MLSE hired new CEO to replace Tim Leiweke

[rocwell]

[white men can't jump]

Weird. I don't know how I feel about this. You always kind of hope they'll hire a sports guy. This guy is not a sports guy.

[mcHAPPY]

They went with the anti-Leiweke...... great

[Joey]

This is completely weird. I don't like it. I want TL back.

[Snooch]

he seems like a numbers guy though, thats a good thing no matter the industry.

bet he will make decisions based on analytics and advanced statistics

[Joey]

he seems like a numbers guy though, thats a good thing no matter the industry.

bet he will make decisions based on analytics and advanced statistics

But he's not in charge of Player Personnel. That's still Masai.

[Snooch]

But he's not in charge of Player Personnel. That's still Masai.

but he signs the checks/contracts.

Massai will bring things for approval still, so then is when I hope that another mind can look over decisions.

Pretty confident that MAssi is a big numbers guy himself, so adding more to the scale cant hurt right?

[Joey]

but he signs the checks/contracts.

Massai will bring things for approval still, so then is when I hope that another mind can look over decisions.

You would trust some guys opinion that's coming from Thomas Cook Airlines, over Masai Ujiri?

[Snooch]

You would trust some guys opinion that's coming from Thomas Cook Airlines, over Masai Ujiri?

Not what I said.

I would not want MF just immediately signing off on everything that comes accross his desk from Massi.

I would hope, based on his history, that he is a guy who will want support for the matters that come accross his desk.

Why should we sign this guy? oh, he produces "X" wins and shoots "X"% etc.

Not just, "oh yeah, I heard that name on ESPN once...cool"

[Nilanka]

Who the fawk is this asshat?

[DanH]

I'd rather they NOT hire a sports guy, who would be more likely to meddle with what Masai is doing. So I'm fine with this.

[golden]

I'd rather they NOT hire a sports guy, who would be more likely to meddle with what Masai is doing. So I'm fine with this.

Finance guys always meddle - and usually in a bad way. Fortunately, Masai seems to be a value conscious type of guy, who should get along just fine with bean-counters. But you never know.

TL was a sports guy who did "meddle", but in good way that helped Masai tremendously, e.g., getting budget (practice court, D-League team,...) , talking to Lowry, etc...

[Nilanka]

Why does he look like Rob Babcock?

[DanH]

Finance guys always meddle - and usually in a bad way. Fortunately, Masai seems to be a value conscious type of guy, who should get along just fine with bean-counters. But you never know.

TL was a sports guy who did "meddle", but in good way that helped Masai tremendously, e.g., getting budget (practice court, D-League team,...) , talking to Lowry, etc...

And Leiweke is the exception to the rule.

[Scraptor]

Great. We hired someone from the Air Canada bargain bin.

This is like going from champagne bottles to a box of apple juice.