SydneyPie

Having lived in Australia for the past 9 years, this is how the Aussie Rules teams do it. They have a recruitment committee, which the head coach sits on but is by no means the final say. As there's no buying and selling of players, only trades and the draft of the best kids in the land, the recruitment process is vital. You stuff up a first round draft pick, or worse 2 or 3 in a row, and your club has little to no chance of success in the proceeding few years. My team (the Western Bulldogs) absolutely screwed it up between 2007-11, hence we've been down the bottom. Since then the recruitment manager changed and we've picked up some absolute gems, and the future is looking bright. So I guess what I'm saying is that it is a process which is the norm in some sports, and by all accounts some of the signings Notts have made are quality, so it appears to have worked. But only time will tell!