Summary Of Efficiency And Managerial Performance In FBS College Football
1. Introduction
For my Journal Article Review, I analysed Efficiency and Managerial Performance in FBS College Football by Joel G. Maxcy. In this journal, Maxcy discusses how college football coaches are evaluated and what factors define their success. These factors include a coach’s ability to consistently win and surpass expectations, as well as developing a strong program through attracting the top recruits to the program. This article was of interest to me because I wanted to discover the impact that recruiting has on managerial efficiency, and I also wanted to better understand the threshold a college coach has until he is fired.
2. Main Body
To begin, I will evaluate Maxcy’s methodology used within this journal. Maxcy estimates his findings …show more content…
Recruiting plays a huge role in determining the success of the coach. The more effective a coach is at recruiting, the better his roster becomes and the more talent he has. As a result, the coach should be able to win more games against top opponents, driving up his efficiency. If a coach is unable to make optimized use of his talent, he faces dismissal. Furthermore, the longer a coach stays at a program, the less effective of a recruiter he becomes, leaving him with a weak roster and a team that is not as competitive as others. As a result, losses pile up, and being an ineffective recruiter leads to dismissal. Coach’s expectations are also rendered from their ability to win big games such as conference games, bowl games, and rivalry games. Holmes found that coaches who win big games have lower rates of dismissal in times of low efficiency. Furthermore, alumni coaches also face lower rates of dismissal. This was relatable to the Ashenfelter Dip, as clubs sometimes hire ex-players to manage teams in order to control the locker room and have better relations to players. Furthermore, Maxcy found that when a team dismisses a coach, the program tends to improve under a new system of coaching, which is consistent with the Ashenfelter
For my Journal Article Review, I analysed Efficiency and Managerial Performance in FBS College Football by Joel G. Maxcy. In this journal, Maxcy discusses how college football coaches are evaluated and what factors define their success. These factors include a coach’s ability to consistently win and surpass expectations, as well as developing a strong program through attracting the top recruits to the program. This article was of interest to me because I wanted to discover the impact that recruiting has on managerial efficiency, and I also wanted to better understand the threshold a college coach has until he is fired.
2. Main Body
To begin, I will evaluate Maxcy’s methodology used within this journal. Maxcy estimates his findings …show more content…
Recruiting plays a huge role in determining the success of the coach. The more effective a coach is at recruiting, the better his roster becomes and the more talent he has. As a result, the coach should be able to win more games against top opponents, driving up his efficiency. If a coach is unable to make optimized use of his talent, he faces dismissal. Furthermore, the longer a coach stays at a program, the less effective of a recruiter he becomes, leaving him with a weak roster and a team that is not as competitive as others. As a result, losses pile up, and being an ineffective recruiter leads to dismissal. Coach’s expectations are also rendered from their ability to win big games such as conference games, bowl games, and rivalry games. Holmes found that coaches who win big games have lower rates of dismissal in times of low efficiency. Furthermore, alumni coaches also face lower rates of dismissal. This was relatable to the Ashenfelter Dip, as clubs sometimes hire ex-players to manage teams in order to control the locker room and have better relations to players. Furthermore, Maxcy found that when a team dismisses a coach, the program tends to improve under a new system of coaching, which is consistent with the Ashenfelter