College > Pro: Responsibility

The fact that pro teams have "owners" has always squicked me out. Doesn't that violate the fourteenth amendment? Also, too many cooks in the kitchen. I can't trust a system in which the one responsible for making the decisions isn't actually allowed to, since he doesn't hold the purse strings (this is also how Broadway has been ruined, incidentally).

Many coaches have gone on record about how broken that system is. I leave you with this quotation from Pete Carroll (obviously made before he jumped ship and moved back with the Seahawks).

The biggest difference from being an N.F.L head football coach to a college one is now I'm in charge of everything, especially structure and personnel. I am responsible for everything that happens here. I love that because in the pros, it was hard to share authority in those areas yet be totally accountable.