Freshmaker (06-20-2019), jpx7 (06-20-2019)
some of you may enjoy this clip of coppy in action
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...EA&FORM=VDQVAP
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Super (06-20-2019)
Even if the GM wasn’t sitting there making every selection, he still decided which analytics to use, how heavily to weight them, how to assess risk based on age and position and medical history, how much to weight scouting, which tools to scout, how to scout them, who scouts them, etc, etc.
The GM doesn’t scout those tools, or gather the metrics, but he decides how they are applied to the decision making process.
It is absurd not to give credit for draft results, good or bad, to the GM.
Last edited by Enscheff; 06-20-2019 at 02:02 PM.
Well then I really question your " visibility into the executive structure of large organizations." Executives in a corporation may not do the grunt work involved in gathering information for big projects, but they ultimately make the final decision on which project to pursue, based off a number of different factors.
No - The CFO makes decisions related to the finance function. The CAO makes decisions related to the accounting function. The CTO makes decisions related to the technoclogy function.
I could go on but that is how the work is delineated. They all report up to the CEO and the CEO makes the final decision. The baseball analogy of that would be the President/VP of baseball operations.
Last edited by thethe; 06-20-2019 at 02:38 PM.
Natural Immunity Croc
Trade discussions
Analysis of major league talent across the league
3-5 year out projections of salary and player needs for the major league roster
Roster manipulation leveraging the AAA affiliate
Meetings with the coaching team to discuss team strategy
Build out of depth charts for all teams to identify strength and weaknesses that can be used to construct trades
Setting the tone for the analysis team for what type of metrics are essential and how often it needs to be provided and what form
Those are just a handful of thing that come to mind now but if I thought longer about it I could probably come up with 50 more.
Natural Immunity Croc
Not sure how this thread devolved into what a GM's role is, but will point out that this is the first year of no waiver trade deadline. So July 31 is the last day for trades period. Going to be even more nuts this year
Give me a break. That literally has zero to do with what I said. The grunt work in decision making is largely done by lower level employees. But execs get paid the big bucks to review that information and make the best decision based on that info. The CFO, CAO, etc is irrelevant to the discussion.
Last edited by Carp; 06-20-2019 at 07:04 PM.