WTF: John Chayka, Wendy's Franchisee
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Kind of ironic the guy who is a health nut and eats the same bland food at the same time every day is also in the fast food business.
Its hypocritical to be a healthy eater and own a Wendy's franchise, there food is garbage. I wouldn't want my GM moonlighting and owning another business that consumes the kind of time required of a franchisee, and obviously from the article, he is playing a very active role. I want him focused 100% on the Coyotes. If I were Barroway, I would need to be convinced he is spending very little time on this venture and if not, I would find a new GM.
rt
The Kinder, Gentler Version
His wife is the captain of that ship. He worries about hockey. She worries about burgers.
RABBIT
Years of my life w you f*cks only to get relocated
A 25 year old is not likely qualified to captain a 12 franchise business and a 28 year old unqualified hockey GM doesn't need distractions or other business interests. I want my GM 100% focused on hockey, this is a distraction. Experienced 50 year old business people can't multi task well, Chayka isn't a genius. I would bring in a new GM asap.
Of all the things to fire Chayka over (and I still want to keep him), it wouldn't be because of a Baconator.
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I wouldn't necessarily fire him. I'd give him the choice of one or the other. Be a GM or be a fast food owner.
So Barroway, a venture capitalist, can have his hands in multiple businesses but Chayka cannot?
It's not like this is a new thing. He's had those restaurants since before he was hired. I don't think it's affected his performance to date.
It's not like this is a new thing. He's had those restaurants since before he was hired. I don't think it's affected his performance to date.
Barroway owns the team and hires people to run it for him. I wouldn't want somebody running my business and be involved with, on an executive level, another business. My experience tells me this is a bad idea. Chayka needs to be 100% focused on the Coyotes if he is my GM, no moonlighting. That press release sounds like he isn't passive with his other business.
rt
The Kinder, Gentler Version
And again, it’s his wife’s thing primarily.
rt
The Kinder, Gentler Version
Look, if next season doesn’t go very, very well, I’d fire Chayka. Being a burger boy has absolutely NOTHING to do with it.
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Holy buckets, what a set of unwarranted generalizations.
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It fits - Wendy's never cuts corners, and neither does Chayka.
IF she wasn't qualified Wendy's would not have allowed it. I would think Wendy's has a bit more experience than you when it comes to running their business. Besides, it's his wife's baby. I would venture to guess that many NHL GM's have other business interests besides hockey.
If you can write the check, your qualified, thats how it works, provided you don't have a criminal record.
that's KFC, not Wendy's
I have zero issue with this. I know Stephane Quintel owned about 4-5 Subways when he was a Jet in the 90’s. He was setting himself for life after hockey. It’s smart.
moosemeister
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I don’t see what’s wrong with it. The guy is using family assets to diversify his income.
I bet we would all do this if we had the scratch to pull it off
I bet we would all do this if we had the scratch to pull it off
