How is that different than what I described? He’s managing the experts under him. Final say yes, but not the minutiae.
Edit: and in the world of NYCFC, Patricof is the face of the club to the city and other businesses. He’s the guy shaking hands and promoting initiatives. He’s meeting with fans (at round intimate table discussions) and liaising with the Yankees (I wrote him directly when YS didn’t have their water fountains installed for the first game and he discussed it with the Pinstripes).
I think we disagree on the level of his involvement as a COO. To say “I don’t think Patricof had anything to do with Pv’s contract” or won’t have a “hands on role” with the stadium is a magnitude different than what I would expect of our club COO.
My experience observing and working for COO’s has been they are
very hands on but very selective about where they spend their time. They aren’t writing the fine print- but they are reviewing it before execution and they know the details of the contract intimately- at least for the contracts representing key roles or your biggest spend- that means people like PV, Villa and previously Pirlo and Lampard. If he didn’t have anything to do with PV’s contract then he damn well should have and made sure we were protected if PV decided to leave early.
Same with the stadium- if he’s not very hands on for the big picture elements, then there is a problem. Otherwise, how does he know the feedback he gets from the stakeholders will be incorporated as intended?
If Patricof’s role is limited largely to shaking hands and kissing babies, then maybe his role would be better suited to something other than club president.
Everything from the ticket resale operation to management of stadium news or lack thereof to a simple task like mailing the season passes seems to resemble an operation where they are trying to assemble the plane as it is taking off down the runway.
If he doesn’t have the ability or interest to properly manage this stuff then find a president that will or fire the person that actually is responsible for getting this stuff done if it’s not Patricof. Either way, I blame him.
It’s amateur hour in the FO with this stuff and candidly, i’d be embarrassed if anyone else saw this stuff except us because we are the only ones looking that closely.