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

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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