;) Actually... it's more likely to be simular to...
the Atlanta Falcons letting Bret Faure go to Greenbay.
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;) Actually... it's more likely to be simular to...
the Atlanta Falcons letting Bret Faure go to Greenbay.
I was down in Alabama when this hit and it was all the radio jocks could talk about. I heard 100's of opinions and have read about all of this in about 5 different papers. What I keep noticing though is very few people think DEI made the right move. Stan does, but he keeps thinking Jr. isn't his dad. Stan, No @#%^ he aint his dad. Jr. never claimed to be that either. All he wanted was to win a championship for his dad's team.
Teresa wouldn't give him the resources or people in the raceshop to do this. Since Dale Sr. died, the top teams have pushed forward in facilities and manpower while DEI has sat where they were. Jr. had one ace in his sleeve in that his personal relationship with Budweiser was bringing in the dough and PR kick that is keeping DEI in the 2nd tier of teams and he wanted 51% of the business to grow the team into where he thinks it should go to WIN. Teresa just said no. So now we see who is right. One thing tho, Jeff Gordon, Smoke and others have all said the same things most of us are saying. DEI is DEAD meat without Jr. I don't think those close to the business are going to say these things just because they are Jr's buddies, they are saying it because THEY know no top flight driver will run for DEI. NONE. If DEI wants on top after Jr. leaves, they will do it with resources and management they denied Jr., and they will have to do it with an unproven and unknown talent, because no one with any repuation and ability will be there in 3 years. Jr. won 2 Busch Titles, Truex won one and has shown some promise, and yet they cannot get up into the Chase because the equipment just isn't there. It was when Sr. was alive, because Sr. would spend the dough. Teresa wont. She is a great business woman for things outside of what goes on in the race shop and as time goes on, we will see this.
Jr. may NEVER win a championship. He may never be more than an average driver but the thing is he is all the credability and professsional image that DEI has. His PR image and persona were keeping DEI in the game...you take that away and DEI is just an empty shell....a Museum...except RCR has all of Sr.'s race cars.....so it isn't much of a museum is it?
It's funny...at the time, the Green Bay faithful were pizzing & moaning that the Packers gave up a #1 pick for Fav-ray.Quote:
Originally Posted by trumperZ06
I guess Ron Wolfe, who was still with the NY Jets, had his eye on Brett all along, but the Jets didn’t want to draft him. So which team made the bigger blunder?
Detroit....cuze they keep drafting receivers and have no quarterback to throw to them...
Well said, Mark. Well said. (The whole post)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
I, for one, praise all the personnel moves the Lions have made over the past 15 years. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Well it is really tough being a Dolphin fan these days too...
Good thinking. Stand down the most popular driver in Nascar and watch your $$$$$$$$ intake drop to Zero on t-shirts, caps, diecast and all the other red stuff you see being bought by 90% of the people in the grandstands. Jr. wants to win now and DEI isn't up to fielding a winner with equipment and personnel etc. I think his best fit will be with RCR but I suspect that Shrub is going somewhere and JR is going to Hendrick. He will be #3 behind Gordo and Jimmy but with Hendrick equipment and dedication to winning at least he will have the chance of doing alot better than where he has been going with DEI the past couple of years and hopefully he will prove to us believers that he is what we thought he would become.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
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Originally Posted by Old3Fan
If Jr. was injured or worse fans would still buy T-Shirts, Caps and other red stuff. They still buy his fathers stuff and he has been gone for 6+ years.
Since when has an employee been in charge of any company that's privately owned by somebody else? He is a employee of DEI until his contract is up he should just buckle up and get the job done. All this whining about DEI and Teresa is bull most people don't even know how to run a business let alone a multi-million dollar company.
Besides doesn't Steve Himel run the everyday operations at DEI?
That's a fair point, however, the idea behind Earnhardt's moves was to purchase the compnay, thus rendering this argument irrelevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenixent
On the other hand, as a business person, your idea of "benching" your number one assett is assinine at best. Of course if you think firing your best employee during peak season with no backup and a sure customer backlash is good for business...