imagineer boy said:Obviously. But really, the reason why we don't want him is because he's the reason why ABC is doing so horribly now. Someone else created "Desperate House Wives" and other shows that became a success. Iger fired her, and he got all the credit for these popular shows.
Exactly. What if they picked an outside person who didn't have loyalty to disney? Would you really want Disney being taken over/merged with another company, because I don't. We know that Iger has loyalty to the company and can only hope that he's as firm as Eisner about no mergers/takeovers.CTXRover said:The last time that was done nearly lead to Disney being part of Comcast (which thankfully Eisner wouldn't even give a second thought to).
cherrynegra said:Oh, please. Eisner will play Gepetto to Iger's Pinocchio pulling his strings. Or Iger and Eisner will have a great ventroliquist routine. Eisner's hand up Iger's behind moving his mouth and dictating his movements.![]()
Pluto Parking said:There was only one Walt Disney.
The fact is though that Walt was not a business man. He was an animator. Creative Genius will almost never occur at executive level, it comes from directors and writers and other creative jobs. No matter what, they would interview other CEOs. Tell me how many CEOs can you think of that you would label as 'Creative Genius'.DisneyFan 2000 said:But pairing Eisner and Wells came pretty close to it, don't you think? Why is an option for a creative side to management so impossible these past years?
askmike1 said:The fact is though that Walt was not a business man. He was an animator. Creative Genius will almost never occur at executive level, it comes from directors and writers and other creative jobs. No matter what, they would interview other CEOs. Tell me how many CEOs can you think of that you would label as 'Creative Genius'.
CTXRover said:The search involved a lot of people from various press articles I've seen over the past few months, who turned it down for one reason or another before they were ever seriously considered. Sounds like right now the only two serious contenders were Iger and Whitman from E-bay. With her departure from the race, Iger is the only one left. But just so I understand, Iger hasn't been named the CEO officially yet, right? It might just be the press jumping on the news that Iger's the only one left right now. They said they continue the search no later than June of this year, so it seems a bit early to announce a new CEo unless they are REALLY certain with this decision.
What CEOs can do is higher creative people. I think Michael Eisner has done this (with such people as Jay Rasulo and Matt Oiumatt) and hope Iger continues to do this.CTXRover said:That is what scared me the most about a new CEO, whoever it turns out to be. Most CEO's of today, no matter where they are, are more concerned with turning profits and managing the business aspect of a company than fostering the creative edge. Yes, there are those that are even worse than how some perceive Eisner now. That's why I don't know who I would be happy with at the helm. Steve Jobs comes to mind from time to time for me, but I don't even think he would be the perfect fit. I knew the immediate reaction if Iger was chosen would be negative and considered a failure of the search, but I'm not sure who I would have been excited for if someone else was named, if you get my drift. The search involved a lot of people from various press articles I've seen over the past few months, who turned it down for one reason or another before they were ever seriously considered. Sounds like right now the only two serious contenders were Iger and Whitman from E-bay. With her departure from the race, Iger is the only one left. But just so I understand, Iger hasn't been named the CEO officially yet, right? It might just be the press jumping on the news that Iger's the only one left right now. They said they continue the search no later than June of this year, so it seems a bit early to announce a new CEo unless they are REALLY certain with this decision.
imagineer boy said:Gaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :brick::brick::brick::brick::brick::brick::brick:
He would be worse than Eisner!:fork:
Offer us your views.speck76 said:and you know this how?
blackride said:Not sure I like this move. I would think it would be good to pull in someone from the outside to make the changes that incumbents already had a chance to do.
Number_6 said:Also, as President, he's had a "chance" to show what he can do and it wasn't that good...
askmike1 said:And I find it downright dumb that the other person would drop out because Disney was 'taking too long.' Hello, they said they would have a CEO by June! Let's see, it is March so they'd still have 3 more months. The other person wanted it immediately or not at all. =
-Michael
imagineer boy said:And guys, we are really going to have to take some serious action. If Iger bemomes CEO, it will be too late. We need to do anything possible to prevent him from becoming CEO.
cherrynegra said:Oh, please. Eisner will play Gepetto to Iger's Pinocchio pulling his strings. Or Iger and Eisner will have a great ventroliquist routine. Eisner's hand up Iger's behind moving his mouth and dictating his movements.![]()
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