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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1036364" data-attributes="member: 13032">Yeah I do seem to recall that Ball was positioning for the GM gig before Gluten got it, but it didn't seem to be a big deal. Not like he wanted to sit on the Iron Throne.  The question I have - if Russ Ball really was GM material why didn't he go somewhere else after Gluten got the job?  The only answers I can think of is that he really didn't want to be a GM, or there were no other teams who wanted him.  I think it's the former.Operations and Finance are certainly skills a GM needs, but the primary job is talent acquisition and team building.  Could be that Ball just didn't have the chops for that.So maybe Murphy's ****** up org structure was meant to placate Ball.  That's still a terrible reason for a terrible org structure - where the HC, GM and Director of Finance and Operations all report to the president.  My guess is that Policy will put a quick end to that.  I think in most organizations the HC and operations, finance guys report to the GM, who reports to the president or the BOD.</blockquote>

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