Randy Bernard Fired

[bugeyedgomer]

Hey Randy, if you had paid Jag_Warrior a relatively small consulting fee up front, you could have saved yourself 3 years of misery and the all too expected end of the line career assraping from the disfunctional first family of indycar racing

[anthonyvop]

He was brought in to turn the Indycar series around and improve TV ratings, Attendance and the bottom line.

He failed.

[SoCalPVguy]

He was brought in to turn the Indycar series around and improve TV ratings, Attendance and the bottom line.

He failed.

Given that, who else could have better steered this Ship of Fools the past three years?

[Starter]

He was brought in to turn the Indycar series around and improve TV ratings, Attendance and the bottom line.

He failed.

For anyone to achieve those goals, they would have to fix some basic issues with the series. Randy made reasonable progress on that front. I am not sure ANYONE could get to those targets in three years, also not sure anyone will make it in the next three either.

[anthonyvop]

Given that, who else could have better steered this Ship of Fools the past three years?

Before he was appointed nobody in the racing world had hear of Mr. Rodeo. What makes you think that there is nobody out there you never heard of that could of done a better job?

[Chris R]

Before he was appointed nobody in the racing world had hear of Mr. Rodeo. What makes you think that there is nobody out there you never heard of that could of done a better job?

Anthony, I hear your point - but the reality of the situation is that they didn't (couldn't?) find anyone else. Yes, Randy did not meet all (any?) goals - but if the board did not allow him to make the bold moves to achieve those goals (the only way to improve the TV was to buyout the cruddy contract, to improve the bottom line was to sign on with China - or similar volatile yet lucrative contract, as far as attendance, you've got me there, no clue why some of his ideas didn't work better...)

I do not have inside info - but it sounds like he was not allowed to totally clean house (BB etc.), he was not allowed to fix the TV contract, he was handed a long overdue and fundamentally mis-guided new cars situation that he had little choice but to follow through with given that the prior management had waited soooo long... He has a bunch of fans and team owners who couldn't all row in the same direction if they were in a row boat being chased by Jaws himself...

I agree that he failed but I do not agree that someone else might have done better - the parameters given made the job fundamentally insurmountable and now it is even worse... Indycar has shot itself in the foot so many times, I do not think they have anything left to stand on - in this particular case the devil they knew was the better choice (unless there is someone with more money and better ideas waiting in the wings - which I doubt...)

[bugeyedgomer]

He was brought in to turn the Indycar series around and improve TV ratings, Attendance and the bottom line.

He failed.

They still haven't raised the Titanic , have they
If you are tasked with the impossible job, there is no failure
His real failure was not knowing what he was getting himself into

[Starter]

Before he was appointed nobody in the racing world had hear of Mr. Rodeo. What makes you think that there is nobody out there you never heard of that could of done a better job?

Pretty simple answer. He had a proven track record in rodeo. Who in the racing community has a proven track record in racing and whom we've never heard of...and who wouldn't laugh their ass off if asked to take the job?

[Nem14]

Before he was appointed nobody in the racing world had hear of Mr. Rodeo. What makes you think that there is nobody out there you never heard of that could of done a better job?

The IMS video unit had been producing the PBR TV shows for some time, so IMS management was likely well aware of Randy and the outstanding job he had done for the PBR series.

Back about 1995, the CART medical team offered physical therapy to injured driver and other series participants through an organization of athletic trainers sponsored by the Justin Boot company.
Don Andrews directed the trainers and Don had been providing therapy to pro rodeo cowboys for years.

So Indy car racing and the pro rodeo industry have had some ties for many years.

[anthonyvop]

They still haven't raised the Titanic , have they
If you are tasked with the impossible job, there is no failure
His real failure was not knowing what he was getting himself into

So by your logic Randy Bernard has had no success in the series. If you take it further then why is anyone wasting their time with IndyCar?

BTW Nobody has raised the Titanic because nobody has paid anyone to do so.