Will IU create a GM role for basketball?

[CriticArisen]

A common story is that very good coaches have retired because they didn’t want to deal with NIL. Maybe if you structured it properly these coaches could insulate themselves with a GM from the parts they find most distasteful and be willing to return.

 

[Tammany Hall]

What was rescind was a non-binding policy letter that advocated for equal disbursement. There is also at least one lawsuit already in the courts trying to force the same thing. The way the courts have brushed aside NCAA rules and attempts to control anything related to athletes pay, its hard to guess if this lawsuit will be won or lost.

The other policy letter rescinded was the one Biden's administration pushed through at the 11th hour calling for elimination of the cap on how much colleges could pay out to athletes.

In the end, I doubt football programs lose the money they generate to a 50/50 mens/womens sports split.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Since college basketball has become a pro league of its own, will the next IU basketball coaching regime include a GM? We see this happening already, w Stanford creating a GM position for their football program and hiring Andrew Luck.

I can definitely see it happening if they end up going with a younger coach. In fact, Dolson already made a somewhat similar move when he hired Matta along with Woodson, although that had more to do with transitioning Woodson’s recruiting, as Woodson was new to the NCAA and recruiting. I can envision an older established coach (Pearl, for instance) who is accustomed to running every single aspect of his program, and won’t want to relinquish control there. But for me, this is less about recruiting, and more NIL $$ management.

NIL money is increasing by the day, and while it’s currently manageable, it can easily get out of control. Some may think it already is out of control. Nevertheless I see the whole mess needing its own leadership and management, especially when you consider that if left unmanned, you are allowing clowns like the Hoosier hysterics knuckleheads being de facto NIL leaders in this area. (As an aside, HHs created a significant conflict of interest this season, as they were signing and negotiating contracts with players, while openly advocating for Woody’s firing. So who’s their boss? Woody or the HHs? I just don’t understand how the guys signing checks for players can be out there openly rooting for the firing of the coach, even if firing woody was justified.)

Moving forward, I see guys like HHs being marginalized, and a GM position being created that handles NIL money, and who negotiate, signs and manages the contracts. In fact, I see it as an inevitability. How will this impact the next hire?

Waste of money. A good coach, worth his weight in gold, is the GM. Particularly for a roster the size of a basketball team.

Woodson probably would’ve needed a GM, a cigar and wine connoisseur, someone to help him go to the bathroom, someone to drive him somewhere, To dress him. If you get a good top shelf coach, you don’t need any of this crap.

 

[IUNorth]

Waste of money. A good coach, worth his weight in gold, is the GM. Particularly for a roster the size of a basketball team.

Woodson probably would’ve needed a GM, a cigar and wine connoisseur, someone to help him go to the bathroom, someone to drive him somewhere, To dress him. If you get a good top shelf coach, you don’t need any of this crap.

Not sure that's true any more. If, at its core, that were true, they wouldn't need them in the NBA either. Yet, they're arguably the most important position in any NBA franchise.

Another way to look at it...having a good, smart, analytical and organizational type guy in that position, that could essentially manage and take care of all the NIL, organizational type details...would free up the head coach to just coach, develop, close recruits, etc...

 

[ams66]

Another way to look at it...having a good, smart, analytical and organizational type guy in that position, that could essentially manage and take care of all the NIL, organizational type details...would free up the head coach to just coach, develop, close recruits, etc...

Not a coach but if I imagine I were, I think that would be very compelling. Coach and GM would of course communicate closely on what types of players they are looking for, but let the GM handle everything up until the close. Especially as more and more players are represented by agents. We may get to a point where there's almost a lottery and/or draft situation for the top tier of players or even trades.

 

[IUNorth]

Not a coach but if I imagine I were, I think that would be very compelling. Coach and GM would of course communicate closely on what types of players they are looking for, but let the GM handle everything up until the close. Especially as more and more players are represented by agents. We may get to a point where there's almost a lottery and/or draft situation for the top tier of players or even trades.

There's already a top level HS senior that's using some sort of Go Fund Me type of thing to help him pick his college choice...bonkers.

 

[Tony Warwick]

Waste of money. A good coach, worth his weight in gold, is the GM. Particularly for a roster the size of a basketball team.

Woodson probably would’ve needed a GM, a cigar and wine connoisseur, someone to help him go to the bathroom, someone to drive him somewhere, To dress him. If you get a good top shelf coach, you don’t need any of this crap.

I think it makes sense for a program like ours. ND's GM was just hired by USC.

Chad Bowden

 

[82hoosier]

How about an assistant coach that teaches the art of free throws?