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The John W Henry Interview - Part Two
Veinticinco de Mayo:
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/the-day-we-met-john-henry
Consider yourselves all personally thanked. :wave
Boitol:
--- Quote from: weebroalan on November 16, 2010, 09:01:33 am ---Money laundering is the process of disgusising the proceeds of crime and introducing it back into the banking system unnoticed.
I don't think there is anything in the rules to prohibit an owner's company sponsoring the football club he owns.
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Money laundering is also putting huge amounts of cash into one business from another business in order to distort the balance sheet. Which is what an over inflated sponsorship fee would be.
Baz Smythe:
--- Quote from: 1918 on November 17, 2010, 03:15:54 am ---Much has been made of some of the similarities between the Red Sox at the time Henry bought them and Liverpool at the time Henry bought them (stadium, etc.). The manager is one more example. As a lifelong Red Sox fan, the single greatest mistake management made under Henry was letting Grady Little (the manager in charge when Henry took over) stay in his position. It cost them a World Series appearance (not hyperbole, Little was directly culpable for the team's loss in game seven of the 2003 ALCS). I would be very surprised if they kept Roy. He does not seem to fit the club's philosophy going forward. *
*I've lurked here since NESV purchased the club. This is a great forum, I am grateful for it. Lifelong Red Sox fan, who had been looking for an EPL team to support after the World Cup. This was one topic I figured I could contribute on.
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Thankyou for that and welcome but what I really mean is did they publicly back him like they have done Roy or did they keep quiet on the subject when the press asked questions. I do understand if you don't remember it was 7 years ago but I'm clutching at straws. It's all I've got.
Rip:
--- Quote from: Baz Smythe on November 18, 2010, 10:19:44 pm ---Thankyou for that and welcome but what I really mean is did they publicly back him like they have done Roy or did they keep quiet on the subject when the press asked questions. I do understand if you don't remember it was 7 years ago but I'm clutching at straws. It's all I've got.
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If you're referring to whether Henry publicly backed Little after the 2003 ALCS fiasco, no, he did not. In fact, he's been quoted as saying he wanted to fire Little during the bottom of the 8th inning of Game 7 of that series (when Little's poor-decision making was rearing its ugly head). Not just, "This guy is so gone after this," Henry literally wanted to walk on the field and go into the dugout to fire Little in the middle of game, in front of 55,000 Yankee fans.
Boston was eliminated that night and their season ended, which also just happened to be when Little's 2 year contract expired (the one he signed upon being hired by Henry after Henry bought the team prior to the 2002 season). It had never been extended during those 2 seasons... I suspect he might not have been back short of winning the World Series that year*, even if he never made that Game 7 blunder; Little's managing style/philosophy was very different from Henry's and GM Theo Epstein's. So Henry was never in the position of having to give him a vote of confidence; the season was over, Little's contract expired, the Sox had no intentions of renewing it and that was that.
The Red Sox hired their current manager, Terry Francona, six weeks later and he's been with the team ever since.
*I don't recall Henry or the club commenting much on Little's contract status during the 2003 season, when speculation among fans about a possible extension would have been more prevalent (as opposed to immediately following the 2003 ALCS defeat, when it became a forgone conclusion Little wouldn't be back). Going into 2003, I think it was clear the club felt that how he would manage that year's team -- both in the regular season and in the playoffs -- would determine his future in Boston, and the fans were mostly in agreement with that. Unfortunately Little made the decision easy for Henry/Epstein.
beautifulgame:
waiting is key here. We will soon know in January if his words ring true. I for one, tend to believe he has pashion for our team and 'soccer' in general. He comes across as sports loving person who is prepared to weave his way into any vernture in which he is involved and - crucially - actually put something in as opposed to look at what he can take out.
--- Quote from: mulfella on November 15, 2010, 11:59:02 am ---Outstanding questions and dare i say it, in places outstanding answers.
All we can do is wait and see what deeds follow.
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