Comments on: Yahoo's Decker Resigned With Class–Now Chairman Bostock Should Exit Stage Right Too

By: Yahoo’s Bartz Shuffles the Exec Deck, Filling Audience and Other Top Slots; Is the Board Next for a Makeover? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:39 +0000

[...] several sources said, would be Bartz taking the chairman title, which is currently held by Roy Bostock. Bostock, along with Yang, played a key role in its botched takeover battle with Microsoft [...]

By: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper: Icahn Leaves Yahoo Board [BoomTown] | TECHNICK

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:17:37 +0000

[...] (Here is BoomTown’s #1 pick still in that regard.) [...]

By: Yahoo Loses Board Member: Wilderotter To Resign [BoomTown] | TECHNICK

Yahoo Loses Board Member: Wilderotter To Resign [BoomTown] | TECHNICK — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:33:02 +0000

[...] I could think of a lot less worthy Yahoo board members than the talented Wilderotter who should be [...]

By: Yahoo Loses Board Member: Wilderotter To Resign | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:23:15 +0000

[...] interesting that they had to underscore that! (Also, I could think of a lot less worthy Yahoo board members than the talented Wilderotter who should be [...]

By: (Long) Weekend Update, 1.19.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:59:23 +0000

[...] The passing of the leadership torch at Yahoo (YHOO) took center stage last week, starting with the classy exit of Sue Decker and her memo to the troops. Next up: Yahoo’s official announcement of Carol [...]

By: Sue Decker’s Goodbye Memo to the Yahoo Troops [BoomTown] | LinkTouch

Sue Decker’s Goodbye Memo to the Yahoo Troops [BoomTown] | LinkTouch — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:16:50 +0000

[...] I said in a post earlier today, Decker’s departure was quick and classy, without a lot of the painful dragging on that can happen in these [...]

By: Sue Decker’s Goodbye Memo to the Yahoo Troops | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:16:07 +0000

[...] I said in a post earlier today, Decker’s departure was quick and classy, without a lot of painful dragging on that can happen in these [...]

By: Steve Bagby

Steve Bagby — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:09:40 +0000

I’ll echo the sentiment regarding Mr. Bostock and others at YHOO who should have paid with their jobs, and possibly careers, for the shareholder value that they have been frittering away.

That said, way to walk the fine line Kara ! Ms. Decker will inevitably show up somewhere else and she will surely remember that last nice thing you said about her. You keep your C-level exec club all-access pass !

Although as I remember it: “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” – not “say something nice anyway” …

By: michael kane

michael kane — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:13:33 +0000

Both Roy & Sue ( and Yang for the matter ) should have long ago resigned, like right before they blew the MSFT deal. But to give Sue credit for resigning right away is to ignore the fact that all 3 of them long overstayed their welcome and cost us billions.

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:58:45 +0000

From your lips to God’s ears

By: Full Coverage: Carol Bartz Named New Yahoo CEO | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:22:14 +0000

[...] Yahoo’s Decker Resigned With Class–Now Chairman Bostock Should Exit Stage Right Too [...]

By: Michael Murdock

Michael Murdock — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:15:31 +0000

I’m sorry. Did I read that right? I guess you read my postings finally calling for the board to get out of the way.

Sue was right to resign. If she didn’t, she probably would have been fired. Bartz knows probably a bit about what she’s going into as far as the nest goes.

What she should do though is relieve YANG and FILO of their ‘Chief Yahoo’ status and ask them to leave as well. If they want to be advisors to the CEO from an external capacity fine, but not internally. If she needs them back on board, they can be consultants or since they take $1 per year in salary, they can do it gratis.

Next concentrate on ‘licensing’ opportunities with various companies for some key technologies that Yahoo has in order to bolster the financial position of the company and assure shareholders that there’s some kind of a plan. She’s also going to want to go outside and corral an advisory team who can help her grasp the technology base at this company and figure out strengths and weaknesses, reevaluate all internal positions, and then decide where the cuts should be.

Lot of work and I wish her well.

Michael