New manager thread

[Baracus]

He likes a drink or two does Louis. I'm sure he was pissed when Munich won the title a couple years back

[Darkon]

Van Gaal is a great manager that is one I could get very excited about. Experience from big clubs/national team, sets up team for attacking football, well connected, get's results (usually in 2nd or 3rd season and he hates the media

[colin85]

What happened at the san diego padres ,LDH? Cost cutting measures by Mr Tom Werner. I hope that's not what they are doing here now.

[little dave hedgehog]

fsg were not in charge there. he didn't have access to the kind of cash we have now.

also the padres are a small market team. they are always broke, they have no turn over. there's no comparison to be made.

[BootRoom]

Didn't know that. Then why...

It's bollocks; The family was worth over a billion, not D. Moores on his own.

[Lecter]

It's bollocks; The family was worth over a billion, not D. Moores on his own.

Its all kind of irrelevant

Millionaires and billionaires arent immune from making mistakes, particularly in fields they no little or nothing about

Randy Lerner is worth bucketloads and has still managed to appoint successive failures at Villa

[BootRoom]

point being if we hired capello, it would be because we want to have a team that plays like a capello team for the long term, not because of any perceived weakness in defense (or lack thereof in the case of a different manager). it shouldn't have much to do really with the state of things now. we will make a signing based on the idea that we want our team to look a certain way in the future (asap obviously, but also for years into future).

This is my main worry with FSG; they have the power to set the agenda in terms of what kind of team they want us to be. If I was making the decision I would be making it based on my preferred style of play, but what is the preferred style of play for the likes of Henry and Werner? Do they actually enjoy watching football?

[Shaggy]

tariq panja @tariqpanja
Bloomberg Liverpool exclusive: Billy Hogan to be appointed new commercial director; Ian Ayre given great responsibility under new contract.

[BootRoom]

Its all kind of irrelevant

Millionaires and billionaires arent immune from making mistakes, particularly in fields they no little or nothing about

Randy Lerner is worth bucketloads and has still managed to appoint successive failures at Villa

It's not irrelevant because Moores only sold the Club because he didn't have the wherewithal to build the stadium, hence the initial search for a minority investor that eventually lead to a full blown sale. If he was as rich as has been stated then we'd have the ParryBowl (or better) and none of this crapola.

[colin85]

fsg were not in charge there. he didn't have access to the kind of cash we have now.

also the padres are a small market team. they are always broke, they have no turn over. there's no comparison to be made.

Wiki says There was also speculation that the combined wealth of the ownership group was among the highest in the majors at the time.[

[BootRoom]

tariq panja @tariqpanja
Bloomberg Liverpool exclusive: Billy Hogan to be appointed new commercial director; Ian Ayre given great responsibility under new contract.

Is that good or bad?

[little dave hedgehog]

maybe he didn't want to spend all his money on it? especially when he wasn't going to be around to reap the rewards?

[Mello]

tariq panja @tariqpanja
Bloomberg Liverpool exclusive: Billy Hogan to be appointed new commercial director; Ian Ayre given great responsibility under new contract.

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Billy Hogan

Exec Pro: Fenway Sports managing director Billy Hogan
Over the past several years, Billy Hogan has worked behind the scenes bringing new, blockbuster events and advertisers to Fenway Park.
The managing director of Fenway Sports Group, for example, played a key role in securing an outdoor National Hockey League game at Fenway. The Winter Classic game created a frenzy among local hockey fans. More than 250,000 consumers registered online to purchase tickets for the game between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers.
“Sports marketing gives you the chance to create a concept and marketing idea and bring it to life,” Hogan said.
Hogan was born on Boston’s South Shore but grew up in Cleveland. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Hogan returned to Boston. His big break came in 2004 when Fenway Sports Group was established. The marketing group was formed by the holding company for the Red Sox, Fenway and New England Sports Network (NESN) to expand its marketing beyond Major League Baseball.
Career highlights include watching the Red Sox win two World Series championships in recent years and helping transform Fenway into a venue for hockey and world-class soccer matches.
“It’s pretty good coming to work every day,” Hogan said.
Hogan’s role is to help FSG identify big ideas and make them happen. And the ideas aren’t just Boston ones. FSG and Hogan helped bring Sun Life Financial closer together with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. The closer relationship happened at an opportune time, allowing Sun Life stadium to be in the spotlight for the NFL Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIV.
Going forward, Hogan said, he’ll continue to focus on core properties such as the Red Sox, NESN, Boston College and MLB.com.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/10/11/focus24.html

[Muddled]

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2011/09/16/exec-pro-fenway-sports-billy-hogan.html

Reads like he is already here.