How does one get to be on the Board of Directors? I had a look at the list of them and there's no one that looks like they have any other connection to football. Had a further look online and see that they all have business acumen but it all seems like they have no clear focus beyond the business end. It seems like they just hire whoever has the better interview.
Rhodes himself has no football background. He may have a good corporate background but that only works well in the boardroom, not on the field. Before that, Rick LaLacheur, again, had no football experience. It looks like the role of President and CEO is almost entirely focused on the business end, with the football end being delegated off and having little say. No wonder that the team goes through extended stretches of mediocrity.
The change that needs to be made is to separate the business and football sides and name a President of Business Operations and a President of Football Operations, both of whom run their own ends and are answerable to the BOD only, not to only one side.
