Bill Foley

LewSwimmin said:
The ice hockey connection is an interesting one. Awhile ago when musing about what our existing stadium could be used for after a new one had been built, I had a look at converting DC into an ice hockey stadium and concluded that it would be perfectly feasible to do so. The stadium is big enough to support an indoor arena and an adjacent open air recreational rink. All the catering facilites etc are already in place. Replacing one sport with another would be ideal in terms of the Planning legislation applicable, avoiding what could be a major obstacle in obtaining approval for an alternative use.
Ever since the Westover Rink closed there have been intermittent calls for a new rink to be built, including a proposal for one in Kings Park a few years ago,
In the old Westover days Bournemouth used to have an ice hockey league team, and with the right management I'm sure that a well supported team could be operated from here again. Maybe the prospective new owner has spotted just such an opportunity.
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Replace DC with an ice hockey pitch? Adam Smith struggles to stay on his feet as it is.
 
Max is selling his club, that he's put £millions into.
He's also selling our club, that we've put unquantifiable amounts of emotions and affiliation into.
If we're lucky, we'll get an owner that values the latter not just the former. If we're unlucky, they won't.
Either way, we'll be stuck with them, they'll be stuck with us. We've proven over the years, we the supporters aren't going anywhere else for our football : )

Up the Cherries and what will be, will be : )
 
@Neil Dawson :whist:

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"I'm a very good delegator, so that's one of the reasons the company has grown like it has," he explained to the Santa Barbara News-Press (August 12, 2002). He tried to "delegate to strong managers." Indeed, Foley has been criticized for axing executives at companies he acquired and replacing them with his own people. "If people are the problem, we get rid of them. If there are structural problems … we fix them," he said to the Orange County Business Journal (January 5, 1998).

Another core competency of Foley and his executive team was the ability to find good acquisition candidates. In Cathy Taylor's article in the Orange County Register, Foley described his approach to selecting these companies, stating that his first criterion "is to find companies that have been mismanaged" (October 29, 1995). According to Foley, he typically looked for the characteristics that led to his purchase of Fidelity in 1984: ineffective managers who miss growth opportunities and ignore their customers' changing needs. He then researched the company's financial records and tried to identify the reasons why it was not increasing its revenue or adding to market share.
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https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Foley-William-P-II-1944.html
 
kirsikka said:
@Neil Dawson :whist:

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"I'm a very good delegator, so that's one of the reasons the company has grown like it has," he explained to the Santa Barbara News-Press (August 12, 2002). He tried to "delegate to strong managers." Indeed, Foley has been criticized for axing executives at companies he acquired and replacing them with his own people. "If people are the problem, we get rid of them. If there are structural problems … we fix them," he said to the Orange County Business Journal (January 5, 1998).

Another core competency of Foley and his executive team was the ability to find good acquisition candidates. In Cathy Taylor's article in the Orange County Register, Foley described his approach to selecting these companies, stating that his first criterion "is to find companies that have been mismanaged" (October 29, 1995). According to Foley, he typically looked for the characteristics that led to his purchase of Fidelity in 1984: ineffective managers who miss growth opportunities and ignore their customers' changing needs. He then researched the company's financial records and tried to identify the reasons why it was not increasing its revenue or adding to market share.
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https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Foley-William-P-II-1944.html
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We'd be a perfect fit.
 
LewSwimmin said:
The ice hockey connection is an interesting one. Awhile ago when musing about what our existing stadium could be used for after a new one had been built, I had a look at converting DC into an ice hockey stadium and concluded that it would be perfectly feasible to do so. The stadium is big enough to support an indoor arena and an adjacent open air recreational rink. All the catering facilites etc are already in place. Replacing one sport with another would be ideal in terms of the Planning legislation applicable, avoiding what could be a major obstacle in obtaining approval for an alternative use.
Ever since the Westover Rink closed there have been intermittent calls for a new rink to be built, including a proposal for one in Kings Park a few years ago,
In the old Westover days Bournemouth used to have an ice hockey league team, and with the right management I'm sure that a well supported team could be operated from here again. Maybe the prospective new owner has spotted just such an opportunity.
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Thought about the old rink on Westover Rd when 'through the Barricades' by Spandau Ballet came on the radio.

It was the 'smoochy' couples interlude every weekend afternoon, always the same track ;)
 
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