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Greg Miller to step down as CEO of Larry H. Miller Group of Companies (Including Utah Jazz)

Jamezz said:
Proof? Or are you just a clown trying to instill fear in order to get some attention?
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He just said rumors. Rumors don't have to have any kind of proof/truth or anything. All a rumor has to be is one person saying "I think this move is because they are eventually going to sell to Chris Hansen".
 
I really hope the Jazz doesn't move. I have no connection with Utah, but I learned to love basketball and NBA liking the Utah Jazz. I Couldn't keep watching and cheering the league without the Jazz. I'm an Utah Jazz fan.

This is sad.
 
Everybody take a deep breath.

According to Linda Luchetti, executive vice president of communications for the Miller Group, the Miller family will still be involved in making decisions regarding the team and the new corporate structure will have little effect on the Jazz.

“Greg didn’t make those decisions anyway, it was more of a family thing,’’ she said. “The day-to-day decisions will still be made by Randy (Rigby), the team president, and Dennis (Lindsay) the general manager. When it comes to the overall direction of the franchise and the longevity, the Millers will still be very involved.’’

Luchetti also said it’s common for a company of this size to be structured this way and that the Miller Group can remain privately owned while “the Jazz can stay intact for generations.’’
 
Cy said:
Some people just like working a lot. It's what gives them fulfillment.
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Weirdos. I enjoy my job and I'd be fine doing it even if I was financially secure, but I certainly wouldn't be putting in 15 hour days just because.
 
Beer said:
Weirdos. I enjoy my job and I'd be fine doing it even if I was financially secure, but I certainly wouldn't be putting in 15 hour days just because.
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So you would be fiddling with your dick all day? Some of us love working.

Edit: In fact, I look forward for the day robots take ALL of our jobs. Then I can work for free doing whatever I like.
 
Siro said:
So you would be fiddling with your dick all day? Some of us love working.

Edit: In fact, I look forward for the day robots take ALL of our jobs. Then I can work for free doing whatever I like.
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Did you not attend the The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Want to Do Other Stuff Good Too? Because if you had you would have an answer to your question.
 
Cy said:
He just said rumors. Rumors don't have to have any kind of proof/truth or anything. All a rumor has to be is one person saying "I think this move is because they are eventually going to sell to Chris Hansen".
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I know he just said rumors. I meant proof of there being even rumors. Because I haven't seen any of that anywhere...
 
I hope it is not for health reasons, but if it is not for illness reasons, I think it is hugely distracting for him to step down during the final 1/3 of the season, especially with the team finally playing well. He should have waited until after the season ended.
 
Cy said:
He just said rumors. Rumors don't have to have any kind of proof/truth or anything. All a rumor has to be is one person saying "I think this move is because they are eventually going to sell to Chris Hansen".
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And when he says it to himself he has all the proof he needs to post these rumors.
 
dipship31 said:
Gotta consider the potential negative PR associated with selling the team to the wrong person/company. If the Miller's sold the team and ended up relocating there would be a pretty large group of disgruntled Utahn's that would be so displeased they'd completely boycott a lot of the other Miller entities. Dealerships would take the biggest hit IMO. I personally would never step inside another LHM dealership if something like this occurred. I can either go to the Toyota dealership that let the Jazz leave Utah or I can go to the Toyota dealership that didn't lose the team. Easy choice.
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Exactly. Currently the Jazz give the LHM companies a ton of great publicity and name recognition... but if they were to sell the Jazz the flip side would bit them big time. I don't see it happening.
 
Jeffrey32 said:
I hope it is not for health reasons, but if it is not for illness reasons, I think it is hugely distracting for him to step down during the final 1/3 of the season, especially with the team finally playing well. He should have waited until after the season ended.
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The Jazz themselves were a very small part of his job. He was president of operations or some such title for all of the Larry Miller group. Holding off your stepping down based on >5% of your responsibilities is stupid. Like a policeman not retiring because he has one case that is still ongoing and the whole department is working on it with him.
 
colton said:
Exactly. Currently the Jazz give the LHM companies a ton of great publicity and name recognition... but if they were to sell the Jazz the flip side would bit them big time. I don't see it happening.
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The Jazz is a huge part of their family legacy. Larry busted his behind to build it. This generation will likely not sell that legacy out by selling the team to a group that would relocate the franchise. The next generation would be the worrisome one... 3rd generation is where family businesses go to die. They don't see the effort grandpa put in to the business and have had incredible wealth from day one.

I don't think there is anything to see here.
 
gregbroncs said:
The Jazz themselves were a very small part of his job. He was president of operations or some such title for all of the Larry Miller group. Holding off your stepping down based on >5% of your responsibilities is stupid. Like a policeman not retiring because he has one case that is still ongoing and the whole department is working on it with him.
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Even still Greg dropping off and putting Gail Miller in the CEO spot gives this whole thing an air of spontaneity and mysteriousness. GM gotta be pushing 70 and is newly re-married. I'm sure her first choice wouldn't be to take over the Miller family business - temporary or not.
 
Sneakers said:
Would NBA lobby for Utah to keep its team as much as it did for Sacremento? Are there rich enough people in Utah to buy a team and keep it?
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Not sure how many billionaires live in Utah, but we do have one of the wealthiest religious organizations in the entire world firmly planted in Salt Lake City...does that count?
 
akirac73 said:
Not sure how many billionaires live in Utah, but we do have one of the wealthiest religious organizations in the entire world firmly planted in Salt Lake City...does that count?
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Good thinking.

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