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Originally Posted by papibear
No question that the team of Eisner, Wells, and Katzenberg, who were brought in by Roy Disney and Stanley Gold in 1984, saved the Disney company and gave it a much needed shot in the arm. Unfortunately, once Frank Wells died, and then when Jeff Katzenberg left the company, ol' Mikey was left to flounder, and flounder he has. Eisner's long outgrown his usefulness to the company and has instead become a liability. He should have left right after The Lion King.
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i think this statement is the key to Eisner's usefulness. yes Eisner gave Disney a shot in the arm in 1984, BUT it took 3 guys to do it...not just Eisner. so what that shows me is that ALONE, Eisner isn't a very good leader. it took 3 guys to bring Disney back from the brink of death.
Eisner may have been a fresh voice in 84, but i don't see ANY positive credibility in anyone saying that there were positive effects from Eisner being part of Disney, and being the one to bring Disney to the height of power it had 10 years ago. cause you can CLEARLY see that Eisner, if anything, was the weak link of Katzenberg, Wells, and Eisner.
when did Disney start to fall? ...when Wells died ...and Eisner was left to rule alone. so i personally can NEVER view Eisner as anything remotely like a savior to Disney's company, so i don't think that Eisner had ANY real redeeming qualities to Disney's success. even if Disney was floundering in 84, they still consistently made decent features and CARED for what they did up until that point. it's just unfortunate that you can't make it in the world just by caring for what you do alone.
i think Eisner's just a schmuck that weaseled his way to the top of Disney by bullshitting the right people. if that's what makes a good businessman, then he is. but as far as saving Disney, i personally don't think he did it. i mean for the last 10 years he's done nothing but bring Disney down. Katzenberg still has Dreamworks pretty well on track, why can't Eisner keep Disney at a steady pace? greed, yea. inability to be a GOOD businessman, yea. not knowing how to do his job, DEFINETLY.
i guess what the simple of it is is that Eisner NEEDS a good team of guys to look any good as a leader. alone, he's just another greedy ass trying to milk the world of any greenback he can get. he CLEARLY cares NOTHING (and probably never has) for Disney's well being (dismantling the 2D dept., not upgrading the Theme parks to keep a high interest, firing the TALENTED people for cheap labor, etc.). so i cannot see Eisner as anything other than the devil in disguise.
