A ‘Head Coach’

Instead of calling it incremental improvement I would call it ambition. Fenty had a distinct lack of it, whereas now we have it. The only going holding us back is finance

There has been no mention of Debbie Cook in this thread.

Does she think PH was too stretched in his wide role? Did some of his signings not fit a longer term plan? Did she see a consistent and well defined playing style? Did PH allow lack of performance go unchecked and his only approach was work harder…….

Comparing it to Englands abysmal cricket performance of late. Their only response seems to be to bash the ball harder, not better?

I could be very wrong here, so correct me if I am.  Do we not have someone who sits on the board as an advisor who was/is one of the best Director of Football in the World.  I don't remember his name now, but I believe he may have had some connections with Saudi FA and Chelsea.

Quoted from 123614

I could be very wrong here, so correct me if I am.  Do we not have someone who sits on the board as an advisor who was/is one of the best Director of Football in the World.  I don't remember his name now, but I believe he may have had some connections with Saudi FA and Chelsea.

Gareth Jennings who, since joining the board, has helpfully updated his Wikipedia page:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jennings

So do we not have one half of the DoF/Head Coach already sitting at a table at Blundell Park?

Get the luck then any system, managment combination can work.

Don’t get the luck (rub) then all is rubbished, players and managment alike.

Big test for the N/O’s. I do not envy them as they have set themselves up to potentially fail with all the blurb. Profesional investors/values/data etc.

Nothing to reinvent in this lottery of club ownership.

All fine lines at the end of the day.

We are a keeper off have being in the mix in all fairness!! IMHO

Hurst needed the window to put it right, and I suspect true to form, if given time, then he would have got it right.

Quoted from 123614

So do we not have one half of the DoF/Head Coach already sitting at the table at Blundell Park?

No, hes moved way on from that! But he is probably one of the foremost experts in world football on that role, which, some other bits n pieces, lead me to think we ate going down that road

Quoted from forza ivano

No, he's moved way on from that! But he is probably one of the foremost experts in world football on that role, which, some other bits n pieces, lead me to think we ate going down that road

So he would be available to give advice maybe, something that I believe he sits on the Board for, but this time advice on a DoF and a Head Coach as opposed to players?  I can't imagine him being part of the club and not having his massive knowledge tapped in the coming weeks.  Maybe he has already been asked of his opinions, I guess we will never know.

I think we will know BAWB and we'll certainly feel it in the coming weeks and months.

Put it this way, I see it that 1878 have seen something they like but have absolutely no clue how to go about it, nor should they have any idea.  Jennings and/or his colleagues will have floated an approach, a philosophy, a culture that he/they have been involved with before and implemented successfully elsewhere.  1878 have gobbled that line up and invited Twenty First Group in to install that approach here.

Jennings was probably so good at doing that Sporting Director type role that he's gone above it now, he's more the King Maker than the King itself.  With his experience, he can now help others put that model into place.  He doesn't need day-to-day handle on it because he can cherry pick the bits that he needs to be involved with, groom others to do the stuff that don't challenge him and therefore spread himself across more than one business.

It's consultancy 101.  We can mask it up however we like it, but we've got consultants in to shape the future direction of the club.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

There has been no mention of Debbie Cook in this thread.

Does she think PH was too stretched in his wide role? Did some of his signings not fit a longer term plan? Did she see a consistent and well defined playing style? Did PH allow lack of performance go unchecked and his only approach was work harder…….

Comparing it to Englands abysmal cricket performance of late. Their only response seems to be to bash the ball harder, not better?

I would think if Debbie had anything to say about Hurst she would have voiced her opinions to the board and only to the board.