Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
I've got nothing against Elstone, but he's a risk averse bean counter by trade.Appreciate what you are saying but how can a CEO have a cushy job if the Board won't give him the tools or resources to do the job?
All the good CEO 's I have ever come across are a right pain in the backside constantly giving the Board grief for extra resources to develop the business.
When I recruit a CEO I am looking for someone who makes life uncomfortable for the Board because he/she is ambitious and wants success.
In my experience they generally make poor CEOs and lack both the commercial nous and the love of the challenge of a calculated risk.
They focus on cost as opposed to expansion, as that's where they are most comfortable.
Elstone matches all of those traits. He's managing with one arm tied behind his back, but he's doing so willingly as it suits his MO.