Wise to Newcastle

[RedRabbit]

Leeds United boss Dennis Wise will be offered a role in Newcastle's coaching set-up, BBC Leeds understands.

Is this a better #2 than Shearer? I think so.

How will Leeds fans react to another one of their own going leaving the club? (the first one was Poyet to Spurs)

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7213096.stm

[Master Yoda]

"Director of Football" is a term describing a senior management figure at a football (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29) club, most commonly used in Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe).
The exact nature of the role is often unclear and causes much debate in the sports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports) media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media). Dave Bassett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bassett) described the role as
" ... a buffer. The director of football is answerable to the board but there to assist the manager. He's experienced in football and there to help the board members who don't have that experience." In theory it means that the manager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_%28sport%29) is left to concern himself with the day to day running of the club, the picking of the team, and the decisions about tactics and training. The director meanwhile looks after the budget, and allocates money for transfers and the youth academy.
The director is often involved in the selection of the manager, so that the manager knows he has full support from his superiors. The plus side is that there is an experienced football head watching the scouts, the budget and the academy, allowing the manager to get on with the team. The down side is that the experienced football head often cannot help giving their opinion of the manager's actions. Most directors of football are ex-managers, given a more "senior" role at the club because the board do not want to lose his experience, despite the fact he has not been getting the results.



My thoughts on this, is Dennis Wise is an absolute joker, good luck going to a team who will never do anything and be the second fiddle, whereas if he stayed at Leeds, managed them to the Championship and possibly Premiership, he would have actually achieved something.