Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Toronto Villa]

Good grief. He’s been here 5 minutes

[Villan82]

New badge announced in November after months of consultation. Lots of talk of a big launch in May 2023. New 'President of Business Operations' arrives, all talk of new badge goes quiet. Old CEO departs and we get this crap announcement that we will have two badges this season and history is rewritten with the new badge only a temporary 41st anniversary nod to 1982.

You don't need to be a genius to work out that this new guy has decided unilaterally that the fans don't know best on the new badge.

[Risso]

Good grief. He’s been here 5 minutes

It’s not a good look though, is it? It’d be like announcing Monchi then our first signing is Luke Ayling.

[Clampy]

Good grief. He’s been here 5 minutes

Yep. Utterly ridiculous.

[kippaxvilla2]

Can we change the thread title to ‘(Get the) Heck Out.’

[Richard E]

Good grief. He’s been here 5 minutes

It’s not a good look though, is it? It’d be like announcing Monchi then our first signing is Luke Ayling.

Please don’t float that idea even in jest!

[kippaxvilla2]

Thomas Fox Mark II.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd imagine both the kit design and sponsor were finalised before he even joined us. And for all we know the badge stuff may also be either the same or from higher up.

[Clampy]

Thomas Fox Mark II.

Wow.

[Clampy]

I'd imagine both the kit design and sponsor were finalised before he even joined us. And for all we know the badge stuff may also be either the same or from higher up.

Well, yes. It's sometimes that simple really.

[kippaxvilla2]

Calm down Clamps only kidding me old mate.

[Clampy]

Calm down Clamps only kidding me old mate.

Ah, ok. It's just that your other posts suggest that you're a bit cross. My bad, as the kids say.

[chrisw1]

I kind of get that having just joined he may not want the first splurge to be refitting the stadium based on somebody else's obviously flawed homework.

The vote with the fucking lamp shambles meant it was no vote at all.  Equally, he may think from a global perspective looking back to 1982 isn't necessarily the right way forward.

Or as a club, we may want to do all the ground works in one go and as the North has been delayed they don't want to waste a load of money refitting the stadium right now. 

Whilst it feels very disorganised, I kind of get the rationale.  Let's let Henk do what he's being paid very handsomely to do. 

[Ads]

1982 means everything to us, but outside of our small neighbours in B9, B71, WV1, probably not a great deal.

[pauliewalnuts]

1982 means everything to us, but outside of our small neighbours in B9, B71, WV1, probably not a great deal.

I'll be honest, I am sick of hearing about it.

It was 41 years ago, FFS.

Yes be proud of it but Christ we go on and on about it.

You can't go more than - literally - two minutes at one of our matches without hearing the droning "we even conquered Europe".

Still, I suppose 41 is a landmark anniversary, so that bilge from the club about the badge all makes sense

*nods*