Sentences with phrase «than the board thought»

Jobs wanted to devote far more of Apple's resources to pushing the Mac than the board thought prudent.

Not exact matches

Another analyst, who doesn't think the board simply decided that now was the right time to change leaders because Schroeder was 64, noted House, who is older than Schroeder, never enjoyed the top job when he was CEO in the past.

Today's price of about US$ 300 per thousand board feet is actually lower than it was a year ago, but Underhill thinks it could hit US$ 600.

The answer, suggest institutional investors like Mark Wiseman, CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, is to align pay to longer industry and product cycles, and to use restricted stock units (rather than stock options) that vest over time — even after the CEO retires — pushing executives to think seriously about what happens after they're gone.

Founders and CEOs should prioritize building their boards Entrepreneurs may prefer to focus on the daily tasks of launching products, hiring employees and putting out fires, rather than thinking about their boards.

Because most wealthy Chinese seem to think about RMB in terms of USD or Hong Kong dollars, it is the fear that any depreciation of the RMB against those two currencies (the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the USD through a modified currency board) greater than the couple of percentage points interest rate differential would yield less than equivalent USD or Hong Kong dollar bonds.

I can't think of a single work group whose performance gets assessed less rigorously than corporate boards.

Indeed, so why would we think hedge fund managers are better qualified to make strategic decisions than boards?

«We think the business case is pretty strong that bodies with diverse views, including boards, tend to make better decisions than non-diverse groups.»

At any rate, you people that are using this as an opportunity to insult whatever religion annoys / frightens you, and worse than that, engaging in a fight on this board, should really think about getting the sticks you have stuck up your rear ends removed.

One comes away from it with intelligence insulted and more than hands dirtied, but it is the most extensive national bulletin board on what people are up to and on what the crazies in the neighborhood are thinking.

I think this bill board will cause more harm than good due to it's seasonal timing and format.

I'm a believer in what we eat being more effective than anything we apply externally, and once you get a taste of this nut butter, I think you'll be on board too!

I had just added Chocolate Covered Katie's, Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Balls to my «Recipes to Try» Pinterest Board and thought what a better pick - me - up than chocolate.

Whilst Silent Stan has never put pressure on Wenger to win anything other than the Wenger Trophy, the board have come out several times in recent years to say «We have the money» so I think the lack of top - quality transfers has indeed been down to Wenger, and his obsession with «Stability» as he often says.

Looking at Wenger, you have to be worried at his health — Kroenke and all those idiots on the board should be looking to save him from himself in the most humane way possible, rather than just thinking about making money.

Agree with Adam, however I think it goes deeper than Wenger alone, still think he protects the board and that in turn keeps him ever increasing contract, reasons for this.

Only a few months ago more than 75 % on this board didn't think Wenger is the man to take us forward, so let's not blame Sanchez if he has doubts to.

If we do get new investment and owners who actually back his decisions then I think it better to keep the Spaniard at the club rather than changing both the board and manager at the same time.

If Conte and board can sit down and have a discussion like adults along with a DoF, someone who knows something about football and not just business and agree on the direction they want the club to go, I think I'll be more than happy to keep Conte.

He is the same guy who the board thinks is better than Alisher Usmanova because Usmanova got his money from oil.

ZILLER: I think we need to see what exactly Neil Olshey does to clarify the roster before I'm on board with Portland to be better than what they've been, which is a team winning 45 or so games.

If a QB rated higher than your 3rd round draft pick is still on the board, who you think will develop in your system, take him in the 3rd round, but not higher.

I think in my own mind the real creime he's committed against the fans in particular is to keep blowing the boards trumpet for them without acctually saying he is if he genuinely wanted to win trophies rather than just turn a profit then he should have told the board,» give me the money to make this team what it could be or else Im leaving» the board would have sh!t thier pants at that point and given him the means to produce a team worthy of the past glories he has amassed.

If we move out of top six thereby meaning no UEFA or EUROPA league, this will make Wenger, Ivan and the board to think hard and maybe invest in a new coach, even Ranieri cos he is better than wenger.

it wont change till Silent stan is bought out or Wenger walks or the board start thinking like football club owners rather than investment bankers, which most of them are or were in former lives so don't expect any changes anytime soon.

The board don't give a sh!t bout winning anything they only care about keeping the share price high and their bank balances in the six figure region Wenger has only kept his job because he does what the board expects and that's keeping us competitive WITHOUT actually winning anything too serious and WITHOUT spending too much money Now here's the teal nasty bit imagine if we won the EPL the next thing the fans would expect is the CL and to win that we'd need to spend big far bigger than we ever have oh no far better to just make 4th each season and see the money roll right in to the boards pockets and f@ck what the fans think

images we want amangyang and Evans for me ud get two players for 90 # million with a lot change I mean a lot but my point is we want two them and yet can't get but we were offering 90 for lemer hahahaha think about it there's smell off afc for years and years oh just mention we sold walcott, coq and Sanchez and ox and Gabriel haha only replacement is miki haha question is will always is wenger or board who is playing chess with fans cheque mate all of us oh just pop in ozil doesn't no how sign he's name and jack went gluten - free and hasn't strength sign with lack gluten my god welcome to our promise with having better team than Bayern Munich dream on we be lucky get 5 this year sad state affairs

Arsene and the board members are not serious... the think of money more than success..

I know that Arsenal are in a strong state, financially speaking but at the same time I do not think that our manager and board are about to change the way they work, which is fundamentally based on balancing the books and operating on a sound business footing rather than being a rich man's plaything like some clubs in the Premier League and around Europe seem to be.

The injury side of all this I get, but if Wentz could be drafted at 2 with a much more signifigant injury history (concussions, shoulder, I think ribs) than Rosen, then why is he falling down teams boards?

I think it's more the fans that want Henry to be in charge of Arsenal rather than the board officials.

In fact that message may be more to the Arsenal board than to our current manager, don't you think?

I'd love to think the owner and board care about more than the money side of arsenal but they don't.

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

I'm not saying Wenger is the best we can ever get, I just want to unite against the board so that maybe we can get a board we can trust to deal with these issues rather than leaving us to think either nothing will happen or we will enter the manager lotto, roll a number to see if we get lucky and have a manager that can keep us competing with delusions...

I think we are undervaluing Holtby because of the bad year and most on this board tend to value goaltending less than the average decision - maker in the game.

At the end of the day an «expert's» big board is nothing more than an opinion of what they think a specific GM will do.

Would rather get rid of everyone that wants to leave including ozil, Do not buy anyone play the youngsters get rid of the whole lot Kronke and all the board members and manager, And start from scratch, All the fans unite for this season back the team then start the rebuilding next season, Will take a few years but i think the club would then come back stronger than ever.

It's much easier for snails to develop thin waists n grow hips, butts n busts n learn to twerk than for Wenger and the board to listen to the fans I don't even waste my brain cells trying to imagine such an impossible situation n I advice all of you to shun such thoughts of pure fiction n immense madness

Wenger didn't go this route which would require him to spend because he thinks giroud Walcott Alexis and wellbeck can deliver 4th place which is his aim as a manager... Makes sense to him and the board that pays him... For fans many who have been supporters much longer than wenger has been around it is unbelievably frustrating as it is not a top flight attacking line in comparison with teams we rightly compare ourselves with... Same goes for DM....

why arsenal keep it so late because we need two players a striker and a cdm in the end we will buy a striker at the last moment and fans will forget about the cover cdm or someone better than coquelin.we will think at least we got the striker in the end.And the board will be happy that they won't need to get two quality players in the same window.

It doesn't make sense to pass on somebody higher on your board for somebody lower just «cause you don't want to take a guy a round earlier than people think he should go.

Worth keeping in mind that Ozil, Alexis and Cech all said they spoke with Wenger prior to signing and Wenger convinced them to join, I think it is fair to say those 3 have been more of a success at Arsenal than Welbroke who the board bought?

If I'm on the clock at 20 with Landry off the board, I think I'd rather go with the top - tier RB who can change the fortunes of my club quickly (see Fournette, Gurley) than a boom - or - bust D - lineman in Davenport, Hurst or Bryan.

In summary I think the «what ifs» this season have been a lot more marginal than the previous season — more about attitude and tweaking as opposed to wholesale upheaval / rethink back to the drawing board stuff.

Good article with plenty of variations each way.To my mind AFC as a club should have been tying Sánchez down 2 years ago, and Ozil should have been included at the same time.We could see how good they were and that clubs with more ambition and forward thinking than us (NOTE - Wenger and the Board you f *** ing TWATS) would gladly offer them better terms financially.These 2 are as good as we could possibly have and we have allowed this situation to happen.Sure Sanchez has gone for the wages but can you blame him?If he was tied down on a contract like he should have been then it would be us calling the shots and not Sánchez and his agent.So the answer is NO I'm more angry with the Board and Management than the player who will soon be playing under the most hated manager of all time.They deserve each other.

I think it's partly Arsene's / The boards reluctance to spend, and I also believe players look at the club currently and think there is no real drive to be more than a fourth place club.

In addition, Mourinho mentioned how Barcelona have powerful friends in the UEFA board so if that's the case then it makes the conspiracy more of a reality than we thought.

Oh and by the way if wenger offers him a new contract he's more deluded than I thought he was WENGER OUT BOARD OUT