Dave Brandon on CNBC
October 30th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
and the two of them engage in an utterly fascinating dialogue. The topic? Talent evaluation, of course. Maybe they'll get into an argument about who hired the most inept coordinators and coaches. You know what they might do after that? Hang up and laugh all the way to the fucking bank. Because I just can't be happy about Michigan football in the 21st century. And these two charlatans had a lot to do with that. Oh sure, there might be some wins, maybe even a mostly successful season, occasionally. But when it comes to the biggest games (i.e. playoffs & rivals) my teams lose. Spectacularly. Jesus, I need a win over OSU this year. Counting on you, coach Harbaugh.
October 30th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
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October 30th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
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for 2 decades and in the working world. To this day I still cannot see what people in leadership positions see in people like Dave Brandon and yet in nearly every office the ivory towers are loaded with people like him.
October 30th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
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October 30th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
Managers and CEOs like to surround themselves with people of the same ilk and the reality is most upper level managers and CEOs are not known to be the nicest people.
I consider corporations like toilets and last time I looked, shit floats to the top or sinks to the bottom, it never sits in the middle. Hence, you get DB like people floating to the top.
October 30th, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^
Dumb & Actives (No.4's on the General von Moltke Management Value Matrix).
A Dave Brandon would forever deny it, and he'd have a legion of ass-kissers doing the same, but it is the dumb and actives like him who destroy value.
I'll let others chime in as to which quadrant Mr. Hackett occupies.
October 30th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
I realize that Dave Brandon is not a popular guy amongst contributors and many readers of this blog. So be it. While Michigan AD, he arguably did some good things and other things that people had problems with.
Yet, he is an accomplished individual and has accomplished more is the business world that, perhaps, any of us to date... and might ever accomplish.
To argue that he is dumb is ... dumb.
October 30th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
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October 30th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
"As of Sunday, Geoffrey the Giraffe was diagnosed with a probable, mild concussion, and a high ankle sprain. We have learned from this experience, and will continue to improve ways to keep our anthropomorphic mascots' health and safety our number one priority."
--Statement from Dave Brandon
October 30th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
Summary for the curious ?
October 30th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
- Toys R Us needs to be aware of stores like Walmart and Target to be competitve
- Toys R Us needs to be up to speed on current trends as for toys and electonics, specifically naming Star Wars products should be moving this Xmas
- Hiring 40k seasonal employees
- Closing the Manhatten store next to the CNBC studio due to high NY rental prices and too spacious for a store like Toys R Us
Nothing to earth shattering. He sounded like every other CEO being interviewed on CNBC. As I stated in a previous post, he sounded competent. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I buy into it. If it wasn't for his past history as AD and us knowing about that period, you wouldn't have known about the chaos and turmoil he created. Again, he sounded like every other CEO being interviewed.
October 30th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
I thought he sounded whinier than most, myself. Didn't mention he was outsourcing backoffice jobs (at least that I heard).