Poynton ram Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I know he wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I do wonder if we would have got into this current mess if Tom was still around. Certainly can't remember too much scandal on his watch. If memory serves me right he left us to go and work at Man City but possibly back in the US now. Always seemed happy to speak to the media and remember meeting him at Crewe away and he seemed a decent enough chap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 31 minutes ago, Poynton ram said: I know he wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I do wonder if we would have got into this current mess if Tom was still around. Certainly can't remember too much scandal on his watch. If memory serves me right he left us to go and work at Man City but possibly back in the US now. Always seemed happy to speak to the media and remember meeting him at Crewe away and he seemed a decent enough chap President of the Carolina panthers now. Was at Man city a couple of years! https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16041159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, Poynton ram said: I know he wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I do wonder if we would have got into this current mess if Tom was still around. Certainly can't remember too much scandal on his watch. If memory serves me right he left us to go and work at Man City but possibly back in the US now. Always seemed happy to speak to the media and remember meeting him at Crewe away and he seemed a decent enough chap I remember he got a lot of hate early on (team was rubbish, we kept seeling players at first offer and signing cheapies or freebies, yanks out protests etc) but in terms of professionalism they were very good operators, they knew Nigel was working on a shoe string and we did progress back towards health under them (very slowly, very very slowly). Glick is clearly capable in these possitions, hence him moving to other sports teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Tom Glick while he was part of the City organisation was also CEO of New York City FC. Excellent administrator as his career shows. Tim Hinchey also. Was fortunate to meet them both a few times, both good guys and very engaging. However the ownership group put barely anything in and what they did Jewell wasted. As a result Clough had to drop the wage bill to at one point a bottom 6 budget as he built a team but it was mid table mediocrity that was too boring for many despite our excellent home record under Clough. Then we throw money at it. Oh we shouldn’t have done that either! Now it’s balance the books and a transition to bring through the youth. Oh but we’re always in transition it isn’t good enough. Who would be a football club owner?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Always seemed to say the right things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Lots of credit must go to Nigel clough as he dealt with the mess and shoestring budget very well ,, we might not be saying the same of Glick with a manager in place who didn’t cope so well and we were relegated ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 You know times are tough when we’re looking back at the Tom Glick / Nigel Clough times as the “good old days”... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 He was great at putting a spin on even the very worst events and make it seem like the ownership group were doing the sensible thing even when that involved selling off the few good assets that the squad possessed. It clearly worked out in the end in making us more financially sustainable and suffering through some very tough times- you can argue about if they got lucky avoiding relegation or chose the right man in Nigel Clough to keep us above the trap door. During a lot of their ownership though it did feel like they were suffocating the club due to budget cuts that were being imposed as they'd been burned through their initial spending spree under Jewell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammeister Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 More Glick-bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Tom Glick was the driving force behind FFP being adopted in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, CornwallRam said: Tom Glick was the driving force behind FFP being adopted in the Championship. When we were poor and abiding to it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 05/12/2020 at 14:29, CornwallRam said: Tom Glick was the driving force behind FFP being adopted in the Championship. The Americans didn't want to invest any money in DCFC, so it was their cunning plan to prevent other owners in the league putting their money in and leaving Derby further in their wake. Buying promotion, if you will, heaven forbid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyhill60 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 05/12/2020 at 13:32, Archied said: Lots of credit must go to Nigel clough as he dealt with the mess and shoestring budget very well ,, we might not be saying the same of Glick with a manager in place who didn’t cope so well and we were relegated ? The best we can say of Nigel is he avoided relegation. His limitations were immediately exposed when a better manager took his place. Sheffield United fans will concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastoEls Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 5 hours ago, sunnyhill60 said: The best we can say of Nigel is he avoided relegation. His limitations were immediately exposed when a better manager took his place. Sheffield United fans will concur. Heck of an eye for a player though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, GlastoEls said: Heck of an eye for a player though... Yeah, still have nightmares we paid £1m for Conor Sammon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, GlastoEls said: Heck of an eye for a player though... Nonsense. He was as hit and miss as every manager. You can name a Bryson, you can also name a Maguire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Never had an issue with Glick, he was good at what he did and I think was a very positive influence on DCFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 05/12/2020 at 13:32, Archied said: Lots of credit must go to Nigel clough as he dealt with the mess and shoestring budget very well ,, we might not be saying the same of Glick with a manager in place who didn’t cope so well and we were relegated ? Through all of that time we stuck with Nigel, many were saying "it's no good, get a better manager in" I thought we could easily have had no end of managers with similar results or worse because the money wasn't there, each with their own ideas, each wanting different things.....there were reasons Glick would keep saying "Nigel's our guy, we back him" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 05/12/2020 at 14:45, Millenniumram said: You know times are tough when we’re looking back at the Tom Glick / Nigel Clough times as the “good old days”... Yep. Or the 'not so dire old days...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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