Yes, but this is not how we operate, it is barking at the moon and nothing more than that. We now appear to have some sort of committee headed by Murtogh but all the noises coming out of the club are that the personnel has changed but the process is largely unchanged. The managers have a large say on transfers to the extent that they are approved by them, there is no going over and above the manager's head according to higher club principles. Those principles are set with the manager to begin with.
If the manager is deciding personnel then it stands to reason you must have medium to long term thinking with appointments. It doesn't mean you can't have the occasional temporary solution if needs must, but clearly this is going to be the exception rather than the rule and is probably limited to transitions between appointments.
We can throw all kinds of suggestions forward for how things should be, but under the system that exists the manager is afforded a degree of reverence within the overall footballing structure that means he isn't just a coach or a guy with the chalkboard. This is why the club would be keen to tie something down so all of the goals for the club and manager can be set across all areas of responsibility, not just the ones aimed at trophies or league positions.