Kurt Pittman

Kurt Pittman

Does this mean you will have to find someone else to moan at Ben if he is a ulham fan??
 

Kurt Pittman

We should hanging the bunting out, this is great news and was inevitable once an intelligent, commercially minded new person was appointed.
The lizard has been stealing a living and delivering less than nothing for years. He’s a chocolate teapot and the Marketing of this club has been strictly non league standard, just re hashed, old hat, unimaginative ideas taken from another club that doesn’t have a similar identity or customer base.

Things can only get better, I’m delighted
 

Kurt Pittman

Kurt Pittman

Give us an R
Give us an E
Give us an S
Give us an U
Give us an L
Give us an T
 

Kurt Pittman

At the end of the day a man is losing his livelihood.
I don’t know if he has a wife and kids etc, but perhaps a bit of class could be displayed rather than delighting in another human beings apparent misfortune.
 

Kurt Pittman

The news that Kurt Pittman is leaving is great news for Brentford Football Club. Not only for the fact that the backroom stables are being cleaned at last but also that a monster who terrorised staff who worked there has finally departed.

Staff lived in fear under him; the constant micromanagement and debilitating methods he used on a daily basis made it a misery for certain individuals who worked under or around him. He knew his style of management would go unchallenged given his relationship with the previous CEO. It gave him the largess to act as he pleased, knowing full well there would be no consequences to his, at times, borderline sociopathic behaviour. I watched him over a course of months regularly trash talk extremely talented members of staff, which no doubt affected their mental health. I’m glad to say most have outstayed Kurt’s welcome.

He would speak ill of selected staff members on a regular basis to senior management and directors with the result that the drip, drip, drip of misinformation being accepted as fact. Well the facts about Kurt Pittman’s time at Brentford speak for themselves: hundreds of thousands of pounds has been spent in the past five years on marketing and we are getting fewer spectators attending at home matches than we did when he first joined. Not to mention precuring a ticketing system that has sent the club completely backwards. We are no nearer being ‘Premier League” ready than were in League One with a skeleton staff.

I can spot a football faker a mile off; his MO was to simply copy everything Fulham did and paste them at Brentford. But as we all know, dogs born in stables aren’t horses. You can have to tailor your offer to match your audience. I can accept working alongside arseholes when they are good at their job but when I saw the evidence in front of me it was hard to swallow.

I always maintained if one half of the Devlin/Pittman partnership left, then the other would follow in short order and so it’s proved to be. I’m delighted the new CEO has taken this step, which will ultimately mean staff at Griffin Park can now breathe a sigh of relief with an immediate improved atmosphere around the club and a chance to reset relationships.
 

Kurt Pittman

A Real Mysteron said:
At the end of the day a man is losing his livelihood.
I don’t know if he has a wife and kids etc, but perhaps a bit of class could be displayed rather than delighting in another human beings apparent misfortune.
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Thank you but please don’t tell me how I should feel about a bloke who didn’t care a jot about you or any other Bees fans.

If you knew how dreadful he was you wouldn’t be posting trust me.
 

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rebus said:
The news that Kurt Pittman is leaving is great news for Brentford Football Club. Not only for the fact that the backroom stables are being cleaned at last but also that a monster who terrorised staff who worked there has finally departed.

Staff lived in fear under him; the constant micromanagement and debilitating methods he used on a daily basis made it a misery for certain individuals who worked under or around him. He knew his style of management would go unchallenged given his relationship with the previous CEO. It gave him the largess to act as he pleased, knowing full well there would be no consequences to his, at times, borderline sociopathic behaviour. I watched him over a course of months regularly trash talk extremely talented members of staff, which no doubt affected their mental health. I’m glad to say most have outstayed Kurt’s welcome.

He would speak ill of selected staff members on a regular basis to senior management and directors with the result that the drip, drip, drip of misinformation being accepted as fact. Well the facts about Kurt Pittman’s time at Brentford speak for themselves: hundreds of thousands of pounds has been spent in the past five years on marketing and we are getting fewer spectators attending at home matches than we did when he first joined. Not to mention precuring a ticketing system that has sent the club completely backwards. We are no nearer being ‘Premier League” ready than were in League One with a skeleton staff.

I can spot a football faker a mile off; his MO was to simply copy everything Fulham did and paste them at Brentford. But as we all know, dogs born in stables aren’t horses. You can have to tailor your offer to match your audience. I can accept working alongside arseholes when they are good at their job but when I saw the evidence in front of me it was hard to swallow.

I always maintained if one half of the Devlin/Pittman partnership left, then the other would follow in short order and so it’s proved to be. I’m delighted the new CEO has taken this step, which will ultimately mean staff at Griffin Park can now breathe a sigh of relief with an immediate improved atmosphere around the club and a chance to reset relationships.
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Stop beating about the bush and say what you really think
 

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rebus said:
The news that Kurt Pittman is leaving is great news for Brentford Football Club. Not only for the fact that the backroom stables are being cleaned at last but also that a monster who terrorised staff who worked there has finally departed.

Staff lived in fear under him; the constant micromanagement and debilitating methods he used on a daily basis made it a misery for certain individuals who worked under or around him. He knew his style of management would go unchallenged given his relationship with the previous CEO. It gave him the largess to act as he pleased, knowing full well there would be no consequences to his, at times, borderline sociopathic behaviour. I watched him over a course of months regularly trash talk extremely talented members of staff, which no doubt affected their mental health. I’m glad to say most have outstayed Kurt’s welcome.

He would speak ill of selected staff members on a regular basis to senior management and directors with the result that the drip, drip, drip of misinformation being accepted as fact. Well the facts about Kurt Pittman’s time at Brentford speak for themselves: hundreds of thousands of pounds has been spent in the past five years on marketing and we are getting fewer spectators attending at home matches than we did when he first joined. Not to mention precuring a ticketing system that has sent the club completely backwards. We are no nearer being ‘Premier League” ready than were in League One with a skeleton staff.

I can spot a football faker a mile off; his MO was to simply copy everything Fulham did and paste them at Brentford. But as we all know, dogs born in stables aren’t horses. You can have to tailor your offer to match your audience. I can accept working alongside arseholes when they are good at their job but when I saw the evidence in front of me it was hard to swallow.

I always maintained if one half of the Devlin/Pittman partnership left, then the other would follow in short order and so it’s proved to be. I’m delighted the new CEO has taken this step, which will ultimately mean staff at Griffin Park can now breathe a sigh of relief with an immediate improved atmosphere around the club and a chance to reset relationships.
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Rarely do we agree 100% but well said Rebus, he is a vile, useless individual
 

Kurt Pittman

May I remind posters that they are legally responsible for their own posts. If so requested correctly, then I have to provide (in this case) the impacted party's solicitor's with details that we hold on the poster(s) in question.
 

Kurt Pittman

Banana said:
May I remind posters that they are legally responsible for their own posts. If so requested correctly, then I have to provide (in this case) the impacted party's solicitor's with details that we hold on the poster(s) in question.
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Calm down. It’s only libel if it’s untrue.
 

Kurt Pittman

Surprised this didn't happen at the start of the season after a shambolic entrance of the ticketing system. Who are the contenders for the job?
 

Kurt Pittman

Think there will be a few BFC employees with hangovers tomorrow morning. :beer:
 

Kurt Pittman

Well bu**er me! As a complete outsider I’m amazed people as (allegedly) unpleasant as this are working at our club. Am equally disappointed that MB would allow such (alleged) ar**holes to work there so long. But I guess that will be down to Rebus theory re our former CEO. Maybe the Mysteron needn’t worry as KP could soon be turning up at Dundalk!
 

Kurt Pittman

It’s Kurtains for Kurt. Does he get to keep the jumbotron?
 

Kurt Pittman

I have no knowledge of the man at all. He could be either Britain’s loveliest man or its biggest ******.
People are fully entitled to their views, it just feels a bit unseemly.
 

Kurt Pittman

Brentford can finally move on and, hopefully, the new person will bring fresh ideas in to the club and not regurgitate what they did somewhere else.
 

Kurt Pittman

Good to see the new broom working above 100%
 

Kurt Pittman

I’m just a fan. I turn up at games. I bore some friends rigid about what I’ve seen. I know nothing about what goes on behind the scenes.

Just as well.
 

Kurt Pittman

johndub said:
I’m just a fan. I turn up at games. I bore some friends rigid about what I’ve seen. I know nothing about what goes on behind the scenes.

Just as well.
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I’d swap if I could, trust me. If you end up working for a football club that you support you get treated like sh*t.
 

Kurt Pittman

Goodbye Jimmy Osmond
 

Kurt Pittman

Good news, lets hope for some new, fresh ideas that promote this wonderful club and get our current and new homes filled with Bees :sorted:
 

Kurt Pittman

I’ve only had limited interactions with KP so don’t feel I can comment on him personally. However, much of what has been said above resonates with what others have told me.

Even if you put personal issues and feelings aside, it doesn’t take much to assess the sh*t show we’ve been served up off the pitch in the last few years:
Gantry
Badge
Kurtatron
Marketing
Attendances down
The abomination of a ticketing website

Quite how we got to the point of ‘user guide necessary to sell tickets on the internet in 2019 sounds like good idea’ is an absolute joke. He should have been given his P45 long before this.

Bye Kurt, now it’s time to ***** off, a la Brentford.
 

Kurt Pittman

A Real Mysteron said:
I have no knowledge of the man at all. He could be either Britain’s loveliest man or its biggest ******.
People are fully entitled to their views, it just feels a bit unseemly.
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Dont feel too bad, he's probably had a nice little pay off and will have a new role lined up PDQ (maybe across the Irish Sea?).
 

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rebus said:
The news that Kurt Pittman is leaving is great news for Brentford Football Club. Not only for the fact that the backroom stables are being cleaned at last but also that a monster who terrorised staff who worked there has finally departed.

Staff lived in fear under him; the constant micromanagement and debilitating methods he used on a daily basis made it a misery for certain individuals who worked under or around him. He knew his style of management would go unchallenged given his relationship with the previous CEO. It gave him the largess to act as he pleased, knowing full well there would be no consequences to his, at times, borderline sociopathic behaviour. I watched him over a course of months regularly trash talk extremely talented members of staff, which no doubt affected their mental health. I’m glad to say most have outstayed Kurt’s welcome.

He would speak ill of selected staff members on a regular basis to senior management and directors with the result that the drip, drip, drip of misinformation being accepted as fact. Well the facts about Kurt Pittman’s time at Brentford speak for themselves: hundreds of thousands of pounds has been spent in the past five years on marketing and we are getting fewer spectators attending at home matches than we did when he first joined. Not to mention precuring a ticketing system that has sent the club completely backwards. We are no nearer being ‘Premier League” ready than were in League One with a skeleton staff.

I can spot a football faker a mile off; his MO was to simply copy everything Fulham did and paste them at Brentford. But as we all know, dogs born in stables aren’t horses. You can have to tailor your offer to match your audience. I can accept working alongside arseholes when they are good at their job but when I saw the evidence in front of me it was hard to swallow.

I always maintained if one half of the Devlin/Pittman partnership left, then the other would follow in short order and so it’s proved to be. I’m delighted the new CEO has taken this step, which will ultimately mean staff at Griffin Park can now breathe a sigh of relief with an immediate improved atmosphere around the club and a chance to reset relationships.
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A damning indictment from someone who clearly has the best interests of BFC at heart.

Shocked and appalled to read your post.
 

Kurt Pittman

The Full List of Kurt's "Achievements"
  • "Come on you reds" flag, including the deceit over ignoring the will of the people's vote. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Blaming the above on a junior member of staff.
  • Kurt-a-tron, thank **** that got kiboshed eventually. But not after it's contribution to Pitchgate.
  • Ticketing System. He should have been sacked for this alone! Instead his boss copped-it. Fair enough.
  • Complete denial that there are any issues at all with the Ticketing system. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Rotherham (H) ticket debacle. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Gantrygate. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • "Simon Chase". He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Made-up "wide consultation" over New Crest. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Selling tickets to away supporters in home ends (esp Leeds)
  • Interfering with Sir Peter Gilham's pre-match routine
  • #BigNewAmbitions. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • So-called Oompah band. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Trying to stifle the WSA plans in making a proper home end at Lionel Road.
  • Other, general Fulhamification.
  • BLACK AND WHITE CLUB BADGE. He should have been sacked for this alone!
To be continued on post #94

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Seems like two of you should be applauded for your past restraint. Then again, I hope we are not going to see bad habits creep back in.
 

Kurt Pittman

Banana said:
The Full List of Kurt's "Achievements"
  • "Come on you reds" flag, including the deceit over ignoring the will of the people's vote. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Blaming the above on a junior member of staff.
  • Kurt-a-tron, thank **** that got kiboshed eventually. But not after it's contribution to Pitchgate.
  • Ticketing System. He should have been sacked for this alone! Instead his boss copped-it. Fair enough.
  • Complete denial that there are any issues at all with the Ticketing system. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Rotherham (H) ticket debacle. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Gantrygate. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • "Simon Chase". He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Made-up "wide consultation" over New Crest. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Selling tickets to away supporters in home ends (esp Leeds)
  • Interfering with Sir Peter Gilham's pre-match routine
  • #BigNewAmbitions. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • So-called Oompah band. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Trying to stifle the WSA plans in making a proper home end at Lionel Road.
  • Other, general Fulhamification.
  • BLACK AND WHITE CLUB BADGE. He should have been sacked for this alone!
To be continued on post #94

The Complete List of Positive Contributions
The Hall of Fame pictures around GP
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lol
 

Kurt Pittman

I'm guessing there won't be a card then.
 

Kurt Pittman

I googled him and he looks a bit like Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town.
Not sure if this adds anything to the debate.
 

Kurt Pittman

Improvement already with the CEO
Brentford fan ! , not a Fulham or QPR fan ?
Both gone ?...
 

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rebus said:
I can accept working alongside arseholes when they are good at their job but when I saw the evidence in front of me it was hard to swallow.
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I've never met Kurt, wouldn't know him if I was pissing on him and am only aware of his 'reputation' by what I have read on here. But a little story.

In probably August 2014 I had been out of the UK for a few weeks and a day or so after we got back I had a telephone call from a long time Fulham supporting good friend of mine who at that time was involved with the Fulham 'movers and shakers'........not an employee but a solid ITK through his connections. He said that he also had been travelling recently and had just heard that Brentford were taking Kurt Pittman. He mentioned it because he thought that maybe I had been involved in the interview process. I told him that I was no longer on the BFC board which had recently been culled of the 'old school' as the Chairman wanted changes. I hadn't been following what was going on at the Club, had never heard of Kurt Pittmann and wouldn't have a clue how the interview process was managed.

My friend said that many at Fulham couldn't believe that we were taking him for our Marketing Head, he couldn't care less now he knew that I wasn't involved but if I had been then if it wasn't too late the suggestion would have been that I should perhaps revisit my homework. I thanked him and said it didn't bother me, BFC was financially secure now, I'd had my day and if the new guard were happy to spunk MB's monies away both now and in the future then that was their call.

From time to time after that at social meet ups my Fulham pal used to ask how Kurt was getting on and I said that as far as I could read he was running the place now to the point where I had heard Mark Devlin referred to as the Assistant CEO because Kurt had either been given or assumed most of the important executive responsibilities. My mate was very surprised that it seemed to be going so well although I did say that from what I could read Kurt wasn't gonna be in the running anytime soon for the much coveted 'Brentford Employee You'd Most Like To Be Sitting Next To On A Flight to Australia' annual award' but other than that I suppose the BFC board was buying into the changes he was making.

Time passed and that was nearly five years ago so Kurt has had a pretty decent living from BFC. Without having any contact with him and through that forming my own judgement then just by reading and listening to the stories I'm astonished that the board allowed him to survive for so long. Personally I thought they did it the wrong way round and that KP should have gone first (a long time ago) with MD instructed by the board to get rid of him and then MD's position assessed after KP had 'resigned because the time was right to look for other opportunities' in the time honoured Brentford way. Anyway they're both out of the picture now and presumably Jon Varney will among his other duties be assessing the extraordinary overhead that has been allowed to build up in recent years.The view seems to be that the Kurt appointment cost a lot, lot more than any benefits he brought to the club.

None of the above is a 'made up new story' and Banana would I'm sure confirm that I told him all of this when he had his first falling out with Kurt.
 

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nocoat said:
We could all log messages on to his season card but alas the computer says no
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I was going to pass it on to the next supporter but it won't let me do it unless the stadium is 90% full......
 

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Banana said:
The Full List of Kurt's "Achievements"
  • "Come on you reds" flag, including the deceit over ignoring the will of the people's vote. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Blaming the above on a junior member of staff.
  • Kurt-a-tron, thank **** that got kiboshed eventually. But not after it's contribution to Pitchgate.
  • Ticketing System. He should have been sacked for this alone! Instead his boss copped-it. Fair enough.
  • Complete denial that there are any issues at all with the Ticketing system. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Rotherham (H) ticket debacle. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Gantrygate. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • "Simon Chase". He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Made-up "wide consultation" over New Crest. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Selling tickets to away supporters in home ends (esp Leeds)
  • Interfering with Sir Peter Gilham's pre-match routine
  • #BigNewAmbitions. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • So-called Oompah band. He should have been sacked for this alone!
  • Trying to stifle the WSA plans in making a proper home end at Lionel Road.
  • Other, general Fulhamification.
  • BLACK AND WHITE CLUB BADGE. He should have been sacked for this alone!
To be continued on post #94

The Complete List of Positive Contributions
The Hall of Fame pictures around GP
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I quite enjoyed the Oompah band.
 

Kurt Pittman

Can anyone clarify whether this will quicken or delay the arrival of the monorail?
 

Kurt Pittman

condorman said:
Can anyone clarify whether this will quicken or delay the arrival of the monorail?
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It's public transport in London, delayed is its permanent status.
 
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