New CEO?

The problem was Clarke said quite a few things and brought gays , women, ‘colour’ into the conversation, which was a mistake in his role.

I think the comment above around about the type of person running football clubs is fair . Why are you saying ‘nothing worse than the white man’. You are missing the point, business needs diversity ,different ideas, values in order to be successful. Going down the same recruitment path with a person recruiting their replacement doesn’t encourage that diversity (risks just bringing more of the same values ideas ) and I think the view from Brentford and how they do things is an interesting one.

 

But the article you've attached references colour and gender too. I'm not taking a position of defending Clarke, I'm saying that its a slippery slope when you start to define success on the basis of colour and gender.

I agree, diversity of thinking is important in any organization. Colour is just one variable in diversity - in fact, I don't even see it as a factor. Do all people of colour think in the same way? Of course not, why would they? So why should all white people or all men think the same way? Very pertinent case in point; Biden v Trump. Similar skin colour and age, but you couldn't really find 2 more opposing ways of thinking.

I simply don't care what gender or colour you are. You can either do the job or you can't. And making assumptions on the basis of skin colour, or gender, is prejudice - plain and simple. But it seems like its not prejudice when assumptions are made toward white men.

Specifically on our new CEO - what matters to me is that whoever comes in, has a clear and achievable, ambitious vision for the club. Contacts and access to funding opportunities to land that vision, good communication and networking skills, and preferably some experience of having done something similar to what's needed here, elsewhere in the game. I don't care about anything else. But we have no real vision in anything we do, so I doubt our CEO search will extend beyond getting on the phone to someone who's worked here before.

 

I’m not defining success on colour, or gender far from it, I think it’s just a great example at Brentford of moving away from the stereotypes in football and doing things a bit different in terms of the structure and dynamics, that’s got to be a good thing and seems to be working for them.

 

Landlady of The Second West ??????

 

With reference to our CEO, I hope the candidate is chosen specifically by the owner and how he wants to move this club forward. I couldn't care less for their gender, atheist or religious, gay or straight, black or white. As long as the new appointment is chosen as part of an ambitious long term project rather than the cheapest and easiest option available then I'll be all for it.

 

Speaking strictly as an Atheist, Amen to that.

 

I think the only thing Rupp will sign off of on is the wage. Rhodes seems to have picked the man, I’d imagine without much input

 

I saw what you did there...

 

or he might find her in Europe

 

I am sure Rupp would sell the club immediately if someone approached him with the figure that Rupp is (allegedly) wanting. Unfortunately at the moment there does not appear to be anybody out there who is prepared (or foolish enough) to pay that amount.

 

We using the BBC recruitment guide so may take time as it is not easy to find a black, ethnic, gay Muslim woman who loves football

 

A one legged one at that !!

 

Baldwins my guess

 

Has the job ever actually been advertised or is it up to JR to identify someone?

A job advert invites applicants to sell themselves. What could they bring to us? It's not unusual for applicants to have to present a vision for how they would move an organisation forward.

Have we done that or is JR going through his LinkedIn contacts for someone who KnOwS tHE cLuB.

 

Dominic Cummings is available

 

Not gone away for the weekend then?

 

Not yet, apparently looking for "something".

 

Just seen him on the news..... by feck he's got a face that I'd never tire of punching. Smarmy looking git!!!