Dave Brandon on CNBC

Submitted by MDisciple87 on

If anyone wants to negbang their soul on a Friday, apparently Dave Brandon will be on Squawk Box on CNBC this morning between 8-9AM.

Presumably talking only about Toys R Us, but definitely still an opportunity for you to get dumber by listening to him.

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Blukon Cornelius

October 30th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^

Access a copy of "Animal House", watch it, and then return here to acknowledge your understanding.  There are a great number of obvious-sounding mistakes on this site that are not actually mistakes, but rather can be chalked up to references to old movies.  I still reference those old movies, so no judgment there.  I suppose maybe you are being " /s", and this post is for naught.  But it may still cause you to re-watch "Animal House", so good may still come of it all the same.

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DairyQueen

October 30th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^

Because people like Dave Brandon USUALLY NEVER SEE THE CONSEQUENCES of their actions.

This is one of those few times.

Power is usually NEVER brought to the people.(in the modern world).

And human culture ALWAYS celebrates and re-tells these stories, lest we fall victim to them again!

 

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Albatross

October 30th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^

is something that goes beyond just the wins and losses on a football field. It embodied much nobler ideals that we all took pride in. David Brandon tried to destroy everything that was noble about that school. For that, he will never get a pass with me. For that I will never forgive. And I encourage everyone to hold that bitterness dear, cause if you don't you open the door for the next David Brandon.

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LSAClassOf2000

October 30th, 2015 at 8:22 AM ^

I really just want to know why the store in Southgate, MI has a "last known photo" vibe when you walk into it, not to mention why about a quarter of the bicycles in the back of the store had flat tires the last time I went to that location and why they still felt the need to overcharge for everything. If that's the future of the chain under Brandon, call me "not shocked". All it needs is a noodle sitting in the handicapped spaces, I guess.

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clarkiefromcanada

October 30th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^

Dave Brandon: "Blah, blah, blah brand...blah, blah blah realignment...blah, blah blah efficienceies...blah, blah, blah Toys R Us....blah, blah, blah...sells itself...blah, blah, blah synergies...blah, blah, blah rightsizing...blah, blah, blah diagnosis...blah, blah, blah management discipline

I'm here to introduce the newest key member of our Global Management Team. Our new Global Chief Talent Officer Brady Hoke.

Brady Hoke: "blah, blah, blah broken glass...blah, blah, blah weeeeeeel, you know...blah, blah, blah, Toys R Us competing...blah blah blah, good week of leadership conferences...blah, blah, blah the Global Leadership Team and I are responsible for merchandising failures...blah, blah, blah I'm just working hard to see these associates achieve ...blah, blah, blah...

"This is Toys R Us"

 

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Blue4U

October 30th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^

this post.  He actually sounded somewhat competent.  Not that he is but that's how he came across.  He's definitely a better CEO than AD so I'd rather have him at Toys R US.  As long as he continues to be an alum and not an administrator I'll be happy.

 

Edit:  Nothing Michigan was talked about which is kinda surprising considering Becky Quick is a Rutgers alum

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AZBlue

October 30th, 2015 at 9:41 AM ^

Sounded Competent? I will admit I know very little of the challenges facing retail CEOs in today's market, but........ The only recent article I have seen on Toys R Us was about the global outsourcing of accounting jobs to India. It detailed how employees at the company had foreign folks sit and document nearly every keystroke and function of their job for weeks before they were informed that their jobs would be outsourced elsewhere. Sounds very "Brandon-ish" to me. (To be fair TRU was not the only company mentioned -- but it was featured as the poster-child -- and this may have been started pre-Brandon.)

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Lie-Cheat-Steal

October 30th, 2015 at 9:27 AM ^

Yes, he is very competent at dropping marketing 101 terms and plays the executive level corporate hack to perfection.  Always nice to see those who fail so extraordinarily be given another chance to screw up in epic proportions once again...especialy while making millions of dollars in compensation. 

Whatever, at least UM is no longer footing the bill for this suit. 

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lilpenny1316

October 30th, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^

I'm personally happy that we have Hackett and Harbaugh, the best AD/HC duo since Canham and Schembechler.  The process to get here has been painful, but he's gone now.  He's still an alum.  He may be a pompous alum, but we're famous for having lots of those.

And bad business decisions aside, he went to bat for the program after Practice-gate in a way that we all appreciated.  And we're not coming out from under a cloud of sanctions after his departure.  

I'd rather see the man learn from his mistakes here and at Domino's and turn ToysRUs around.  His success would be another win in the UM Alumni column.

 

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Lie-Cheat-Steal

October 30th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^

You don't have to like everyone in your family.  I get your point, but some of what he did to the football program (out of pure arrogance) is unforgiveable, at least until the ship is fully righted. Then we can celebrate him makeing enormous sums of money selling a crap product using crafty marketing ploys.  

Nothing about him impresses me personally, except the ability to fool people into believing he is competent...Self delusion and promotion does indeed go a long way in achieving power.

 

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michwolv4life

October 30th, 2015 at 9:55 AM ^

Wonder how long until he's cutting down the nets at Toys R Us in appreciation for his magnicificent turn around, in which when he quits he'll cash out his stock, the company's stock price dives and someone else moves in to really turn it around. After reading "Endzone", I blame Brandon for everything that went wrong in the last 4 years, and only hold Hoke about 5% responsible. After reading the part that Brandon would review the game tape on the following Sunday after a game and was on the sideline for every game, it's no wonder we sucked and Hoke couldn't coach. I'm not saying Hoke was competent, but I think he was coaching under extreme pressure, as if the job itself isn't stressful enough, his boss was over his shoulder the whole time.

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MileHighWolverine

October 30th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^

@michwolv4life - While what you said is true, that is still a failure on Hoke's part and 100% his fault. Hoke needed to realize he had all the power in that relationship given the fact his $4mm annual contract was fully guaranteed. Throw in the 11-2 season and there was nothing DB could have done if Hoke had told him to get off his sideline and out of the film room. What was DB going to do, fire the guy who "saved" the program in his first year, eat the rest of his contract and then go and hire another guy at $4-5mm a year on top of that? I don't think so. 

Just another sign of Hoke not being the right guy for the job.

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rpm881

October 30th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^

He is a snake oil salesman. Never believe what he says. The most incompetent A.D. we ever had. Thank you Hackett for bringing us back from Bolivia.

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