this lack of CEO business worries me

OK, so let's have a DoF for the football side. Fine.

So that leaves someone needing to be in charge of the non-footballing side. Let's be boringly unoriginal and call them a COO. Fine.

So far so normal for just about every business I've come across.

But no CEO? So what's going to happen when the wishes of the DoF clash with the wishes of the COO? Who is primus inter pares? If both supposedly equal, who is going to be brokering the deals between them? Who is going to be smoothing the inevitable arguments around direction? Who is going to be providing the unifying strategic guidance to make sure both sides of the business are pulling in the right direction?

There seems to be this fear of having a strong CEO - the Board may have had a bad experience or three with having too weak (Doncaster?) or too strong (McNally, Moxey) characters in the post, but killing the post itself is not the answer.

I can see the (very strong) argument for delegating the role & responsibilities of the CEO and having the DoF/COO type roles in place, but not having a CEO is not going to end well.

Posted By: CWC on March 12th 2017 at 19:55:35

Message Thread

Mixh Dennis words (mostly predictable ) (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 18:50:03
- Tad worrying "empower people already at club" please please don't let that be Ricky Martin (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Mar 12, 20:05:30
  - That was my take. (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Mar 12, 21:46:12
- Time now to step back , let the board do their job (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Mar 12, 19:55:42
- interesting he mentions Tom going to training (NCFC) - Bonjour, Mar 12, 19:36:44
  - he probably send ''sorry Alex I'm the new manager''. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Mar 12, 19:39:49
  - Both the same age........ (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 12, 19:38:38
  - That and cheap Steve 'yes Stone (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:38:02
    - What does that even mean? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:45:29
      - It means ... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:58:46
        
        plenty of very successful CEOs had never been one before (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 12, 20:14:49
        
        So your opinion of his professional intergrity (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 20:01:35
    - Do you know what Stone is paid and is he a yes man Loz? (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 12, 19:41:39
- I was very uncomfortable with robin sainty tweets too - very poorly judged (n/m) (NCFC) - trianglepatch, Mar 12, 19:31:33
- Dear Mick the hack. Delia and MWJ are so expert at running a football club.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 12, 19:19:57
  - this lack of CEO business worries me (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 12, 19:55:35
  - Yes (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, Mar 12, 19:41:42
  - Brilliant (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Mar 12, 19:31:12
  - "The balance sheet is your problem because I don’t know which way to hold it up. I sit in (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 12, 19:25:06
    - But MJW ran New Crane Publishing, publishing is a business isn't it? (n/m) (NCFC) - trustsec, Mar 12, 22:11:05
  - Agree with pretty much all of that. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Mar 12, 19:24:27
    - what have they invested? they bought the Club for peanuts, they have taken (NCFC) - lovely old job, Mar 12, 19:44:56
      - Absolutely ... football at Championship level has moved on tremendously (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Mar 12, 21:40:54
  - Some good points (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:21:44
- Bends over and takes it like a man. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Mar 12, 19:15:44
- Could he wedge himself any further in there? (NCFC) - Bungle, Mar 12, 19:12:46
- Just more useless words. (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Mar 12, 19:09:30
  - There are so many club owners in the Championship (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 12, 19:38:06
    - The restructuring and new manager are key.... let's give them a chance (NCFC) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Mar 12, 19:43:00
      - 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 12, 20:06:26
- Ye gods, what a shameless display of arshlikan (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 12, 19:09:27
- Reading that I wouldn't be surprised if Wes was a bone of contention (n/m) (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Mar 12, 19:08:46
- Seem well balanced. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Mar 12, 19:05:35
- Boooo Mick the Lick (n/m) (NCFC) - ihateipswich, Mar 12, 18:57:25
- Oh my god ... how sychophantic (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Mar 12, 18:57:13
- *applauds* (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 18:56:17
  - Good to read some actual information behind the last few days (NCFC) - Mozzer, Mar 12, 19:55:40
    - Well (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 12, 20:21:57
      - That's quite an extrapolation, OG. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 20:26:49
        
        apologist again. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Mar 12, 21:43:53
    - Precisely. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 20:03:21
  - Applause from me as well. 👏👏 (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 12, 19:32:56
    - I've challenged Mick in the past (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:37:42
  - Really ? Wow (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:21:29
    - Yep. Some actual detail. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:25:12
      - Everyone on here with an opinion is hysterical #yourlogic (n/m) (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Mar 12, 19:30:22
        
        Not everyone, no. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:33:16
        
        Do you think Mick is an apologist for the board? (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Mar 12, 19:36:40
        
        I think he has told us things in the piece which put to bed a lot of messageboard bollocks (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:42:01
        
        Pravda journalism at its finest (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 12, 19:37:57
      - Whatever floats your boat (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:27:39
        
        Actual insight certainly helps. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:29:31
        
        Not sure you can get genuine insight from... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:37:10
        
        Insight from someone who knows stuff. Sorry if that is inconvenient. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:42:47
        
        Knows stuff ... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:48:08
        
        Seems to have done exactly that regarding the two (NCFC) - Mozzer, Mar 12, 20:03:16
        
        indeed (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 12, 20:10:17
        
        Yep, cause Mick is certainly unbiased eh Norway. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Mar 12, 19:35:32
        
        He's friends with Delia. We know this. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:39:37
        
        Not uninterested but clearly incompetent ... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 19:48:49
        
        They are not 'clearly incompetent' loz. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 19:52:54
        
        Agree to disagree ... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 20:00:39
        
        So the fall out with Moxey is because of board incompetence? (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 20:04:36
        
        Appointing him in the first place... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 20:24:20
        
        So appointing an experienced Championship CEO means you are incompetent? (NCFC) - norway, Mar 12, 20:28:01
        
        Evidently not. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 12, 20:59:04

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