Richard Peddie
Richard Peddie
Richard A. Peddieis a former President and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment...
build buy course follow major strategy
We have to do a major course correction. We used to follow a buy strategy and now we have to follow a build strategy.
general hiring looking strategy
We are looking for just a general manager, ... He will set the strategy and the tone. We are just hiring one person.
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In all, we get about one/30th of what's sold outside our building (divided among all teams), ... I don't think that would even amount to six figures. What's important to us is the brand recognition when people wear them around town.
couple weeks
I like to think this is a 10-year hire, ... A couple of more weeks is nothing.
community earnings fact follows held investment means ownership pressure privately produce reports scrutiny stocks
The investment community follows those stocks and scrutinizes quarterly earnings reports very carefully. The fact that we're privately held means we're not under the same scrutiny and our ownership isn't under as much pressure to produce quarterly profits,
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We look forward to working with the three levels of government as we prepare for construction of the stadium in early 2006 and while we finalize our franchise agreement with Major League Soccer,
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We also feel that in moving Wayne into the role of general manager on an interim basis we will be better able to develop (coach) Sam Mitchell's growth toward being a very good NBA coach during the second half of the season. Wayne has the leadership qualities and league-wide credibility that we need to get to the next level. He has the full powers of a general manager.
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This was a tough decision, but one that we feel is in our best long-term interests. We recognize Rob's efforts to clear cap space and bring in young talent, but it's time to bring in someone with proven experience as an NBA general manager to take us to the next level.
allowed available bryan earlier gets interested jump months people season talk tied top
First of all, typically people you would be interested in would be tied up through the end of the season and when we were allowed to talk to Bryan in February, that was unexpected. When your top person gets available months earlier than expected, you jump at that chance.
date people reviewing senior since start written
I've been reviewing (the performance) of senior people since the start of April. That will have an end date and a whole written component.
fear
If we have to, absolutely. (We'd have) no fear at all.
bryan candidate job
Bryan was our No. 1 candidate for the job right from the start.
best interest tough
It was a tough decision, but one that we feel is in the best long-term interest of our franchise.
serious
We're in very, very serious discussions with Brian.