Originally Posted by
AD-AT
I can buy that the organization is a mess, but I don't even know how much of that is on just Griff.
When I was in the job market recently for my very unexciting career, I went through an application/call process with the Pelicans for some analytics desk job for ticket sales or whatever. I didn't make it very far so none of this is inside info, just observation.
I came away from the experience realizing that when you work for the Pelicans you work for The Benson's and everything they own. So you may be doing ticket sales analysis one day, then basketball ops the next day, then Saints media data the next day, then Dixie, then a car dealer, and so on and so forth.
Basically, they cut costs by using you across all the companies. Not totally uncommon for New Orleans as I worked for a company in the CBD that did the same thing.
But that company was a lot smaller. A LOT SMALLER. I can see how players and BBall personnel don't feel like there is a full commitment on their side. The Pels really only get something if Benson can also spread the cost over to the Saints as well.
You aren't running an Ice Cream stand next to a Snowball Stand here. These are two MASSIVE organizations that require their own individual approaches.
The only thing I can say in Benson's defense is that you aren't going to make a Saints level investment into the Pels until you get Saints level returns. But that creates a chicken or the egg situation.