Dave's Year 3 Coming
August 2007, Dave participated in an SBN forum. You can read his thoughts from a year ago. (link follows)
August 1, 2007, Dave posted twice. One received 75 comments and the other 5.
August 22, 2006, Dave (BEdge) posted for the first time after taking over from Casey. That post received 26 comments. (link follows)
This year, on August 1st, Dave posted twice. So far one post has received
214 comments and the other 139. What kind of bonus would a corporation award a CEO that achieved that growth rate?
http://ballhype.com/story/big_tent_sports_blogging/
http://www.blazersedge.com/2006/8/22/33057/0255
OT – for more words, imagine 500 years ago, The Spanish are going for the Gold. The Seville Conquistadors take on the Aztecs of Mexico City. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Paris Napoleons will try to run against the Moscow Winter’s ferocious defense.
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Never Fight a Land War in Asia
N.F.L.W.A.
The first game of the double header is going to be a rout. The Aztecs of Mexico City are heavily outmatched and many of their core players are out sick. The Naopleons are lead well, but didn’t prepare well for this game. The team from Moscow is just too big and their homecourt advantage is borderline unfair.
I think these are the top 20 CEO’s in terms of pay. I’m not sure where Dave should fit.
(amounts are in millions per year)
1 Lawrence J Ellison -——Oracle -——192.92
2 Frederic M Poses -——Trane -——127.10
3 Aubrey K McClendon———- Chesapeake Energy -——116.89
4 Angelo R Mozilo Countrywide -——Financial -——102.84
5 Howard D Schultz -——Starbucks -——98.60
6 Nabeel Gareeb———- MEMC Electronic Mats———- 79.56
7 Daniel P Amos Aflac -——75.16
8 Lloyd C Blankfein -——Goldman Sachs Group———- 73.72
9 Richard D Fairbank -——Capital One Financial -——73.17
10 Bob R Simpson———- XTO Energy -——72.27
11 Richard S Fuld Jr -——Lehman Bros Holdings -——71.90
12 Steven Roth -——Vornado Realty -——71.85
13 Marijn E Dekkers -——Thermo Fisher -——69.00
14 Steven A Burd -——Safeway———- 67.17
15 Gregg L Engles -——Dean Foods———- 66.08
16 Nicholas D Chabraja -——General Dynamics -——60.26
17 Leslie H Wexner———- Limited Brands -——56.06
18 David C Novak -——Yum Brands———- 54.91
19 John T Chambers -——Cisco Systems———- 54.77
20 William R Berkley -——WR Berkley———- 54.60
The street lights is on.
by Magnum on Aug 17, 2008 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Any Country With a Mimimum Wage
Should impose a maximum wage.
When the Last Tree Is Cut, When the Last River Is Emptied, When the Last Fish Has Been Caught, Only Then Will Man realize that he can not eat money? A national poem of Bhutan, from "The Geography of Bliss," by Eric Weiner.
by Caveowl on Aug 17, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That goes against capitalism
and the American dream. Those CEOs contribute more worth to their corporation and, in the capitalist logic, deserve to be paid as such.
Claire Redfield dunk shot: missed
Claire Redfield Off Rebound (5 REB)
Claire Redfield jump hook shot: made (26 PTS)
by rmcdougall on Aug 17, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except when they FUBAR the company
In which case, “Hello, Golden Parachute!”
We vastly overpay CEOs in the US.
by DonkeyShins on Aug 18, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps, but these CEOs derive very little of their net compensation from their salary
most of it is from being paid in company stock, which increases in value and thus they make more money. Even if a maximum wage could/would be imposed, CEOs would probably find a loophole in it by being paid in some commodity such as gold or silver which will appreciate at much the same value of company stock.
by tingeyga on Aug 18, 2008 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
Jerry Sloan is a complete and total smeg head.
by GustyJ on Aug 17, 2008 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave gets an A+ 110%
in my grading system.
BEdgers
by Sabonis4Ever on Aug 17, 2008 5:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I give Dave a 13.6
Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."
by 92wastheyear on Aug 17, 2008 5:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, he is attempting an exceedingly high degree of difficulty, and his execution has been without equal.
But he still needs to keep the toes pointed on the layed out double back. That’ll be a half point deduction right there.
And smile, Dave, smile! The judges are looking at overall impression here!
by lukeyhere on Aug 18, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome find
The comments are good too, you can get a glimpse of who has been here for a long time.
by einman77 on Aug 17, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i just went and read through some of the archives there. Fascinating to go black in time.
I’m not very good with people. Even when I was little, my imaginary friend would play with the kid across the street. And I’d be like, "I guess we’ll meet up later." And he’d be like, "Whatever, queer." - Daniel Tosh
by McLovinVs.TheDude on Aug 17, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad all that spam is there
on his last BT post. Didn’t look at the earlier ones.
"It’s Dave’s house and we’ve been invited over to play. We play by the house rules or get sent home. Period." - me, 08/16
by jorga on Aug 17, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Thanks, I will read through some of his old stuff for memories.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 18, 2008 3:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From your second link
“Another well-known blogger once said that Lance Uppercut was the funniest Blazer blogger around and I am the most thought-provoking.”
Now that they podcast, does that mean that Casey is the most thought-provoking Blazer personality and Dave is the funniest?
by royroty on Aug 17, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy B-day, Dave
Happy blogging “birthday,” Dave! I’ve read Blazer’s Edge for a couple years, usually without commenting (heh! :), and appreciate the high level of intelligence, humor, and balance you bring.
by jayfisher on Aug 17, 2008 11:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow
i didn’t realize Dave had been at BlazersEdge for that long. I can happily say i’ve been here since day 1 (earlier actually as i was still here for “lance uppercut”) and I think I was one of the early guys on Blazers Thoughts as well…So do i get a pay raise for being a good “worker” and supporting our “CEO” throughout these times???
written by the Blazer Thoughts artist formely known as "Scott R"
by saregister on Aug 18, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely!
Because if you do then I do too :-)
"It’s Dave’s house and we’ve been invited over to play. We play by the house rules or get sent home. Period." - me, 08/16
by jorga on Aug 18, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YEAH
Where’s our cut of the Blazers Edge money pie? And here we are slaving away like dolts. It’s the opposite of "nifty’, Jorga (excuse my street slang for a moment of course).
We should at LEAST get stock options for our work. I don’t think any of us are here for free.
Who in their right mind would talk about the Blazers for fun? If I didn’t think there was something to get out of this place (and please, save the fan interaction garbage, that’s for the birds) I wouldn’t be here 24 hrs a day, forgoing all real life responsibilities and relationships.
Until Dave offers more profit sharing, we gotta go on strike Jorga. STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
And our DVD residuals are an ABOMINATION.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Aug 19, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear Timbo has studied Marxism in America extensively
Maybe he could be had to start a union or something. We got to take the power back. Though Dave could hire some union busters pretty easily from other blogs around SBnation to make it appear like people are still posting and discussing :-(
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
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