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I'll also note that in the time since Dave left Dominoes, their stock has outperformed Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple, with slightly under 12x returns in t

I'll also note that in the time since Dave left Dominoes, their stock has outperformed Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple, with slightly under 12x returns in the last 10 years. Since Dave left Michigan, the interim AD hired Jim Harbaugh, and the football program is now regularly in top 10 in the nation.

jackcosgrove 9y ago
So now's the time to buy Toys R Us stock?
- jandrese 9y ago
  He's not fired yet.
- pmorici 9y ago
  Brandon is still CEO, might want to wait until after he leaves. Also wait until it is clear they aren't going to declare bankruptcy because that usually wipes out share holders.
- acomjean 9y ago
  Its private. bought out by capital companies (Bain, vornado...) in 2005. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/news/fortune500/toysrus/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/news/fortune500/toysrus/inde...
wolverine876 9y ago
Brandon did very well at Dominos; Bain Capital, Dominos' owners, certainly thought so, because they later hired him to run Toys R Us. > Since Dave left Michigan, the interim AD hired Jim Harbaugh, and the football program is now regularly in top 10 in the nation. Harbaugh's record through 2 seasons + 3 games = 23-6 Brady Hoke, the coach Brandon hired, through the same period = 22-7. Hoke also beat Ohio State during that period and Harbaugh hasn't. At Michigan, beating Ohio State is almost more important than the rest of the season combined; ESPN called it the top rivalry in all of sports at one point. But more important to the University of Michigan than winning a children's game played with a ball, at least before Harbaugh and that interim AD, was the student-athletes' welfare and their development in the classroom and in the community. By those measures Hoke and Brandon far outperformed anyone. I know sports fans don't think about those things, but remember that it is an educational institution and the athletes are students (and if they aren't, they should be paid like highly talented employees).
- falsedan 9y ago
  > But more important to the University of Michigan than winning a children's game played with a ball, Rude.
  - wolverine876 9y ago
    I very much enjoy watching football, and might have seen over 100 Michigan football games. But it's a game; the welfare and education of the students playing it are real life.
    - falsedan 9y ago
      I agree that sporting prowess is fleeting & a good education will set someone up for life, but I think infantilising football is rude and uncalled for.

jackcosgrove 9y ago

So now's the time to buy Toys R Us stock?

jandrese 9y ago
He's not fired yet.
pmorici 9y ago
Brandon is still CEO, might want to wait until after he leaves. Also wait until it is clear they aren't going to declare bankruptcy because that usually wipes out share holders.
acomjean 9y ago
Its private. bought out by capital companies (Bain, vornado...) in 2005. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/news/fortune500/toysrus/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/news/fortune500/toysrus/inde...

wolverine876 9y ago

Brandon did very well at Dominos; Bain Capital, Dominos' owners, certainly thought so, because they later hired him to run Toys R Us. > Since Dave left Michigan, the interim AD hired Jim Harbaugh, and the football program is now regularly in top 10 in the nation. Harbaugh's record through 2 seasons + 3 games = 23-6 Brady Hoke, the coach Brandon hired, through the same period = 22-7. Hoke also beat Ohio State during that period and Harbaugh hasn't. At Michigan, beating Ohio State is almost more important than the rest of the season combined; ESPN called it the top rivalry in all of sports at one point. But more important to the University of Michigan than winning a children's game played with a ball, at least before Harbaugh and that interim AD, was the student-athletes' welfare and their development in the classroom and in the community. By those measures Hoke and Brandon far outperformed anyone. I know sports fans don't think about those things, but remember that it is an educational institution and the athletes are students (and if they aren't, they should be paid like highly talented employees).

falsedan 9y ago
> But more important to the University of Michigan than winning a children's game played with a ball, Rude.
- wolverine876 9y ago
  I very much enjoy watching football, and might have seen over 100 Michigan football games. But it's a game; the welfare and education of the students playing it are real life.
  - falsedan 9y ago
    I agree that sporting prowess is fleeting & a good education will set someone up for life, but I think infantilising football is rude and uncalled for.