2020/21 Marcel Brands

[TheVelourFog]

Why?

Its a pretty standard requirement for senior management folk to be able to have great communication with their boss. Otherwise they are a puppet/screen.

yeah

and the owner gets final say

 

[roydo]

yeah

and the owner gets final say

Of course. But if an executive (Brands) is good at managing upwards, he should have some influence on the final say. If he hasnt, he is nothing other than a puppet/screen.

Time will tell which it is.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Of course. But if an executive (Brands) is good at managing upwards, he should have some influence on the final say. If he hasnt, he is nothing other than a puppet/screen.

Time will tell which it is.

I think time has already told tbh

 

[roydo]

I think time has already told tbh

It does have that feel, I agree.

 

[TheVelourFog]

we aren't privy to the state of their working relationship, except that he was offered and signed a new contract

 

[jazzy]

man gets hired to do a job, boss sometimes makes decisions going over his head

not mans fault

man with honour walks

 

[TheVelourFog]

man with honour walks

boomer logic

 

[AmericasToffee]

man with honour walks

Ridiculous. Brands obviously has a big hand in recruitment, scouting, youth academies, etc.

 

[Conspiracy-theorist]

man with honour walks

Hmm, how many people walk out of high profile, enormously well paid jobs in a niche industry with limited job opportunities when their boss makes a decision over their head?….

Doesn’t look good on the CV.

Honour doesn’t pay the bills, sustain the lifestyle or come across as a positive reason for walking out of a job at the next job interview

 

[Moomin]

He is a paid shill if Moshiri is picking the manager.

 

[Conspiracy-theorist]

He is a paid shill if Moshiri is picking the manager.

Don’t disagree at all

 

[Bkk Andy]

Hmm, how many people walk out of high profile, enormously well paid jobs in a niche industry with limited job opportunities when their boss makes a decision over their head?….

Doesn’t look good on the CV.

Honour doesn’t pay the bills, sustain the lifestyle or come across as a positive reason for walking out of a job at the next job interview

I'm not sure that there are limited job opportunities exactly because it's such a niche industry and it's an industry with high turnover and few winners. What doesn't look good on a CV is a succession of high earning hiring failures or explaining it away by admitting you're a patsy.

Brands would have no problem finding another role if he resigned today citing owner interference.

 

[Conspiracy-theorist]

I'm not sure that there are limited job opportunities exactly because it's such a niche industry and it's an industry with high turnover and few winners. What doesn't look good on a CV is a succession of high earning hiring failures or explaining it away by admitting you're a patsy.

Brands would have no problem finding another role if he resigned today citing owner interference.

Yes, but what people can do and what they actually do are two different things.

The difference with football as a niche industry is that finding a new job with similar benefits would probably mean moving home, taking kids out of school etc, etc.

To suggest ‘someone with honour walks’ isn’t taking the bigger picture into account. I’ve no idea of Brands family set up incidentally, but the ‘work’ decisions he makes have wider ramifications

 

[Bkk Andy]

Yes, but what people can do and what they actually do are two different things.

The difference with football as a niche industry is that finding a new job with similar benefits would probably mean moving home, taking kids out of school etc, etc.

To suggest ‘someone with honour walks’ isn’t taking the bigger picture into account. I’ve no idea of Brands family set up incidentally, but the ‘work’ decisions he makes have wider ramifications

Whilst I don't disagree for normal folks, footballers and c-levels relocate for pay/career opportunity frequently.

 

[Conspiracy-theorist]

Whilst I don't disagree for normal folks, footballers and c-levels relocate for pay/career opportunity frequently.

Again, yes, but your assuming he wants to move on…

Do you have a secret source that has confirmed he’s unhappy and struggling with a moral dilemma?

He’s just taken on additional roles, doesn’t sound like someone fed up with interference from above to me.