I think that Randy is not doing nothing without aproval of the family, perhaps he is a scapegoat for his bosses and their bad decisions. Teams are having a meeting in Detroit, does that mean white paper again. Just a thought.
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I think that Randy is not doing nothing without aproval of the family, perhaps he is a scapegoat for his bosses and their bad decisions. Teams are having a meeting in Detroit, does that mean white paper again. Just a thought.
As were mine. See yaQuote:
Originally Posted by FIAT1
Some posters here seem to have been living in a universe parallel to this one. ; )
Randy Bernard has slowly but surely taken this series and put it back on the rails to respectability. He had the sense to make changes when it was clear Tony George's fair haired boy Barnhart couldn't manage the actual racing, and he got all the owners on the same page to get a new car on track. He is trying to manage engines, which isn't easy, which I guess has him in hot water. This will pass if the owners of the series (Mari Hulman and the sisters) realize that changing horses is a bad idea. This series is really starting to trend upward in the eyes of the race fans, and now we require patience and small changes.
People, look to NASCAR this year and notice the griping and complaining about the racing. People want to see good racing, and Indycar has provided that. This year's Indy 500 was about as good as any I have seen in a long time. The TV package looks better, the car looks decent, races well, and they are getting a handle on stability with promotors and track owners. IF the Hulman-George clan can't see all this, then they deserve to be holding the bag. Randy hasn't been perfect, but he knows bull ****e after being around them in the rodeo world. This tempest in a teapot shall pass. The owners are often rich guys with no sense of the big picture. Which is why all successful series are run by benign dictators....Randy needs to be given the authority to be tougher, and he must BE tougher.
When was the grid in aggregate better? I don't think this field is head and shoulders above any other - but I'd say it is the best field of aggregate talent since the early 1990's for sure (and this is most certainly qualify as "in years"...). I will go so far as to say that there is a good chance we will look back o this field over the next 2-3 years as one of the best ever in 20 years - but only time and future results will determine the validity of that supposition.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Attendance and tv have been cruddy for years - and I suspect that regardless of what anybody does those are facts that will remain for years to come ...
The other stuff you cite sounds like auto-racing to me. These are always price over-runs. There is always some sort of rules controversy. If there weren't these thing the sport would be as boring as watching cars drive in circles all day ;)
The more I think about it, without all the BS the whole lot of us wouldn't be here talking about Indycar at all.
This series is far from perfect ... And frankly Randy's experiment with the 5 outside racers free tickets etc at Vegas las year was a complete and utter flop on par with any and all the blunders in aowr history
But for a poster to compare tony to Steve jobs might be the silliest comment ever written
I wouldn't even compare him to the likes of Steve Ballmer, much less Steve Jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by SarahFan
But like I asked, who would these village idiots replace Bernard with? Jargon Joe Heitzler, Andy Evans, Andrew Craig? How about Flavio Briatore? I hear he's not all that busy these days? Maybe they could get Bernie Madoff to run it from his jail cell.
At least at the plant level, I've had a hand in firing more than a few incompetent managers over the years. But one thing I learned early on, even when dealing with the biggest goof ball in the world, before you fire him, you better have SOME idea of who you're going to replace him with. As smart as these owners are *supposed* to be about business, do they not realize this basic and fundamental concept???
So for anyone here who wants to see Bernard gone, would you please offer up a name for a replacement?
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard says he has team owners' support | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
This is new, hmm, no Penske? Well ,you be the judge.
Do you feel the same way after the fiasco that was Detroit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
A lot of people today were saying that you can't blame RB for what happened today. I guess the old adage, "the Buck Stops Here" doesn't apply in this type of leadership
what part of this fiasco did Randy have direct control of?Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
The track conditiion, nope. The tv switch, nope.
Gary