Presser makes me wonder what Huff could accomplish with experienced, talented coordinators and a top-notch recruiter. Then again one might say almost half this Board might find considerable success equipped with such resources.
I?ll make Marshall a deal. Give me the same $2.7MM salary pool you have given to Huff and I will guarantee improvement in all areas of the program. How can I do that? Because I won?t take a salary but will allocate $1.25MM for the defensive staff and $1.25MM for the offensive staff. The other $200,000 will go into a bonus pool. I could pay coordinators $750k each and would let them hire their own position coaches out of their $500,000 salary pool. That would attract the best staff at the G5 level.
Since I have hired the absolute best staff I only have to worry about the big picture and the other areas of responsibility of the position, university relations, press, public relations, fundraising, and conflict resolution along with mentoring the other coaches in those areas. A good leader hires competent people, gives them a vision and gets out of their way unless objectives aren?t being met. It?s no different than any other executive management position.
You don?t have to be a football genius to be a head coach. You can hire those. You need to be an expert on managing people and relationships, getting those people to buy in to a common vision, and effectively monitoring and adjusting processes to achieve that vision.