Sorry. CEO's don't call the shots. At best they float ideas to the board but more often than not they implement the plans and ideas of the board.
I mean Richard Leigh Clifford is a good example. He runs one of Australia's most iconic brands and yet few people here would even know who he is. But ask people here who runs QANTAS and you will get answers ranging from that little Irish bloke or indeed people actually knowing that the CEO is Alan Joyce.
The truth is Joyce does pretty much nothing without it being a directive from Clifford.
I don't think the Lee and McKinna relationship would be much different.
Mckinna is on a hiding to nothing.
I disagree. Yes all CEO's are meant to reflect the views and directions of their boards/owners, otherwise they would be sacked themselves.
The good ones are Still highly influential and upward manage. Mckinna is out of his depth and his repeated Twitter commentary shows that
Let's allow him an off-season before we get the pitch forks out. Everything was nailed on before he took over.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
That's my Member, love it.
Martin Lee is going to keep us from going bankrupt and that is all. We just need to accept mediocrity and hope that we manage to have a lucky season every few years and make the finals with a young squad of other clubs rejects. Other than that we just need to pray that someone on the board finally gets their heads out of their anooses and starts selling Jets Hats. #NoHatNoParty
This dicknose putting in shit management. Lee out.