Confirmed with Link: Brian Daccord, Special Asst. to Bill Armstrong resigns.

[rt]

I have left a job before. Very weird work group that did not work out. I used the same logic in my 2 week notice. It's not you, it's me.

I have also seen people move on to other jobs where they got paid more, more vacation, better benefits, whatever. They said that they found a better opportunity. I have also done the same thing and stated as such - I found a better opportunity.

Does my past reflect the same thoughts as Daccord? No. Have I seen the two lines of thinking used often enough to know that when someone uses the more generic line of "personal reasons," it is more often than not that they are not enjoying their time with that company. Is it a 1.00% batting average for that? No. But usually pretty close.

Tell you what. You work in an office setting, I work in an office setting. Ask people about a job they left that they were not enjoying. Ask what did they tell their employer when they were leaving. Because people do find better paying jobs, they can use the generic "better opportunity found." More often than not, the individual will want to point that out because the current company helped them prepare and get to that better role if they are being truthful. When someone uses "personal reasons," ask them to elaborate. I guarantee that an overwhelming majority will really be saying, "I needed to get the eff out of there."

Edit: you do know where his son played hockey in college, right? Joey Daccord. Look him up

Every word of this is completely irrelevant.

 

[BUX7PHX]

BUX, give it a rest. Daccord told us his reason for leaving. If he lied, so what. If it was the truth, so what. AGM are not hard to find, and we already have someone in the organization to take his spot. In business you want employees who want to be there, not someone who's mind is 2000 miles away.

Congrats. You finally figured it out. If their mind is elsewhere, don't hire the guy.

 

[Jakey53]

Congrats. You finally figured it out. If their mind is elsewhere, don't hire the guy.

You just don't get it. What's important today may not be important tomorrow. I can't believe I'm even posting to this ridiculous argument. I must be bored.

 

[rt]

Congrats. You finally figured it out. If their mind is elsewhere, don't hire the guy.

Holy smokes. You are really out to lunch on this one, man. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. If it turns out that he's got a real crisis on his hands at home, your cavalier attitude here is going to be a really, really bad look. You need to allow for the chance that something significant in his life has changed significantly in the last 8 months. Ruling that out as a possibility makes no sense. Especially given its the most likely explanation.

You've referenced your professional career several times in this discussion. It seems you've got a firm handle on how things work in the corporate world (you aren't alone there, by the way). But you're really coming off as someone with less of a firm grasp on how things work in personal life. I'm sure that's not true. But what I'm hearing from you is making me picture a corporate robot that has a docking station in the office and goes offline for a few hours a night to run updates. I'm not accusing you of being a robot as I'm sure you are not. I'm just telling you that your argument is the one a robot would make.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

After going into isolation for a week in order to purify my thinking process, I have ascertained the reason why Daccord left the Coyotes. You will find it in my new subscription service.

As a free teaser here is my executive level summary: Bad Ju-Ju. The Coyotes need to kill a chicken.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

So, you have inside knowledge that this was only a transitional job, and Daccord would only be needed for a season?

Well, I have as much inside info on that as you have that it was some CRISIS OF INFINITE COYOTES disaster in the offing. But I've also worked in sports for two decades and corporate America for three, and I've seen this kind of thing happen over and over. If you removed Craig Morgan and his "culture changer" spin when Daccord signed on, and then his "stunning development" spin when he left, it would be much less of a blood pressure raiser.

Last I checked, you don't hire a culture changer for 8 months.

I've seen "culture changer" guys and gals get hired for two months before. A company wants to change direction, so they hire an outside consultant for a limited run to evaluate, recommend, and put measures in place that change the infrastructure scheme of a department, division, or even a whole company. Then, when they're done, they leave.

Daccord didn't divest himself of his other company when he got hired, so the most reasonable explanation to me is that he was never going to be a long-term piece of the puzzle. Simplest explanation is that BA needed someone to share the workload for a season while he got acclimated to the team culture and created his full picture of our assets, and Daccord was that guy. Whether BA wanted to keep him on beyond this season is up for conjecture, but I don't think Armstrong is going to be too chuffed that Daccord elected to go back to what he was doing since BA's already starting his "Bill-ification" of the franchise now that the season's over.

 

[Mosby]

This thread is longer than Daccord's tenure in AZ.

 

[rt]

This thread is longer than Daccord's tenure in AZ.

Let me restate my position then, for posterity. Ready? Here it goes:



There. Sorry for the verbosity.

 

[BUX7PHX]

Holy smokes. You are really out to lunch on this one, man. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. If it turns out that he's got a real crisis on his hands at home, your cavalier attitude here is going to be a really, really bad look. You need to allow for the chance that something significant in his life has changed significantly in the last 8 months. Ruling that out as a possibility makes no sense. Especially given its the most likely explanation.

You've referenced your professional career several times in this discussion. It seems you've got a firm handle on how things work in the corporate world (you aren't alone there, by the way). But you're really coming off as someone with less of a firm grasp on how things work in personal life. I'm sure that's not true. But what I'm hearing from you is making me picture a corporate robot that has a docking station in the office and goes offline for a few hours a night to run updates. I'm not accusing you of being a robot as I'm sure you are not. I'm just telling you that your argument is the one a robot would make.

Understood.

There comes a perception is reality moment on a lot of levels. There is a perception that I am a robot, which could or couldn't be further from the truth, lol. Same as there is a perception that Arizona is a gong show, which something like this can exacerbate, or could be so far from the truth.

For once, it would be nice to not feel like we are getting in our own way. That is what this seems like. Hire a guy to serve as special AGM to provide names of people to BA to hire going forward. Next thing you know, the special AGM leaves and we haven't hired anyone as an AGM, let alone a special one as replacement to ease that burden.

When we continually stub our own toe, you have to wonder if we are making poor assumptions towards players or staff.

Maybe its just the Coyote way, but damn it would be nice to have an extended wave of good answers, as opposed to more questions.

 

[rt]

For once, it would be nice to not feel like we are getting in our own way. That is what this seems like. Hire a guy to serve as special AGM to provide names of people to BA to hire going forward. Next thing you know, the special AGM leaves and we haven't hired anyone as an AGM, let alone a special one as replacement to ease that burden.

When we continually stub our own toe, you have to wonder if we are making poor assumptions towards players or staff.

Maybe its just the Coyote way, but damn it would be nice to have an extended wave of good answers, as opposed to more questions.

All of this is true. And it's all still true even if Daccord left for the reasons he provided and only for the reasons he provided.

 

[BUX7PHX]

All of this is true. And it's all still true even if Daccord left for the reasons he provided and only for the reasons he provided.

And maybe that is where the frustration lies. In a world of predictive analytics trending, is there a way that we could have identified this happening?

History is about preventing the same mistakes over and over, and we need to correct that issue.

 

[rt]

And maybe that is where the frustration lies. In a world of predictive analytics trending, is there a way that we could have identified this happening?

This is a joke, right?

 

[BUX7PHX]

This is a joke, right?

Not at all. Had we simply asked the question to Blake Wheeler of Arizona as a place that he would enjoy playing, we could have saved a wasted pick.

If we had asked Ribeiro how things were with his family and are there any concerns, we could have passed on signing him.

If we had asked our candidates if they understand the market here and that they may have to put in more effort to entice people to have interest here, are they okay with that and can work through it without discouragement, could we avoid someone who may want out sooner rather than later.

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask questions and be upfront, and people will reveal what they are thinking...

 

[rt]

Not at all. Had we simply asked the question to Blake Wheeler of Arizona as a place that he would enjoy playing, we could have saved a wasted pick.

If we had asked Ribeiro how things were with his family and are there any concerns, we could have passed on signing him.

If we had asked our candidates if they understand the market here and that they may have to put in more effort to entice people to have interest here, are they okay with that and can work through it without discouragement, could we avoid someone who may want out sooner rather than later.

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask questions and be upfront, and people will reveal what they are thinking...

Beep beep beep boop boop bop.

 

[Jakey53]

This thread is longer than Daccord's tenure in AZ.

Sure in hell is getting more attention.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Not at all. Had we simply asked the question to Blake Wheeler of Arizona as a place that he would enjoy playing, we could have saved a wasted pick.

If we had asked Ribeiro how things were with his family and are there any concerns, we could have passed on signing him.

If we had asked our candidates if they understand the market here and that they may have to put in more effort to entice people to have interest here, are they okay with that and can work through it without discouragement, could we avoid someone who may want out sooner rather than later.

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask questions and be upfront, and people will reveal what they are thinking...

And sometimes life happens, and circumstances change, and 20/20 hindsight is basically just wasted emotion because time machines don't exist.

Blake Wheeler wasn't going to say a word about Arizona - or, indeed, anywhere else - prior to being drafted. What draft-hopeful prospect would?

Dave Tippett and Don Maloney likely already knew all of Mike Ribeiro's red flags when they signed him. Tippett especially, since he coached him before. It was a leap of faith that didn't pay off.

If by "candidates" you mean front office hires, if they don't like Arizona or the situation with the franchise, they won't interview for the job.

I mean, really, this is all common sense. I don't know why it's so hard to accept.

 

[BUX7PHX]

Beep beep beep boop boop bop.

There are ways to ask questions to arrive at answers.

I am a big data analytics guy, but you have to know what you are looking at when narrowing info down.

If by "candidates" you mean front office hires, if they don't like Arizona or the situation with the franchise, they won't interview for the job.

I mean, really, this is all common sense. I don't know why it's so hard to accept.

I have interviewed for jobs that I likely would not take if I simply said, "I don't like this company. " As an example, after my first company, it had been 4 years since I last interviewed. I did a phone interview with a company that I probably would not have normally interviewed for as practice and maybe a description of the job doesn't always say what it entails. In addition, if the worst outcome is someone says that they don't think you are a fit, but another different role is something that they may have in mind, you get on the short list for that in the future.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I have interviewed for jobs that I likely would not take if I simply said, "I don't like this company. " As an example, after my first company, it had been 4 years since I last interviewed. I did a phone interview with a company that I probably would not have normally interviewed for as practice and maybe a description of the job doesn't always say what it entails. In addition, if the worst outcome is someone says that they don't think you are a fit, but another different role is something that they may have in mind, you get on the short list for that in the future.

That's all well and good, but I don't see how this is in any way germane to Daccord's situation.

I just can't fathom the Chicken Little approach to this. From all evidence, Daccord came in, did the job they asked, and when the season ended he decided to leave. This is way less problematic of a situation than when, say, Ahron Cohen was canned by the Meruelos. That folks are making it so has less to do with the reality of the situation and more to do with being shellshocked Coyotes fans, which, given our franchise's history and the odd Katie Strang hit piece, is understandable, if not really applicable.

 

[rt]

That's all well and good, but I don't see how this is in any way germane to Daccord's situation.

I just can't fathom the Chicken Little approach to this. From all evidence, Daccord came in, did the job they asked, and when the season ended he decided to leave. This is way less problematic of a situation than when, say, Ahron Cohen was canned by the Meruelos. That folks are making it so has less to do with the reality of the situation and more to do with being shellshocked Coyotes fans, which, given our franchise's history and the odd Katie Strang hit piece, is understandable, if not really applicable.

More than one?

 

[BUX7PHX]

That's all well and good, but I don't see how this is in any way germane to Daccord's situation.

I just can't fathom the Chicken Little approach to this. From all evidence, Daccord came in, did the job they asked, and when the season ended he decided to leave. This is way less problematic of a situation than when, say, Ahron Cohen was canned by the Meruelos. That folks are making it so has less to do with the reality of the situation and more to do with being shellshocked Coyotes fans, which, given our franchise's history and the odd Katie Strang hit piece, is understandable, if not really applicable.

Maybe I buy into the idea that when you hire someone strong, you want to keep them in your company for as long as possible.

To your point, if this was only designed to be an 8 month gig, then, sure I will go along and he did his job. Don't quite know what to think is a stunning development about that, though.

Edit: I don't have Twitter, so maybe someone needs to tweet Craig and ask what he meant by "stunning development." If we knew he was to be hired for a short time period of less than a year, wouldn't Craig state something to the effect of: Daccord left the Coyotes, but it was known that he only requested to be on board to help Armstrong with the transition and finding additional AGM candidates.

 

[rt]

Maybe I buy into the idea that when you hire someone strong, you want to keep them in your company for as long as possible.

To your point, if this was only designed to be an 8 month gig, then, sure I will go along and he did his job. Don't quite know what to think is a stunning development about that, though.

Edit: I don't have Twitter, so maybe someone needs to tweet Craig and ask what he meant by "stunning development." If we knew he was to be hired for a short time period of less than a year, wouldn't Craig state something to the effect of: Daccord left the Coyotes, but it was known that he only requested to be on board to help Armstrong with the transition and finding additional AGM candidates.

There's no reason to question what he meant. It's clear.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Maybe I buy into the idea that when you hire someone strong, you want to keep them in your company for as long as possible.

Well, of course you do - but that doesn't mean they'll stay, even if it's a fantastic job, a great environment, and lucrative pay. People walk away from jobs like that all the time for one reason or another. A vice president of the company I work for just quit - last day is Friday - because she wanted to try her hand at the nonprofit sector. She was making high six figures per year as a single person and was one of the more influential voices in the company in 25 years of service.

Life happens, man.

Edit: I don't have Twitter, so maybe someone needs to tweet Craig and ask what he meant by "stunning development."

Craig was stunned that Daccord left.

Craig was also shocked that Tocchet wasn't immediately renewed after the season.

And that the Coyotes parted ways with Tippett.

And that the Coyotes traded Mike Smith.

A lot of things "stun" Craig that probably shouldn't.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

wow. and our offseason has another 3 months+ to gzzzzzzzzzzzzz................

 

[TheLegend]

wow. and our offseason has another 3 months+ to gzzzzzzzzzzzzz................

Beats the annual arena stuff. That was getting boring.

 

[Mosby]

On the natty hatty, Craig suggested that location became an issue for Daccord. His business and the rest of his life is on the other side of the continent. Too much of a burden. No crazy conspiracies.