Michigan was the most successful football team in the country, and while Yost received the lion's share of the credit, much praise was also paid to Baird for his role in building Michigan's athletic programs.
 Baird has been called the "financial genius" of the Yost era football teams.
 In March 1903, an eastern newspaper wrote about the success Baird had achieved in his five years in control of athletics at Michigan:
In that time the Michigan athletics treasury has acquired a large cash balance and the teams have been universally successful.
 For the past two years Michigan's teams have won the western championship in every branch of sport except baseball, and in a financial way the Baird administration has been phenomenally successful.

In October 1903, another eastern newspaper ran a lengthy article profiling "Michigan's 'Big Three,' Yost, Baird, Fitzpatrick."
 The writer noted Baird's foresight in developing the program:
He constantly plans for coming years and to his foresight is due the present healthy condition of athletics in the university.... He is considered without peer as a manager of college athletics.

In December 1903, newspapers reported that Michigan "pays the three men who are responsible for her supremacy in athletics $10,250 a year" — $3,750 for Yost, $3,500 for Baird, and $3,000 for trainer, Keene Fitzpatrick.
 One paper observed that their compensation was "over double that of United States Senators," though each was "conceded to be worth all he gets."
 Baird was praised as a "clever diplomat" who arranged all the schedules and "looks after the business end."
 Baird reported at the time that, after all expenses, the football program would have a balance of $20,000 – $25,000 which would be used to support other sports that were not as well patronized as football.
 The Los Angeles Times wrote the following about Baird's role at Michigan:
But no amount of physical ability will get the money without a good business head to overlook the plebeian affairs at the gate.
 Member No.
3 of the Michigan Athletic Triumvirate is found in the person of Charles Baird, graduate student manager, an accredited college diplomat, arranger of schedules and collarer of collegiate finances.
 He, too, is a masterpiece in his line, witness the ability of the Ann Arbor college to pay such amounts for its athletic supremacy.
 When any of the eastern universities were founded the idea that eventually there would be practically a 'chair of football,' a 'chair of athletics' and a 'student business manager' would have been greeted with hearty guffaws … But 'de world do move,' and the broader idea is that physical culture and mental culture are a worthy pair, and should go hand in hand.
Michigan was the most successful football team in the country, and while Yost received the lion's share of the credit, much praise was also paid to Baird for his role in building Michigan's athletic programs.  Baird has been called the "financial genius" of the Yost era football teams.  In March 1903, an eastern newspaper wrote about the success Baird had achieved in his five years in control of athletics at Michigan:
In that time the Michigan athletics treasury has acquired a large cash balance and the teams have been universally successful.  For the past two years Michigan's teams have won the western championship in every branch of sport except baseball, and in a financial way the Baird administration has been phenomenally successful.
In October 1903, another eastern newspaper ran a lengthy article profiling "Michigan's 'Big Three,' Yost, Baird, Fitzpatrick."  The writer noted Baird's foresight in developing the program:
He constantly plans for coming years and to his foresight is due the present healthy condition of athletics in the university.... He is considered without peer as a manager of college athletics.
In December 1903, newspapers reported that Michigan "pays the three men who are responsible for her supremacy in athletics $10,250 a year" — $3,750 for Yost, $3,500 for Baird, and $3,000 for trainer, Keene Fitzpatrick.  One paper observed that their compensation was "over double that of United States Senators," though each was "conceded to be worth all he gets."  Baird was praised as a "clever diplomat" who arranged all the schedules and "looks after the business end."  Baird reported at the time that, after all expenses, the football program would have a balance of $20,000 – $25,000 which would be used to support other sports that were not as well patronized as football.  The Los Angeles Times wrote the following about Baird's role at Michigan:
But no amount of physical ability will get the money without a good business head to overlook the plebeian affairs at the gate.  Member No. 3 of the Michigan Athletic Triumvirate is found in the person of Charles Baird, graduate student manager, an accredited college diplomat, arranger of schedules and collarer of collegiate finances.  He, too, is a masterpiece in his line, witness the ability of the Ann Arbor college to pay such amounts for its athletic supremacy.  When any of the eastern universities were founded the idea that eventually there would be practically a 'chair of football,' a 'chair of athletics' and a 'student business manager' would have been greeted with hearty guffaws … But 'de world do move,' and the broader idea is that physical culture and mental culture are a worthy pair, and should go hand in hand.
Charles A. Baird