[Albion] Dan Ashworth - Technical Director

DavidinSouthampton said:

See above post. Any recruitment process worth its saltwillhavevhecked his ability towork withthose ge needs to work with. He woukdnt be comingin if CH was not happy with it.

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DavidinSouthampton said:

See above post. Any recruitment process worth its saltwillhavevhecked his ability towork withthose ge needs to work with. He woukdnt be comingin if CH was not happy with it.

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TSB said:

Have you borrowed BG's keyboard?

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Tom Hark said:

CH might give all the right responses about being happy with it now. But no manager worth their salt will be happy with the introduction of an interfering somewhat superfluous person introduced into the heirarchy above him. IMHO it's a wrong move by a club still trying to find their way in the Premier League. Fair enough, took several attempts for the club to gain the confidence to rid themselves of the Foreign Exotic Manager = Must Be Good mantra. Hopefully take fewer failed attempts to ditch the Technical Director BS. In the end all it does is undermine the manager

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DavidinSouthampton said:

I hear what you are saying, but I would think that CH is held in higher regard than you are implying.

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Tom Hark said:

For sure. But if it came to the crunch (which it will) would the club back CH or the TD? And how many decent managers would tbe club get through before it decided to ditch the TD (which it will)

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Springal said:

Is it just me that can't get excited about this kind of role? Lets be honest no-one knows this guy or what he does and it could just be another David 'I discovered Raheem Sterling' Burke

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The Large One said:

Which crunch?

Here's the best explanation of the role of a Technical Director I've found...

"The technical director role is generally different to that of a director of football, a position which usually involves overseeing the signing of players.

The technical director looks after a whole host of things that offer an element of continuity above and beyond the to-ing and fro-ing of individual managers. The role tends to include, and this is by no means a comprehensive list: responsibility for and the overseeing of the academy, the training ground, the infrastructure, medical, physiotherapy, conditioning, fitness, nutrition, hydration, rest, well being, and culture and behavioural standards within the club.

The technical director can also have a remit for coaching programmes and philosophy (coaching the coaches). It is a role typically found within a nation's football association as well as big and also ambitious smaller clubs. It tends to be a role designed to facilitate long-term strategy and continuity independent of a manager's remit with the team."

... which says to me this has nothing to do with any consideration of Chris Hughton's ability, nor any spuriously unnecessary level of hierarchy especially as he won't be reporting to Dan Ashworth. If anything, this is at an equivalent level to Paul Barber, who can now offload some of his roles, as can Paul Winstanley, on to a person whose role this should have been in the first place.

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TSB said:

Have you borrowed BG's keyboard?

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DavidinSouthampton said:

If that is referring to the standard of the typing, fair enough. If the comment is inspired by anything else, I'm devastated.....

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Springal said:

I understand the concept, but where has it been successful and continues to do so ? Give me some examples and why

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Ernest said:

It was in the Daily Mail last week

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