| rdfs:comment | - A General Manager is a member of non-playing staff at a football club who is supposed to look after the general running of the club - as opposed to the manager, who looks after the playing side. The general manager is also a member of the club's board.
- A general manager is a person who oversees and manages a general program. Often spelled uppercase as General Manager as a means of respect, or abbreviated as GM.
- Heel Managers set 2 on 1 handicap matches, the rest is comedy.
- General manager is an Occupation normally listed under Other Crew or Production Managers. If the credits directly indicate it, then it might also be listed under Sound Department, Special Effects or Visual Effects.
- The General Manager of a team is usually responsible for accquiring players, negotiating their contracts, assigning or reassigning the players, and trading them. He also runs farm teams, supervises the arena and personnel, is responsible for hiring and firing the head coach and other support persons (such as trainers), and makes travel arrangements. Before the 1970's, it was common for one person to be both the coach and general manager. That is not done today, since the responsibilities of both have grown enormously.
- In the National Hockey League, the general manager is a team executive responsible for acquiring the rights to player personnel, negotiating their contracts, and reassigning or dismissing players no longer desired on the team. The general manager may also have responsibility for hiring the head coach of the team. Some of the most successful sports general managers have been former players and coaches, while others have backgrounds in ownership and business management.
- In most professional sports, the General Manager or GM is a team executive responsible for acquiring the rights to player personnel, negotiating their contracts, and reassigning or dismissing players no longer desired on the team. The general manager may also have responsibility for hiring the head coach of the team. Some of the most successful sports general managers have been former players and coaches, while others have backgrounds in ownership and business management.
- In Major League Baseball, the General Manager or GM of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the ballclub during contract discussions with players. The general manager is also normally the person who hires and fires the coaching staff, including the field manager who acts as the head coach. In baseball, the term manager used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager, not the general manager.
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| abstract | - A General Manager is a member of non-playing staff at a football club who is supposed to look after the general running of the club - as opposed to the manager, who looks after the playing side. The general manager is also a member of the club's board.
- In Major League Baseball, the General Manager or GM of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the ballclub during contract discussions with players. The general manager is also normally the person who hires and fires the coaching staff, including the field manager who acts as the head coach. In baseball, the term manager used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager, not the general manager. Before the 1960s, and in some rare cases today, a person with the General Manager title in sports has also borne responsibility for the non-player operations of the ballclub, such as ballpark administration and broadcasting. Ed Barrow, George Weiss and Gabe Paul were three baseball GMs noted for their administrative skills in both player and non-player duties.
- A general manager is a person who oversees and manages a general program. Often spelled uppercase as General Manager as a means of respect, or abbreviated as GM.
- In the National Hockey League, the general manager is a team executive responsible for acquiring the rights to player personnel, negotiating their contracts, and reassigning or dismissing players no longer desired on the team. The general manager may also have responsibility for hiring the head coach of the team. For many years in professional sports, coaches often served as general managers for their teams as well, deciding which players would be kept on the team and which ones dismissed, and even negotiating the terms of their contracts in cooperation with the ownership of the team. In fact, many sports teams in the early years of professional sports were coached by the owner of the team, so in some cases the same individual served as owner, general manager and head coach. As the amount of money involved in professional sports increased, many prominent players began to hire sports agents to negotiate contracts on their behalf. The intensified contract negotiations that resulted, as well as the overall increased need for professional business management, drove many sports teams to separate the positions of coach and general manager. Some coaches, however, still insist on being allowed to fill both positions as a condition of employment. In some sports leagues salary caps have been adopted to maintain a competitive balance and in these leagues it is one of the functions of the general manager to ensure all player contracts are in accordance with these caps, as well as consistent with the desires of the ownership and its ability to pay. General managers are usually responsible for the selection of players in player drafts and work with the coaching staff and scouts to build a strong team. In sports with developmental or minor leagues, the general manager is usually the team executive with the overall responsibility for "sending down" and "calling up" players to and from these leagues, although the head coach may also have significant input into these decisions. Some of the most successful sports general managers have been former players and coaches, while others have backgrounds in ownership and business management.
- Heel Managers set 2 on 1 handicap matches, the rest is comedy.
- General manager is an Occupation normally listed under Other Crew or Production Managers. If the credits directly indicate it, then it might also be listed under Sound Department, Special Effects or Visual Effects.
- In most professional sports, the General Manager or GM is a team executive responsible for acquiring the rights to player personnel, negotiating their contracts, and reassigning or dismissing players no longer desired on the team. The general manager may also have responsibility for hiring the head coach of the team. For many years in U.S. professional sports, coaches often served as general managers for their teams as well, deciding which players would be kept on the team and which ones dismissed, and even negotiating the terms of their contracts in cooperation with the ownership of the team. In fact, many sports teams in the early years of U.S. professional sports were coached by the owner of the team, so in some cases the same individual served as owner, general manager and head coach. As the amount of money involved in professional sports increased, many prominent players began to hire agents to negotiate contracts on their behalf. The intensified contract negotiations that resulted, as well as the overall increased need for professional business management, drove many sports teams to separate the positions of coach and general manager. Some coaches, however, still insist on being allowed to fill both positions as a condition of employment. In some sports leagues salary caps have been adopted to maintain a competitive balance and in these leagues it is one of the functions of the general manager to ensure all player contracts are in accordance with these caps, as well as consistent with the desires of the ownership and its ability to pay. General managers are usually responsible for the selection of players in player drafts and work with the coaching staff and scouts to build a strong team. In sports with developmental or minor leagues, the general manager is usually the team executive with the overall responsibility for "sending down" and "calling up" players to and from these leagues, although the head coach may also have significant input into these decisions. Some of the most successful sports general managers have been former players and coaches, while others have backgrounds in ownership and business management.
- The General Manager of a team is usually responsible for accquiring players, negotiating their contracts, assigning or reassigning the players, and trading them. He also runs farm teams, supervises the arena and personnel, is responsible for hiring and firing the head coach and other support persons (such as trainers), and makes travel arrangements. Before the 1970's, it was common for one person to be both the coach and general manager. That is not done today, since the responsibilities of both have grown enormously.
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