In the UK, professional football teams generally have a team manager who is responsible for selecting new talent, training the team, making decisions on game day, and also signing player contracts. The team manager is responsible for the team both on and off the field. In North America, professional teams have both a coach and a general manager. The general manager is usually responsible for the business operations of the organization, and maintains the responsibility for selecting personnel on the football team. The coach is responsible for training and decisions during the game.

In North America, many coaches have been unhappy with their relationship with the general manager. They believe that they should have more responsibilities in choosing players. Some of the top coaches are now insisting on being both the coach and the general manager. In the UK, there has been a recent shift to separate the role of team manager with the appointment of a director to take care of business affairs while the team manager focuses on the coaching aspects of the game. This approach is similar to that used on the Continent and in North America.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the approaches used in the UK and North America to assign the management and coaching duties of the football team?