[Mick]

I can imagine him retaining some staff who can help show him the ropes.  I would hope he chooses to install mostly his own people, especially on the offensive side.

The ropes are recruiting, coaching and winning.  Got anyone in mind from the current staff?

If he keeps any of the current staff, I will consider this a bad hire.

Have to agree.  It's been such a long, slow, drawn-out debacle, I just don't see why anyone deserves to be retained...frankly, even if they were terrific. And I don't see anyone that's terrific.

Eight years ago, I joined a large firm with a small marketing department, just four employees. My boss was the deputy CEO, and she told me at the outset, "I don't think any of them are any good, and if I were you, I'd get rid of all of them." The catch was, I could only hire people either in Detroit or willing to move to Detroit. Let's just say that the pool of talent was wafer thin. So against my better judgment, I kept them in place, and gradually hired solid people around them. Single biggest mistake of my career. The "B Team" - as they referred to themselves, although "Z team" would have been more accurate - effectively sabotaged our overall effort. We were still very successful, but it was a continual uphill slog.

[Mick]

I can imagine him retaining some staff who can help show him the ropes.  I would hope he chooses to install mostly his own people, especially on the offensive side.

The ropes are recruiting, coaching and winning.  Got anyone in mind from the current staff?

If he keeps any of the current staff, I will consider this a bad hire.

Have to agree.  It's been such a long, slow, drawn-out debacle, I just don't see why anyone deserves to be retained...frankly, even if they were terrific. And I don't see anyone that's terrific.

Eight years ago, I joined a large firm with a small marketing department, just four employees. My boss was the deputy CEO, and she told me at the outset, "I don't think any of them are any good, and if I were you, I'd get rid of all of them." The catch was, I could only hire people either in Detroit or willing to move to Detroit. Let's just say that the pool of talent was wafer thin. So against my better judgment, I kept them in place, and gradually hired solid people around them. Single biggest mistake of my career. The "B Team" - as they referred to themselves, although "Z team" would have been more accurate - effectively sabotaged our overall effort. We were still very successful, but it was a continual uphill slog.