Krulak is back

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Seems strange that when Hollis gave his media interviews the other day he made no mention of the General joining the board. Admittedly it was recorded the day before the announcement was made but I don't believe for a minute Hollis never knew about it days, if not weeks before. It would have been discussed with Lerner and agreed.

This is what I've been thinking, too. The appointments of King, Bernstein and Little all merited mention on the official website, with Hollis talking about them all in glowing terms. Krulak's return has been met with silence, and, as far as I can see, nothing official has been announced. I don't want to read too much into it, but it does make you wonder.

I somehow missed this part of the interview with Hollis as it wasn't on the OS but in the Meaning Evil:

General Krulak was over recently, is he part of your investigation?

Any board in any organisation has to serve all its stakeholders, we have a huge responsibility to the supporters.

The General is a trusted advisor to Randy Lerner. You will see on the board there is now five of us. We have Randy, the General, myself, David and Mervyn. Bringing back the General was Randy's idea to piss off Saunders_ Heroes after the years of abuse he's aimed at him.

You're a bad man.

Oh yeah! Wait until people realise Randy Lerner is now a director too.

Funny how the OS failed to mention it (again).

[dave.woodhall]

Lerner's always been a director.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

[dave.woodhall]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

I never said he wasn't on the board.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

I never said he wasn't on the board.

You, like me and others assumed he wasn't going to be, Dave. Page 9.
For what it's worth, I think it will be a valuable lesson for Lerner working under Hollis and far better having him in the boardroom than relying on the General to report back to him. Obviously there will be some that disagree because he's Lerner but an united board including the owner can only be a positive thing.

Are we looking to replace Russell? If so, I assume that would add another director to the board.

[eddiemunster]

Shame the turnover of personnel at boardroom level wasn't matched on the pitch in and since January!!!!!!

[Risso]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

I never said he wasn't on the board.

You, like me and others assumed he wasn't going to be, Dave. Page 9.
For what it's worth, I think it will be a valuable lesson for Lerner working under Hollis and far better having him in the boardroom than relying on the General to report back to him. Obviously there will be some that disagree because he's Lerner but an united board including the owner can only be a positive thing.

Are we looking to replace Russell? If so, I assume that would add another director to the board.

I think you're getting a bit confused. As Dave says, Lerner is, and always has been a director. It's a legal title that remains until formally resigned. He can still legally be a director and not have anything to do with the day to day running of the place though. I imagine the "handing over power" to Hollis means letting him run the place as he sees fit subject to the financial constraints.

[dave.woodhall]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

I never said he wasn't on the board.

You, like me and others assumed he wasn't going to be, Dave. Page 9.
For what it's worth, I think it will be a valuable lesson for Lerner working under Hollis and far better having him in the boardroom than relying on the General to report back to him. Obviously there will be some that disagree because he's Lerner but an united board including the owner can only be a positive thing.

Are we looking to replace Russell? If so, I assume that would add another director to the board.

I agree that the new set-up is as good as we'll get at the moment but at no point have I ever said, thought or assumed Lerner isn't a director.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lerner's always been a director.

He's always been the Chairman. Like you, I thought he'd stepped aside and was relying on the General to keep him informed.

I never said he wasn't on the board.

You, like me and others assumed he wasn't going to be, Dave. Page 9.
For what it's worth, I think it will be a valuable lesson for Lerner working under Hollis and far better having him in the boardroom than relying on the General to report back to him. Obviously there will be some that disagree because he's Lerner but an united board including the owner can only be a positive thing.

Are we looking to replace Russell? If so, I assume that would add another director to the board.

I agree that the new set-up is as good as we'll get at the moment but at no point have I ever said, thought or assumed Lerner isn't a director.

Maybe I misunderstood this:

Krulak's return just demonstrates that despite all of recent board changes,Lerner still hasn't got a scooby. It would be laughable if it wasn't so painful.

If anything, it says Lerner is happy to hand over almost all control to Hollis and just wants someone to keep an occasional eye open for him. I can't see how that's anything but good news.

[dave.woodhall]

Yes, you did. He can be hands off and still on the board.

[kippaxvilla2]

Sometimes it is an Administrative or procedural thing that is dictated by the way the company is constituted.  For example, I think I saw earlier that Lerner had become a Director of Aston Villa Ltd and replaced Robin Russell.  It may be that Aston Villa Ltd's constitution dictates a minimum number of Directors'.  It is no indication of their day to day involvement in club affairs, save for still being the major shareholder and therefore ultimately sanctioning the funding for the club.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

That makes sense, Kippax. I'm just surprised Dave thinks Lerner needs the General to hold his hand.

[dave.woodhall]

That makes sense, Kippax. I'm just surprised Dave thinks Lerner needs the General to hold his hand.

Do us both a favour and only comment on what I say rather than some strange interpretation.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Okay, Dave. I'll accept you knew all along.

[saunders_heroes]

I wonder if it is in his remit to post on here again?