NEXT! Charlotte's turn to offer buyouts

I know someone who works there. Hope she comes out OK.

I wonder if David Poole was offered one.

 

Damn, I know quite a few someones who work there. Hope they're OK.

 

If David Poole were to take the buyout, I'll bet he would not remain on the sideline too long.

That almost seems like the perfect storm for someone who has built a network big enough to tap into. Check with those sources, maybe line up a job, take the buyout and transition into a new Web position doing pretty much the same thing.

Best of luck to those in Charlotte.

 

You could easily substitute "Ron Green Jr." for "David Poole" and maintain the accuracy of this post. If this trend of buyouts continues, I fully expect many of the best and brightest to do exactly what you're suggesting: take the buyout for a little walking around money and jump to the Web.

 

Completely true on Poole... I'm guessing it wouldn't be as easy on most of the others though, which is usually how these work. If you're a superstar like JA Adande or Jackie Mac, you get picked up immediately. If you're not, you're fucked...

 

Unless I'm mistaken, Charlotte never replaced its NFL writer who bolted for ESPN either...

 

"But for the long-term future of the company," she added, "it is important that we respond to current market conditions."

Umm, huh?

 

Current market condition: Letting go of 25 percent of staff...

 

"For the long-term success of the company, we'd like to make an increasingly inferior product," she meant.

 

Yes and no, Mizzou. Mike Persinger simply shifted Charles Chandler back over to the Panthers beat to work along with Stan Olson.

I know a person there pretty well, and hope this doesn't completely destroy what the department as a whole has accomplished. Given that Raleigh was seeking the same last week, this doesn't come as a surprise. Sadly ...