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When he knew Neil had arrived in town, his first choice was to see him. But seeing the situation in the Western Conference, he decided to bring Neil back on the plane and have him operate on a U-turn.
Hector, an NBA player, has never had the opportunity to see the players of his football teams except Santos Laguna. He decided to go to Newport. There is a difference between investments and speculations. The notion of time is different between the long-term and short-term.
In modern football, there is a tendency to speculate rather than invest. Football is not the best way to make money; other safer sectors exist. But it is wrong to think you can only lose money in football.
Living your job as a leader is difficult, starting from the fact that you will lose money. Otherwise, Hector would never have spent his money. He believes instead that the economic part is a consequence. You do not arrive in a club and say the objective is maximizing profitability. If you get into that, you're speculating and forget the very nature of the sport.
If Hector is satisfied with Neil's work, he has a sporty and successful team. We are not just talking about professionals. We are talking about all sports components. If the sporting performance is good, behind you, generate income according to the club's management.
Managing director and Neil Kindrick's brother, Brent Kindrick, set the tone for the club's operation.
"That's the president's vision," Brent said of how the whole club operates. "It's my job to organize the club, motivate the staff and bring this vision to life."
Hector comes from a different environment despite his love for football. He is Mexican, football is a religion here, but he is a basketball player. He had to listen and adapt. We also have to adapt to what the club represents in his territory. The identity of the club is essential.
The culture and history of a club are two different things. Culture is the territorial side, the region, and the local identity. The story is about the players who went through this club. In the NBA, look at the Miami Heat.
Hector cannot succeed alone. A club must generate momentum, and other people must be guarantors of culture. That's Neil's role and the coach's role. Hector is the architect. He built a management team and followed an organizational culture that has been able to spread.
His job was finished when he created the conditions for his uselessness. Hector has never pressured his team. He favors results over time. It has defined operating principles at the administrative and sporting levels. How to set up a strategy? Once everything is in place, the goal is to move towards a result goal.
Both financially and sporting because the two are intimately linked, the two are not opposed. It's a balance of how you manage to drive both. And the results in Newport are already paying off.
"Where we are now is the result of a combination of planning, resilience, and an idea of where we want to go and how we're going to get there."
Newport City F.C. are currently Championship's league leader with a comfortable lead, but Neil summoned the players urgently. Usually, no one knows if this is good news.
What made the players worried was that they were all summoned simultaneously. No one has a clue what's going on. Even the management team doesn't know what's going on. It is common knowledge that Neil is the president's trusted person. They also know the president is a professional sportsman, but few people have seen him.
It's not just the first team. All the management is also present. There's a reason the Kindrick brothers are so powerful in the organization chart, especially Neil. Besides being the club's top brass, they're the only ones in direct contact with the sole shareholder, Hector.
Brent only eats soup. Despite his superior position, Neil has the most authority. His friend's brother is not his friend, only an acquaintance.
The players, puzzled about the emergency meeting, understood what was happening when they saw the person before Neil and Brent.
The president is here.