Sports Business Analyst Hat: Alderson gone by 2011
by Dex on Jan 11, 2009 8:35 AM PST
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Major league executives expect CEO Sandy Alderson to leave the Padres at some point this year if Jeff Moorad takes over the front office.
Moorad has said he well regards Alderson, but major league executives doubt Alderson will stay beyond 2009 if Moorad comes aboard because the two are used to doing similar jobs.
Why would a CEO put together a ownership group to buy a company and have another CEO there? At the very least Sandy would take on another job, but I'm not sure what that would be.
Here: I'm a Sports Business Analyst. No joke. Here's my analysis:
There are too many people in charge in the Padres front office. If and when Moorad arrives, there will be at least one more person in charge. A business does not operate well that way. Empowering employees is one thing. Having 10 8 different bosses is Office Space.
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Yeah I would imagine that Moorad will run a much tighter ship than Moores did.
I agree Sandy wil resign when Moorad takes over and will either put a group togeather to buy his own club or return to MLB head quarters.
There is a UT story also
this morning saying SA will be gone.
I'm not saying this is wrong
But they also said this about KT when DePo was hired.
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KT never had any of his decision making capabilities taken away, the teams leadership and direction was not changed, they both still reported to Alderson. In this case Alderson will have a lot of his decision making abilities stripped away and he is probably going to have to get everything cleared with Moorad first and while Moorad adheres to the same philosophy that SA does I’m sure they will not see eye to eye on all issuses.
The only way that happens
is if Moorad decides he wants to take Alderson’s role. Just because you’re an owner doesn’t mean you have to be the CEO. That’s specifically why Moore’s hired Alderson.
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"an owner" ≠ "the owner"
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not fully sure what you are getting at.
my point is that Moorad is more of the figurehead for the investment group. I don’t believe he is fronting most of the money to buy the team. Why else would he put an investment group together to buy the team if he had not intention in running it?
I agree with Grey Suit
The difference between Moores and Moorad is that Moores had no experience being CEO of a baseball team. I’m just guessing that Alderson isn’t coming cheaply and that Moorad is able to put together a viable ownership group in part because he’s convinced other rich people that he’ll be able to get a return on their investment.
I'm not disagreeing with either of you
But that is what they said.
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I'm thinking of KT and Depo
And then Moorad when he arrives. Of the 4, I’m guessing 2 remain by the time 2011 rolls around.
Question about DePo
I thought I remembered reading a few months back in the U-T that DePodesta had rights to approve deals. I have no idea if that was/is the case, but it does seem weird to have so many people in executive positions. It had to have affected Kevin Towers’ ability to do his job.
Was/is this actually the case?
-Eric
This is not the case
DePodesta does report to Sandy, but he is more of an analyst than a decision maker. DePo gets to provide his input, but KT gets to make all the roster decisions with the CEO (Alderson or most likely Moorad in the future) getting veto power.
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