themanwhofellasleep
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- Dec 14, 2006
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The title of this thread might seem quite aggressive, and it's true that I don't like DC, but it's more of a theoretical question.
Nearly everyone at Spurs has a role that the public understand. We can more or less tell what a player and manager is supposed to do. If a player is dreadful he either rots in the reserves or is sold. If a manager fails in his job, he's sacked (or gets a job managing Sheffield Utd). But no-one really knows exactly what a Director of Football does, and as such, it's very hard to assess whether they are successful or not. I can't really imagine any situation (even relegation) where the Director of Football would take the blame and get sacked.
Look at the whole Martin Jol farrago. Throughout his last few months at the club, fans were divided over whether to blame him for failing to coach the players properly, or Comolli for buying a load of crap players (Zokora, Bent and Kaboul stand out as particularly overpriced tat). But whatever fans said, Comolli knew that he was safe. No matter how crap the players were, he knew that Jol would take the blame for their ineptitude. And now Ramos (a manager with a far more impressive resume than Jol) is discovering that Darren Bent is mostly useless, that Kaboul is good going forward but struggling to defend, and that Zokora is a round peg in a square hole. But should things fail to work out at Spurs, it won't be Comolli who takes the blame, it will be Ramos.
I remember that in the days following Jol's exit, the press were talking to Comolli and asking him to clarify his role within the club and he was being deliberately vague and evasive. I don't blame him, because at the moment he's got it made. When the club goes well, he gets the credit for bringing in top players and when the club goes badly, the manager and players get the blame. Until it's made clear exactly who sanctions the purchase and sale of specific players, Comolli gets to smile and sit back knowing that he's accountable to nobody.
Nearly everyone at Spurs has a role that the public understand. We can more or less tell what a player and manager is supposed to do. If a player is dreadful he either rots in the reserves or is sold. If a manager fails in his job, he's sacked (or gets a job managing Sheffield Utd). But no-one really knows exactly what a Director of Football does, and as such, it's very hard to assess whether they are successful or not. I can't really imagine any situation (even relegation) where the Director of Football would take the blame and get sacked.
Look at the whole Martin Jol farrago. Throughout his last few months at the club, fans were divided over whether to blame him for failing to coach the players properly, or Comolli for buying a load of crap players (Zokora, Bent and Kaboul stand out as particularly overpriced tat). But whatever fans said, Comolli knew that he was safe. No matter how crap the players were, he knew that Jol would take the blame for their ineptitude. And now Ramos (a manager with a far more impressive resume than Jol) is discovering that Darren Bent is mostly useless, that Kaboul is good going forward but struggling to defend, and that Zokora is a round peg in a square hole. But should things fail to work out at Spurs, it won't be Comolli who takes the blame, it will be Ramos.
I remember that in the days following Jol's exit, the press were talking to Comolli and asking him to clarify his role within the club and he was being deliberately vague and evasive. I don't blame him, because at the moment he's got it made. When the club goes well, he gets the credit for bringing in top players and when the club goes badly, the manager and players get the blame. Until it's made clear exactly who sanctions the purchase and sale of specific players, Comolli gets to smile and sit back knowing that he's accountable to nobody.