Ok. Let’s assume that the school is going to get on board and hire a GM…..
names? Suggestions????
names? Suggestions????
GM
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I don't have a name, but I'd look at successful programs that are similarly situated and try to mimic what they did for that role.
Anyone but Sha. Sha is a coach and has his hands full with that.
Perhaps I'll be in the minority for thinking so, but any resources we have should be used towards the players, period. I don't think we have enough to justify using them for another administrative position. Not to say Sha is overpaid, but he isn't cheap. We also have McBride on payroll. Way too administration heavy proportionate to player's compensation if we go that route, imo.
Pookie is my name, he is a successful Hollywood agent. Could help with publicity, marketing, and knows how to work contracts, He would be a home run 🤣
I don’t know if it’s a GM or whatever but I do think it would be helpful to have some one on staff who could do advanced scouting, do they want to come here, how much it will cost to get them here, etc. The whole process moves fast and furious so any head start can’t be a bad thing.
Maybe someone like Levell Sanders. Has some local ties, coached in Europe and obviously now at Binghamton.
Maybe someone like Levell Sanders. Has some local ties, coached in Europe and obviously now at Binghamton.
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It’s too late to bring someone in for this season. Whether we like it or not, reaching out to players and their handlers is happening during the season. With 2000+ players about to enter the transfer portal its important to know who, their willingness to come to SHU, and their price before the portal opens. Those that play by the rules are getting left behind. To be effective they really need someone in a non official role that operates in this space.
Been through this a million times this year and it doesn’t feel like a Sha or SHU thing to do. It’s too business sensible, too much delegating of power. 🙃
I’m hoping adding the additional assistant coach helped better balance duties bc not only do you need negotiation and relationship building with agents/handlers, but you need to budget (and link to fundraising) and have the coordinated effort to scout and evaluate hundreds of teams/players. Oh and retain your own and head off the tampering.
I’m hoping adding the additional assistant coach helped better balance duties bc not only do you need negotiation and relationship building with agents/handlers, but you need to budget (and link to fundraising) and have the coordinated effort to scout and evaluate hundreds of teams/players. Oh and retain your own and head off the tampering.
I agree we should direct all resources towards players, but even if someone on staff like McBride takes on that role, it would benefit Sha and the program by having someone other than the coach take on the responsibility of negotiating numbers with players and their agents. Sha has enough knowledge his plate.
That’s called assistant coaches. If they can’t identify players, reach out, assess fit both style and money, then what are they doing? They sure aren’t coaching.
Save the Whalen is the x and o guy because if true, he not only should be fired, he should be coaching high school.
As a check in every now and again Bulls fan, AK himself may be in need of a job in the not too distant future.
There has to be one person who has the responsibility of determining how much money is available to the men’s basketball team for players salaries and it should not be Sha. Whether you think that person is your current AD or a new position you have to get the responsibility for raising the money , allocating the money and deciding what each player gets right or you’re only going to make it worst.
Pass. Hiring a "GM" is just fake effort. Until we get to the point of salary caps, trades and long term contracts, there's not enough to make that role anything more than a glorified "NIL Budget Manager" which is in no way a full time job.
Unless of course this GM would fully take over recruiting duties from Sha and staff, but that feels risky to me.
Unless of course this GM would fully take over recruiting duties from Sha and staff, but that feels risky to me.
