The thing to me is that head coaches and GMs talk all the time. I KNOW GMs can sometimes have some input into lineups, etc. However, head coaches also tell the GM what they are looking for, what players are available that they'd like to have, etc. The one problem in this line, and I don't really see how it can be added, fixed, or whatever you'd like to call it, is there is ZERO communication between head coach and GM.
So, you really need to make your choices knowing that, when you hire a head coach, he will coach his way... not the way you envisioned things should be. So either live with the decision of hiring a head coach, or do it yourself. After I learned this, I tend to do all the coaching myself until I have a team that's winning 60+ games a season... then I turn that team over to a head coach and let him do all the heavy lifting
