Originally Posted by
Allez Andruet
I don’t quite get all the bashing Citroen’s receiving due to Meeke being sacked. Judging by his presence in media, he’s a nice chap and all that, but… that’s got nothing to do with the things that occurred few hours ago. Let’s face it: Meeke had 17 months to deliver with the C3 in competition as the clear number one driver in the team he represented – and he didn’t. And not only he didn’t do that, but the way he didn’t deliver was something you just can’t accept from a guy who just 17 months ago was the betting companies’ favourite to grab the 2017 driver’s title. Now if you’re Pierre Budar and you’re running an accountable department (or a business unit) in a listed company that is continuously underdelivering, like Citroen WRT undeniably has, sooner or later you HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. Either you do it yourself or you’re told to do it (at the time we don’t know which one was the case). And then you do sacrifices. At the end of the day, Budar himself is accountable, to both his employees and the executives above him. And I’m sure everybody understands that it’s not like Budar thinks “now that we got rid of Meeke, we’ll be scoring so much more points”. That’s not the philosophy here. He shows he’s trying to change the course and that’s what he’s supposed to do and sacking Meeke is the obvious choice. It leaves room for new heroes to emerge. Is that the most likely scenario to happen? Probably not, but neither was Meeke’s resurrection. And if you, as a manager, are tired of waiting the latter to happen, then why not to go with the other option?