True that! Maybe Barca was a bad example, That's good recruitment though, especially if they knew that at some point Pep was gonna be the manager and they were getting the backroom setup for when he eventually arrived. these guys though would probably be considered the superstars of backroom staff, even I had heard of Txiki before.
What I'm wondering is just your everyday normal analyst. Can they be considered good/bad/best ect when all they do (afaik) is translate stats and maybe identify strengths and weaknesses in opponents or potential recruitable players. Obviously they need to be able to be competent enough to do it accurately. So is it really important to get someone with a "name"? Or is it enough to have someone who does the job accurately and comprehensively who just passes that info onto the coaching team for them then to decide what to do with the information?
Tbh I have no idea what these analyst actually do, but apparently they are important these days.