Micheal Heisley on the Chris Vernon Show (730 Fox AM)

[tekkon]

He didn't say he wasn't familiar with it--he only said he hadn't read it himself.

And why should he? It's a long, confusing legal document. He has lawyers and a GM whose job it is to know it like the back of their hands. His skimming the document adds no value to the organization and I'm sure he's too busy with other things to make it bedtime reading.

A good leader is someone who hires good people, trusts their judgment, and gives an overall direction to the organization. Vernon's more damning point, if true, was that Heisley stopped trusting other and started wanting to do things himself.

I believe you answered your own question. As you put it, Heisley stopped trusting others and started making the decisions himself. If he wants to follow that path, then reading the CBA and knowing it (even though lawyers or whatever) is a must.

[willbcocks]

I'm glad to see we're all essentially in agreement. My main point was that Vernon's generalizations about owners made him sound like a jackass, not that Heisley himself was a good owner (I don't know enough about Memphis' situation to comment on that). Hopefully for your team's sake he stops micromanaging.