2024 Non-Champions (i.e. Other Teams’) News Thread—Streaming Now on BigSoccer +

So it seems Bob's Big Boy is related-but-not-really and they *might* survive.

Unless I have that all wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisch's

 

Gotta love private equity firms...

 

This is quite an embarrassing headline and opening. C'mon Dayton...get it together!!

 

Well of course that's how the big franchisers operate. You buy the property and then lease it to franchisees. Like the guy told Ray Kroc way back when, you're not in the 19 cent hamburger business ,you're in the real.estate business.

All the investor did was reverse engineer the process. As with any investment he recognized where the value was and that's what he bought, not the trademark rights to a chubby kid in checkered overalls.

Big Boy has been a marginal business for years. Who the hell goes there any more? Nobody in their right mind would spend millions buying a fading 1960's brand that is barely scraping by.

They bought the property and sold it. Maybe it's cold but business ain't Parchesi.

 

Believe a similar thing happened to Red Lobster. We still have Bob's for now

 

Yes, that's very similar to what happened to Red Lobster, along with utterly abominable management that did stupid stuff like offer all you can eat shrimp without first figuring out just how much shrimp some people could eat. They lost $11 million in a single month.

New corporate owners stopped investing in stuff like maintenance and then as you suggest sold the properties. So the stores suddenly had hefty new lease payments on top of their other financial pressures.

Most analysts think RL could have been saved by smart management but instead they got idiots who chose to sell the only real value they had and then let the stores sink.

 

Not related to the thread topic but related to this post; if you haven't seen the movie The Founder yet, check it out.

 

The Cincinnati area Frisch's are closing. Do the Central Ohio stores have the same franchisee? I know the one in Worthington closed during the pandemic but the ones in Grove City and Heath seemed to be hanging on the last time I was there.

 

Not sure we always went to grove city , my wife use to live in Springfield they had one also

 

Philly has fired Jim Curtin. Pretty big shocker.

 

Their problem is shitty roster construction, not coaching. He’ll get a chance with someone else.

 

IIRC, Curtin said sometime in the summer that they needed to spend more to remain competitive. Not surprising that this is how Jay Sugarman took that feedback.

 

A healthy, but not in form, Mbappe was left off the French Nations league team for two upcoming games. Might be as punishment for his actions during the last window. Must be nice to be able to send a message to Mbappe.......

 

Sources: FC Cincinnati nearing club-record deal to sign Togo int'l forward Kevin Denkey from Cercle Brugge. Not done yet.

Fee in region of $15 million, would be one of the most opulent in MLS history.

Denkey, 23, won Belgian League Golden Boot last year. https://t.co/ZzVMXE7Tva pic.twitter.com/jFgHXbUlKq

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) November 11, 2024

The last golden boot winner in Belgium was Hugo cuypers

 

Cincy keeps buying dudes from shitty leagues for big money. It’s weird.

 

Lucho Acosta is signed through 2026 but hinted that he may be done in Cincinnati.

 

Angulo for FCKY has passed away after being injured in a car accident in Equador, where he was on loan. 22 years if age.

 

Very sad

 

Revs stadium https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11...-paves-way-revs-soccer-stadium/?event=event25

 

They’ll get a stadium when Kraft sells the team and the new owner relocates them.

 

Lucho wants to go to Del Boca Vista I mean Boca Juniors. Seems he settled on leaving

Luciano Acosta may not have been available for the local press today, but I believe that he made time for ESPN Argentina:

"Obviously, it has always been a dream to play for Boca (Boca Juniors). I left at a young age, and it’s something I have always wanted to do and hope to do.… pic.twitter.com/U4qFQlW97R

— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) November 14, 2024

 

Baba to Tata
martino is out

BREAKING: Tata Martino is OUT as Inter Miami manager, sources tell @GiveMeSport.

Martino decided to leave for personal reasons, sources add.

Martino led Miami to league-record 74 point regular season then lost in round one to Atlanta United. https://t.co/wzdhItBV65 pic.twitter.com/azvadueLkE

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) November 19, 2024