But when the Browns hired Mike Holmgren as their president, he stripped Mangini of all front-office responsibility.
Both have formal front-office responsibilities in addition to coaching on the field.
He negotiated new remuneration arrangements with the GP associates and reviewed how the front office worked, encouraging more responsibility among the receptionists.
Whether the reason was some newfound fiscal responsibility in the front office or old-fashioned James Dolan egoism, the Knicks decided not to match the deal offered by Houston.
After an 8-8 season in 1999, William Clay Ford Jr., the team's vice chairman, wanted to hire Matt Millen for the front office to take over some of Ross's personnel responsibilities.
If a baseball team's players, manager and front office don't respect the atmosphere projected by the ownership, you can't expect them to respect their responsibility to the ownership.
Minaya, 53, had been courted by several teams to join their front office staffs, including the Toronto Blue Jays, the Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Brewers, but the Padres job offered the greatest responsibility and potential.
This year, he took a day job in the front office, where he has been charged with serving, according to Redskins management, "as a resource and adviser in the development of responsibility initiatives".
The front office is replicating itself.
File that statement in the front office.
