Sabres Hire Chief Commercial Officer

[Brawndo]

 

[Stoner]

You guessed it... the hyperhidrosis one seems to have been scrubbed from the Net.

[That Aud Smell]

4 minutes ago, Stoner said:

You guessed it... the hyperhidrosis one seems to have been scrubbed from the Net.

the quality on that ad is delightfully bad.

[That Aud Smell]

I don't keep up with C-suite titles.

"Chief commercial officer" appears to be a new term for "chief business officer" or something like that. 

I presume that the new CCO will have all things business in their "portfolio."

[LGR4GM]

32 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

That's like hiring a chief iceberg officer for the white star line on April 15th, 1912.

[Ctaeth]

talk about being set up to fail.  my inner pessimist is wondering if this is guelli putting someone (besides himself) in charge of the sabres sales so that he doesn't have to take full responsibility for the upcoming bloodbath

link describing the hire from nhl.com:  https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-name-jake-vernon-chief-commercial-officer

[DarthEbriate]

3 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

the quality on that ad is delightfully bad.

I like that they were able to get the Flyers endorsement to show their emblem, but not the Sabres. 😇

[DarthEbriate]

4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

That's like hiring a chief iceberg officer for the white star line on April 15th, 1912.

[That Aud Smell]

11 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

I like that they were able to get the Flyers endorsement to show their emblem, but not the Sabres. 😇

Ha!

It also seems possible that they didn't ask for permission from the Flyers (and, thinking on it some more, maybe they didn't need to ("fair use")?).

[CallawaySabres]

Fantastic, because the commercials will certainly be more interesting than the games next year.

[shrader]

Didn't they hire another executive in the last year or two from Minnesota... or somewhere else in the NBA?

[tom webster]

This is a pretty significant hire for the business side of things.

[That Aud Smell]

5 minutes ago, shrader said:

Didn't they hire another executive in the last year or two from Minnesota... or somewhere else in the NBA?

Guelli did a long stint in the NBA with Charlotte.

[Pimlach]

Guelli needs help and some distance from the Sabres.  

[Taro T]

45 minutes ago, Stoner said:

You guessed it... the hyperhidrosis one seems to have been scrubbed from the Net.

Same with the Labatt's Bear commercial where he's complaining the worst part about living in Canada is sleeping on hard rocks and then the hot brunette he's talking to says she's got a waterbed.  "Check please."

Spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find that one a few year's back.

[That Aud Smell]

Just now, Pimlach said:

Guelli needs help and some distance from the Sabres.  

what makes you say that?

[HumanSlinky39]

This business side will suck as long as the on ice product sucks. Good luck, Jake.

[TheAud]

51 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

I don't keep up with C-suite titles.

"Chief commercial officer" appears to be a new term for "chief business officer" or something like that. 

I presume that the new CCO will have all things business in their "portfolio."

It just means it's the top Sales guy. 

[Brawndo]

1 hour ago, tom webster said:

This is a pretty significant hire for the business side of things.

Significant experience in an Arena Renovation, namely the Target Center in Minneapolis 

[JP51]

Welp we can see where the focus is... forget the team... lets hire someone who can make bulls45T look like hope... 

[SABRES 0311]

So is he a left or right handed shot top four dman?

[Weave]

I feel better about next season already.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said:

what makes you say that?

 

 

[Drag0nDan]

2 hours ago, Ctaeth said:

talk about being set up to fail.  my inner pessimist is wondering if this is guelli putting someone (besides himself) in charge of the sabres sales so that he doesn't have to take full responsibility for the upcoming bloodbath

link describing the hire from nhl.com:  https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-name-jake-vernon-chief-commercial-officer

The optimist in me is hoping that they can put some pen to paper on how to improve the fan experience.  I'm unsure what is going on with the current arena, but it desperately needs renovations and it's probably a multi-year process.  I think hiring this guy is just so you have someone solely focused on the Sabres (tickets, stadium operations, renovations hopefully), since the Bills have the new stadium coming up and tons of new and more valuable business lines that likely come from that.  

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

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