#202: Blair Crouch (Melbourne Stars) - How to be a General Manager in the W/BBL

Hello friends!

Remember Jerry Krause? General Manager of the Chicago Bulls in the Michael Jordan doco?

Well if you reckon you'd like the job of a wheeling and dealing head honcho of a professional team, we've got the W/BBL equivalent!

Blair Crouch is the General Manager of the Melbourne Stars, so we had to ask... how do you get a dream job like this?

And when you're the GM of a team, what does that exactly cover?

We went through all the ins and outs of running the Stars, plus the upcoming inaugural BBL Draft.

Want to know what it's like and how to become the GM? Tune into our chat with Blair!

We cover:

(00:00) Introduction 

(9:32) Blair’s career defining moments

(23:30) His transition from a marketing background into a management role

(29:00) Unexpected parts of the GM role

(34:40) Career direction advice

(49:18) What motivates Blair

(50:39) Blair's Advice to a uni student

(51:31) Outro

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