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Wow. That's a pretty big deal.
Good luck to Russ in his future endeavors.
For those who don't know, Russ has been an integral part of pretty much all of the non-sports stuff for the Spurs for a long time. Rick Pych picks up most of Russ' job responsibilities, from what I understand. It's a significant shakeup, albeit not on the personnel/coaching side. It may lead to noticeable changes in marketing, community relations, and ticket-related issues, however.
Just FYI.
Wow. That's a pretty big deal.
Good luck to Russ in his future endeavors.
Dang! people jumping ship!?
I know Russ has been in that role for many, many years and has seemingly done an outstanding job. Anyone know why he left?
Dang! people jumping ship!?
I dont know about that.
But he's been w/SA since probably the mid-80's or so....a long time. Maybe he wants to do something different.
Bookbinder was responsible for the horrible fast breaking fiesta marketing campaign and the addition of fushia, teal, and orange to the logo and warm-ups. I'm sure he's done a bang up job since then and he's seen the error of his ways, but he should've been fired for that from the jump.
That campaign signaled the arrival of Big Dave and Sean Elliott's first season together back in 1989-90. This new color scheme coincided with the national outcry of "spurs are soft". A label that was bandied about by every NBA player, coach and fan. To this day, I believe those pretty and festive color schemes had as much to do with that "soft" reputation as much as anything that occurred on the court and in the playoffs.
It only took the Spurs organization 15 years to figure out that PINK was probably not a good color for a pro sports team.
Years ago, I remember people from far away, who cared essentially nothing about basketball, knew that the San Antonio Spurs were the team that had pink on their logo.
National laughingstock.
damn I hated those colors!
Spurs' Bookbinder resigns
Web Posted: 06/10/2008 06:48 PM CDT
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
Russ Bookbinder, the Spurs' Executive Vice President of Business Operations, resigned Tuesday afternoon.
The reason for his resignation is unknown at this time, but R.C. Buford, the Spurs' Senior Vice President and General Manager, will take over Bookbinder's duties. It's not known if Buford will take over the position temporarily or on a long-term basis.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b....1ccf1af2.html
...probably found out the NBA was fixed and had ethical issues...
.....NOT!
seems like SPURS ANIC is sinkn, everyone is jumping even b4 we hit the deck
Perhaps walking the plank?Dang! people jumping ship!?
The only anic sinking is the NBA*
Maybe Buford will consult with a team of Euros on the plans for the next uniform and team logo color changes.
Ya'll ready for this?
DER
DER
DUHN
DUHN
DER
DER
Now that Buford's European pipeline is drying up, perhaps this will be a conveinent way to get him away from the talent acquisition side of things.
Damn, Buford's going to have a lot of hats next season.
Wonder if Russ was the one that arranged Champion Air?
rc EVP operations
AJ new GM?
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sa...9/daily15.html
Maybe mysa/KENS doesn't have the full story, or the bizjournal is wrong.
Bookbinder says he is not sure how the Spurs will look to fill his position. It could mean more responsibilities for Rick Pych, executive vice president of finance and corporate development for SS&E.
Best of luck to him.
Examples of his outstanding work ???? I heard he was a jackass nimrod. Thanks for the
46 % increase in ticket prices. If he had anything to do with that brilliant move while not adding any value...well, him.
For those of you that appreciated Jay Howard as the play by play guy, Bookbinder and The Gorilla Andrew Ashwood put the screws to him in a bad way and at a bad time. Truely, hardcore style.
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