I've been one of the more skeptical people on the Stanford Rivals board about the Luck GM hire. It seemed like a little bit of a ham fisted rollout, and he didn't seem to have a whole lot of details about what Stanford is prepared to do differently that will get it out of the Football crater it has put itself in. All he did was say we need to win (and will), we need to have a team the community is proud of (which I've never heard from anyone associated with Stanford), and we need to be relevant in the new landscape of College Football. Aspirational talk absent tangible actions to change what isn't working, doesn't mean much.
Then Troy Taylor spoke. He said in his first year after the Shawpacolypse they lost 13 starters to transfers, they lost a few more this year and brought in one mid-year transfer total to replace them over two years. They are now prepared to bring in 11 mid-year transfers this year. The way Taylor described them, it sounded like they have been working on them before they entered the portal, suggesting talking with players/agents even before the GM/Luck announcement. I don't know how this 11 number was decided on, or if it could possibly go higher. In any case, Stanford has decided to join the transfer age.
But this is the biggest structural change impact from introducing the GM position...
@droski:
This is straight from Troy Taylor's mouth:
Taylor went on to talk about how he is eager to let Luck take over roster management so he can focus on coaching.
The GM position for a College Football program absolutely will have responsibility for the roster. Doesn't mean they won't work with coaching staff to identify possible players to pursue, but the GM's office will be responsible for the roster and acquiring players. Coaches will still make visits, but the real work of evaluation, offers, and contract negotiations that secure players, will be the GM's responsibility. But because the GM is responsible for much more than roster (marketing, media relations, community outreach, donors), not to mention coach oversight, expect there will be an Asst. GM for Personnel position created that only works on personnel, and likely a Director of High School Scouting and a Director of College Scouting that reports to the Asst. GM for Personnel.
It's only a matter of time before every school goes in this direction. I just can't believe Stanford was the first to do it given how reactionary and slow it has been to everything else in College Football.
@droski, I know you will shit all over this and say it has no chance to work, yada, yada, but the fact is Stanford has taken tangible actions that demonstrate significantly increasing its Football commitment. How long will Cal now wait to take a similar action and take responsibility for Football out of the AD's remit.
Then Troy Taylor spoke. He said in his first year after the Shawpacolypse they lost 13 starters to transfers, they lost a few more this year and brought in one mid-year transfer total to replace them over two years. They are now prepared to bring in 11 mid-year transfers this year. The way Taylor described them, it sounded like they have been working on them before they entered the portal, suggesting talking with players/agents even before the GM/Luck announcement. I don't know how this 11 number was decided on, or if it could possibly go higher. In any case, Stanford has decided to join the transfer age.
But this is the biggest structural change impact from introducing the GM position...
@droski:
This is straight from Troy Taylor's mouth:
Taylor went on to talk about how he is eager to let Luck take over roster management so he can focus on coaching.
The GM position for a College Football program absolutely will have responsibility for the roster. Doesn't mean they won't work with coaching staff to identify possible players to pursue, but the GM's office will be responsible for the roster and acquiring players. Coaches will still make visits, but the real work of evaluation, offers, and contract negotiations that secure players, will be the GM's responsibility. But because the GM is responsible for much more than roster (marketing, media relations, community outreach, donors), not to mention coach oversight, expect there will be an Asst. GM for Personnel position created that only works on personnel, and likely a Director of High School Scouting and a Director of College Scouting that reports to the Asst. GM for Personnel.
It's only a matter of time before every school goes in this direction. I just can't believe Stanford was the first to do it given how reactionary and slow it has been to everything else in College Football.
@droski, I know you will shit all over this and say it has no chance to work, yada, yada, but the fact is Stanford has taken tangible actions that demonstrate significantly increasing its Football commitment. How long will Cal now wait to take a similar action and take responsibility for Football out of the AD's remit.
