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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 590529"><p>For some reason, when writing that post about the Pegulas, I was reminded of Elon Musk of PayPal fame and fortune and his early years with Tesla.</p><p></p><p>In designing their first electric car, Musk was determined to do it the Silicon Valley way...smart, young, lean, fast, flexible...eschewing hires from the perceived to be ossified bureaucracies of Detroit.</p><p></p><p>A couple of years into the design process, Musk discovered that 160 IQ Stanford engineering grads had not the faintest clue how to design an automobile chassis as they literally tried to reinvent the wheel. Tesla eventually brought in some seasoned Detroit hands to work on the "old economy" mechanicals, while he stayed in his wheelhouse designing the electronics and software controls.</p><p></p><p>Whether talking about car companies or football teams, there is an uncommon common sense moral to the tale. Leaders can be, and should be, hands-on and detail oriented in their areas of expertise; where the leader is out of his depth, experts should be hired and allowed to do their jobs. Humility in the face of superior expertise is an undervalued leadership quality.</p><p></p><p>The Pegulas made most of their money hydrofracking the Marcellus Shale. In the sporting arena, other than the team ownerships, the Pugalas have had success in a couple of specific areas: spearheading downtown redevelopment around the hockey arena with their HarborCenter as an anchor, similar to what the Packers seem to be contemplating with their property purchases around Lambeau; some major renovations to the hockey arena itself; and owning a couple of sports training facilities.</p><p></p><p>There's nothing in their resumes to suggest they'd know a good coach from a bad one, let alone being able to provide any meaningful input to a coach regarding what happens on the field or who to draft.</p><p></p><p>As noted in another recent thread, Harlan's signature accomplishment with the Packers football operation, besides hiring Wolf, was to shut down the kibitzing over team operations from the Executive Committee and the 40-odd members of the board and let the football men do their jobs.</p><p></p><p>I guess for billionaires winning and making money is ultimately unsatisfying unless they can flounder around trying to craft it from their own hands. You'd think fielding a bad product would be an embarrassment when hosting friends, business associates, and sundry power brokers in their skybox. Evidently not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 590529"] For some reason, when writing that post about the Pegulas, I was reminded of Elon Musk of PayPal fame and fortune and his early years with Tesla. In designing their first electric car, Musk was determined to do it the Silicon Valley way...smart, young, lean, fast, flexible...eschewing hires from the perceived to be ossified bureaucracies of Detroit. A couple of years into the design process, Musk discovered that 160 IQ Stanford engineering grads had not the faintest clue how to design an automobile chassis as they literally tried to reinvent the wheel. Tesla eventually brought in some seasoned Detroit hands to work on the "old economy" mechanicals, while he stayed in his wheelhouse designing the electronics and software controls. Whether talking about car companies or football teams, there is an uncommon common sense moral to the tale. Leaders can be, and should be, hands-on and detail oriented in their areas of expertise; where the leader is out of his depth, experts should be hired and allowed to do their jobs. Humility in the face of superior expertise is an undervalued leadership quality. The Pegulas made most of their money hydrofracking the Marcellus Shale. In the sporting arena, other than the team ownerships, the Pugalas have had success in a couple of specific areas: spearheading downtown redevelopment around the hockey arena with their HarborCenter as an anchor, similar to what the Packers seem to be contemplating with their property purchases around Lambeau; some major renovations to the hockey arena itself; and owning a couple of sports training facilities. There's nothing in their resumes to suggest they'd know a good coach from a bad one, let alone being able to provide any meaningful input to a coach regarding what happens on the field or who to draft. As noted in another recent thread, Harlan's signature accomplishment with the Packers football operation, besides hiring Wolf, was to shut down the kibitzing over team operations from the Executive Committee and the 40-odd members of the board and let the football men do their jobs. I guess for billionaires winning and making money is ultimately unsatisfying unless they can flounder around trying to craft it from their own hands. You'd think fielding a bad product would be an embarrassment when hosting friends, business associates, and sundry power brokers in their skybox. Evidently not. [/QUOTE]
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