Good to see JB land on his feet so fast after his unfortunate ouster here. He'll do a nice job with that outfit.
Baum to RBNY
Baum to RBNY
Jason Baum hired as Red Bulls PR guy
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IYO, lateral move??? Mine, step down, but what you gonna do when you get canned. BTW, he's an unapologetic fan/alum of WVU now.
For Baum to receive his max severance package from the resignation of his $130,000 job for RU, he couldn't accept another PR job till after March 31, 2015 or he would lose his package.
Rutgers agreed to pay former athletics communications director Jason Baum more than $33K in severance package
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/01/rutgers_agreed_to_pay_former_athletics_communicati.html
Rutgers agreed to pay former athletics communications director Jason Baum more than $33K in severance package
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/01/rutgers_agreed_to_pay_former_athletics_communicati.html
Very happy for Mr. Baum who worked hard, competently and successfully for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Much success to him in this new role and any other in the future. He certainly engendered good feelings of professionalism from RU's coaches and players within the locker room and from outside of it. Best of success to him with the Red Bulls.
Looks like all he was getting was his salary for 3 months and $1500 a month for health benefits. If he had another job offer he would have taken it and foregone the severance. Lets not pretend like he struck it rich with the severance.
Good for him he it worked out timing wise.
If I want to use unfortunate, I will.
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I'm a nobody and don't pretend otherwise.
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That's fine. Didn't say you couldn't. Just wondering what made it "unfortunate"?
Jeez, I'm all confused, Shill. Sorry. I'm on your side. My question was to those saying the ouster was "fortunate."
I guess Bac answered it below it, but is there any proof he was a leak, or is it just "uninformed editoralization." ?
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It seems like you're defending Julie's decision..hence defending Julie, no?
Either way, lots of people feel it was a bad decision..and like I said, it always unfortunate to me to see someone lose their job. Especially someone as respected as JBaum.
First order of biz is to change the name to Red Bulls NJ.
They have never played in NY.
Fake name, fake team, I root against them until they change to NJ
They have never played in NY.
Fake name, fake team, I root against them until they change to NJ
Huh? The media members have ZERO obligation to speak out about his firing. Not sure where "of course they would" came from. If he wasn't good at his job..the people he worked directly for/with wouldn't have an issue with the firing.
I know how you and some others on this board feel about the media (Julie included)..but that's neither here nor there. Fact is everyone who worked with Baum considered him a great asset, which makes it unfortunate to alot of Rutgers fans.
I dunno Bac. I have been in some political environments where if they don't like you, they don't like you and that's it. It's not uncommon for people to come in, clean house and bring in their own people. Some of it happens naturally when people leave, sometimes it's more difficult when contracts are involved. We wish him well and move on. I think the new hire was a good choice anyway.
Proud,
I can't say I am a big soccer fan,but I just call the teams New Jersey Red Bulls,New Jersey Giants, and New Jersey Jets. I used to do the same thing with the New Jersey Cosmos. There used to be a little department store on Route 206 in Stanhope/Byram that sold lots of New Jersey Giants stuff.
I can't say I am a big soccer fan,but I just call the teams New Jersey Red Bulls,New Jersey Giants, and New Jersey Jets. I used to do the same thing with the New Jersey Cosmos. There used to be a little department store on Route 206 in Stanhope/Byram that sold lots of New Jersey Giants stuff.
Being good at your job and not following the company line are 2 different things...the latter will get you ousted
Couldn't disagree more. This happens all the time in sports. New GM's want their own coach. New owners want their own GMs. New ADs want their own people.
Julie wanted a change..wanted her own guy...and so she got rid of him. Nothing wrong with that, but unfortunate for Baum.
Perhaps he was the one funneling information to the media that shouldn't be shared (like the crass joke about reaching out to donors in a Sandusky way) and the media was upset that their source was gone. You're right that they had no obligation to him, but the problem very well could have been how close he had become to the media.
Words being used in this thread :
Ousted
Fired
Let go
Unfortunate
Didnt jason baum RESIGN
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Ousted
Fired
Let go
Unfortunate
Didnt jason baum RESIGN
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Now that is funny.... This board would be full of blank pages if it weren't for unnecessary and uniformed editorialization.
