed, it's not a bad thing. These gen z kids are different. It's good to have someone young here to bridge the age gap.

[keith]

5 hours ago, NT80 said:

?  He is 23 now, spent last year at TCU and 5 years before that at Houston?   

So, he was 17 when Houston hired him as a personnel asst director?

Yeah, something isn’t right here.  Houston hired him when he was still in high school?  Sure.  

[BigWillie]

On 4/5/2025 at 1:00 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:

It varies.  Andrew Luck is the GM at Stanford, and he just fired the head football coach there.  So it can be comparable to an NFL GM.