true MT, but CEO of a company is pretty much at the top of the tree while cameron has a few people higher than him for the buck to stop at, in fact our own CEO is one of them
The machinations within a footy club would also be different to a publicly listed company too, I reckon.
...It doesnt seem to work the same way with the popular decisions made by the footy dept either.
He is head of Football Al.
What do you think he is accountable for? Making sure there are plenty of sports drinks in the gym?
so seems you don't seem to be able to say what you believe head of football actually does, I'll give you a couple of choices.
1: sits in his office and make all executive desicions regarding the football dept then ensure that his minions follow out his orders.
Or
2: is actually a co-ordinator, making sure that each area of the football dept recieves their share of allocated resourses to do their job properly. Ensuring that they communicate with each other and work effectively side by side. That important information is shared by relevant depts.
To collate and report information provided by each area and probably even then write reports which are then presented to the board/ceo on how the how the football dept is travelling.
To ensure that everyone is on the same wavelength and working together, to an agenda set by a commitee, of which he is only part of, not by him. The crucial dept appointments, eg coaching staff, recruiting officers are also appointed by a commitee. he may have power to hire and fire those further down the pecking order or he can make recomendations on these staff that may carry a lot of weight, but in most appointments that can have a serious impact on the outcome of football operations his voice is just one of a number.
Personally my view has been that the second option is closer to the mark, which MT pretty much confirmed after a fan night.
As for roles within the footy department - Cameron is the general manager of football so his role is to manage all the various arms of the footy dept - coaches, recruiting, list management, rehab, strength and conditioning. I think they were the 5 areas. The rehab and strength and conditioning areas have been split between two people and Matt Hornsby oversees both areas. The list management committee is made up of Cameron, Jackson, Hartley, Hardwick, Gale and Stahl (to keep an eye on finances). Dimma has a fair bit of input in trades but very little in draft selections. Cameron said they are organising the finances for the next year at the moment.
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?action=post;quote=256437;topic=13949.45;last_msg=256792So what it boils down to, is that every unpopular list management decision gets blamed on Cameron, even though, unless we have some insight to the everyday runnings of the club, most of us wouldn't know if Cameron was performing his role properly or not (some don't seem to even have an inkling or what his role actually is), and that these decisions are actually at the feet of Cameron, Jackson, Hartley, Hardwick, Stahl and Gale.
On the other hand the popular decisions are credited to the football club, not to Cameron himself
So not only is much of the criticism based on ignorance, there is an obvious double standard applied.
