> Easiest way to lose a locker room is having a manager/director who is technically inept. I think a better way to look at a manager is to compare it to the HR

> Easiest way to lose a locker room is having a manager/director who is technically inept. I think a better way to look at a manager is to compare it to the HR department. Managers aren't hired by the people they will be managing, they're hired by the company. In the same way that HR always represents the company's interests more than the employees, a manager is the exact same thing. It's not in the interest of most company executives to hire a manager with the backbone to say "no" to management, or be on the side of the team being managed. I think it's very rare when a manager is hired to actually manage properly. Most companies seem to value the very qualities that most people hate about bad managers.