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(10-10-2019 12:28 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(10-10-2019 12:11 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(10-10-2019 12:03 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(10-10-2019 11:08 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-10-2019 08:50 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  To me, the differentiating quality in the best coaches is management ability. The top coaches could be the CEO of any company and be successful. Its some combination of leadership, charisma, process management, motivation, hiring, and accountability that makes the perfect head football coach at the college level. Building a great organization is the key.

That said, I don't know if that same thing applies at our level. At the highest level, you can hire all the highly competent coaches and behind the scenes staff that you need and then just provide the leadership, structure, and processes for them to work within. At our level maybe the head coach needs to be able to actually coach and scheme more than at the highest levels since money and stature does not allow the head coach to just go out and cherry pick all of the needs on his staff.

It worked for the defense (finally) at our level. I think BW makes a great head figurehead type guy, but he's so stubborn/cocky, he wont get rid of the crappy OC. If he had a good OC and listened to them like he does Blackwell, he could sit back, be the happy sunshine salesman he is, and take all the credit for the assistant's X's & Os. He finally learned that with the D, but did it too late. Now the ship has sailed for replacing the OC. BW needs to take the fall at this point.

Its not a figurehead that you need, which I think Bobby is decent at. It is a great leader that you need, which I am not so sure Bobby is.

Figureheads expire. People get tired of hearing their narrative. Leaders adapt, and are always respected. Leaders don't lose the faith of their audience when times are tough, their people rally behind them.

Im not sure this works in sports though. Give Saban one bad season and the majority of the fanbase will be running him out of town.

The general fanbase, maybe. The team, staff, insiders, etc... will be by his side.

The board will definitely be by his side. A buyout of Saban would hurt for a looooonnnggg time.