Am I the only person who can't immediately grok how appointing family to business and marketing positions translates to on-ice performance. Those worlds seem compartmentalized.
To a large extent, sure. But it shows the pattern of how they think.
Throw out the friends and family bit for a moment. When an employer hires someone to do a job that is extremely underqualified or experienced, they do it for 2 basic reasons.
- They are cheap and know they can get that person to accept less than someone who does have appropriate qualifications and experience.
- They expect that the person will generally just agree with what the owner says, and isn't likely to push back.
It's all about control. They believe they know best, and they hire people who will carry out their directives without much pushback, because they don't yet have the experience to know they SHOULD push back.
Generally the pattern is that as these people gain experience and knowledge, they will start to be more confident and vocal about things. They will start to get more frustrated because they are being dismissed or minimized, and either leave of their own accord, or be pushed out by the owners, who will create a reason in their own minds that the person wasn't working out, and replace them with someone else to start the cycle over again.
I'm not trying to pick on Jesse's fiance, but he is a classic example. He has a BA in Business Administration, and an MBA. His only listed work experience is a Marketing Coordinator , but all of a sudden he's the Director of Corporate Development for FIVE professional sports franchises , three sports venues, hotels, restaurants, a record label, and all the other random crap they have? Seriously? That sized portfolio would be absurd for a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience, let alone someone basically fresh out of college.
Everything the Pegulas do tells me that they are terrible at business, and terrible to work for if you have any pride in what you do. They will continue to be fine for a long time because once you reach a certain level of wealth it takes extraordinary effort to make it collapse, but we shouldn't expect anything to ever change from this family.