General Manager

[okcsooner83]

Does OU have a General Manager for men’s hoops? Haven’t seen Porter mention this position.

 

[StoopsBros]

No, they don't.

 

[hoopsaustin]

No, they don't.

General manger of compliance? Yeah, OU prolly has that tho lol

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Why does hoops need a general manager?

 

[BCSooners]

Why does hoops need a general manager?

So you don't fall behind even more in the NIL game.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

So you don't fall behind even more in the NIL game.

Just seems unnecessary. With a small roster and an existing staff/Atheltic department, shouldn't need someone just to oversee that

 

[BCSooners]

Just seems unnecessary. With a small roster and an existing staff/Atheltic department, shouldn't need someone just to oversee that

You'd probably have someone that does both men & women's basketball. Just gives someone dedicated to that side of the recruiting ($$$), which is now by far the biggest thing recruits care about.

 

[WichitaSooner]

You'd probably have someone that does both men & women's basketball. Just gives someone dedicated to that side of the recruiting ($$$), which is now by far the biggest thing recruits care about.

And hopefully someone who could help with scheduling.

 

[jdizzle34]

OU should do a version of the Dwight Schrute method: what do good, competent programs, do? Then act accordingly.

 

[MJSooner]

Off the top of my head, several programs have a GM. Tech, Texas, Syracuse, Arkansas, USC, Villanova, Butler, St Johns, and now St Bonnie with Woj as the GM. I believe Duke was the first to hire a dedicated GM. Some of the programs do oversee men's and women's.

The evolving state of the game necessitates adding one, at least, as every program that is serious about hoops will eventually have a GM. I'd rather have my staff spend 100% of their time coaching and recruiting than getting involved in NIL budgets, agents, negotiations, contracts, etc.

And to Wichita's point, if you don't think a quality Basketball Ops guy makes a difference... if we had Mike Shepherd running things and compiling the schedule, I'm convinced we would have made the tourney all three years under PM. He was THAT good.

The point is that in both of these positions- GM and Ops- the behind-the-scenes guys can be as critical to a program's success as the HC.

And that is what is disappointing about the admin's commitment- or lack thereof.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Off the top of my head, several programs have a GM. Tech, Texas, Syracuse, Arkansas, USC, Villanova, Butler, St Johns, and now St Bonnie with Woj as the GM. I believe Duke was the first to hire a dedicated GM. Some of the programs do oversee men's and women's.

The evolving state of the game necessitates adding one, at least, as every program that is serious about hoops will eventually have a GM. I'd rather have my staff spend 100% of their time coaching and recruiting than getting involved in NIL budgets, agents, negotiations, contracts, etc.

And to Wichita's point, if you don't think a quality Basketball Ops guy makes a difference... if we had Mike Shepherd running things and compiling the schedule, I'm convinced we would have made the tourney all three years under PM. He was THAT good.

The point is that in both of these positions- GM and Ops- the behind-the-scenes guys can be as critical to a program's success as the HC.

And that is what is disappointing about the admin's commitment- or lack thereof.

meh. Therre is no reason a coach and AD staff shouldn't be able to handle a handful of kids when it is their full time job

 

[Sooner04]

In this day and age, the handful of kids on campus is the least of a head coach's problems.

 

[MJSooner]

meh. Therre is no reason a coach and AD staff shouldn't be able to handle a handful of kids when it is their full time job

When the best programs (Duke, Nova) and/or the best coaches (Calipari, Pitino) are hiring a GM, and others are following by doing the same, it tells you otherwise.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

When the best programs (Duke, Nova) and/or the best coaches (Calipari, Pitino) are hiring a GM, and others are following by doing the same, it tells you otherwise.

Those are programs that have that luxury. We don’t. I don’t see it as a top issue

 

[mict085]

Those are programs that have that luxury. We don’t. I don’t see it as a top issue

If our program had the resources, we would hire a GM. We don’t. If we had the money and resources like football, we would absolutely have a GM.

 

[StoopsBros]

This is why I'd hire a roster guy/GM (or gal, I suppose)....

The landscape has changed with the portal and NIL.

You need someone who's job it is to manage all of that....you end up taking a kid like Wague because coaches can't weed through all the names. It's a lot of chaos for certain staffs who really just want to coach ball.

Have a GM, and/or other staffers, do all the organizing, data work, etc.

 

[BCSooners]

meh. Therre is no reason a coach and AD staff shouldn't be able to handle a handful of kids when it is their full time job

Yeah…that’s not their job. There’s a reason why coaches aren’t GMs in professional sports.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Yeah…that’s not their job. There’s a reason why coaches aren’t GMs in professional sports.

It absolutely is there job in college lol

 

[BCSooners]

It absolutely is there job in college lol

Then why does football have one? Why are other schools hiring one? College coaches work insane hours, throwing handling agents & all that stuff shouldn’t be added to their job.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Then why does football have one? Why are other schools hiring one? College coaches work insane hours, throwing handling agents & all that stuff shouldn’t be added to their job.

Football is a completely different animal because of shear volume.

Again, between all the coaches and support staff and Ad office, there isn’t a reason it should t be handled internally. It isn’t that much to handle