Tom Anselmi named President of MLSE

[Kin]

http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1251015--tom-anselmi-is-appointed-new-mlse-president

I suppose this is technically Leafs news although I can't really see it changing a great deal in the near future. I think it's pretty telling that they promoted from within for this one but other than that...meh. More or less expected.

 

[#1PilarFan]

Good for him. He is now slightly richer.

 

[lamajama]

Well he can't do any worse on-ice. That bar is low...

He may have some tougher times ahead financially though trying to
beat Peddie in that area.

 

[Fanatic]

It means he?s in charge now. But it doesn?t mean it will stay that way, which is where it gets interesting.

In fact, some believe Anselmi almost certainly won?t get the CEO title, and that he will sometime in the coming months fall to No. 2 on the MLSE chain of command.

Insiders believe that if it had strictly been up to Tanenbaum, Anselmi would have immediately inherited all of Peddie?s powers. Instead, with Bell and Rogers possibly having very different ideas of what should be done with a sports company that apparently can?t produce a winning team outside of the American Hockey League, the prestigious Korn Ferry search firm is actively searching for a CEO, one that would be installed over Anselmi.

That, needless to say, isn?t exactly as the news was delivered this week, although Anselmi is hopeful it may yet turn out that way.

?I?m a candidate for (CEO),? said Anselmi on Thursday. ?I would want the job. They?ve promoted me to president, I?m running the company and I have been running the company for the last nine months.

?Hopefully, the board will come to the conclusion that me and this management team are exactly what they need.?

To be fair, Bell and Rogers haven?t really had a chance to get in there and empty all the wastebaskets yet. Moreover, clearly the company didn?t want to risk losing Anselmi and felt promoting him stabilized the operation.


Cox Article

 

[Zee]

It means he?s in charge now. But it doesn?t mean it will stay that way, which is where it gets interesting.

In fact, some believe Anselmi almost certainly won?t get the CEO title, and that he will sometime in the coming months fall to No. 2 on the MLSE chain of command.

Insiders believe that if it had strictly been up to Tanenbaum, Anselmi would have immediately inherited all of Peddie?s powers. Instead, with Bell and Rogers possibly having very different ideas of what should be done with a sports company that apparently can?t produce a winning team outside of the American Hockey League, the prestigious Korn Ferry search firm is actively searching for a CEO, one that would be installed over Anselmi.

That, needless to say, isn?t exactly as the news was delivered this week, although Anselmi is hopeful it may yet turn out that way.

?I?m a candidate for (CEO),? said Anselmi on Thursday. ?I would want the job. They?ve promoted me to president, I?m running the company and I have been running the company for the last nine months.

?Hopefully, the board will come to the conclusion that me and this management team are exactly what they need.?

To be fair, Bell and Rogers haven?t really had a chance to get in there and empty all the wastebaskets yet. Moreover, clearly the company didn?t want to risk losing Anselmi and felt promoting him stabilized the operation.


Cox Article

I can sum up that Cox article like this:

"I know nothing about what will happen, but it is interesting."

 

[Rick C.]

Here's Rob Del Mundo's view of Tom Anselmi being named President of MSE...

 

[Mike1]

They found their Peddie clone.