Pavlova: "I'm Not Here to Meddle"
by Net Income on Jun 28, 2010 11:51 AM EDT
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In an interview on the Nets website, Irina Pavlova lays out what she's going to be doing as president of the Mikhail Prokhorov company that owns the Nets...and what she's not doing.
"I think the main thing is I’m not here to meddle," said Pavlova, president of Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holdings USA.
"The team has great management, and I’m not here to tell them how to do things. I’m here to make their jobs easier, to facilitate any support they feel they need and to make sure everyone is in the loop regarding any concerns or issues that come up.
"I don’t want anyone to think that I’m replacing anyone – I’m definitely not. I am just here as an addition."
Specifically, Pavlova said her job is to serve as a conduit, to "bridge the gap" between the Nets offices and Onexim's main office in Moscow. She admits there are cultural differences. Russian businesses, she notes, are less structured. She knows. She was Google's first Russian employee.
Pavlova is also straightforward about other inter-cultural concerns.
"We’re not the Boogeyman, we’re not the Mafia; we’re normal people, doing business just like anyone else here. I think that removes a lot of the stereotypes, and just dealing with people face-to-face really makes them trust you more and makes you trust them. It works both ways."
- NETS: Irina Pavlova Q&A: Sports, Spirit and SPAM - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- The Nets new managers are not the boogeymen. Just for the record. - Kurt Helin - NBC Sports
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Sounds good
Pretty much exactly what I wanted to hear from her
TBH, I expected more...
Not that her looks are correlated with her ability to effectively fufill the needs of her position, but with Proky for some reason I expected a dime (maybe my expectations are (or were) too high).
She also has an MBA from Stanford
and speaks at least three languages fluently: Russian, English and Spanish.
Kind of like the prototypical Russian woman image that American men have.
Still it would help in recruiting, if she was parallel and not above Thorn’s position in the overall organization hierarchy.
I think the last time we saw her she was not blonde. (French interview)
by ispartan on Jun 28, 2010 12:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Smart Interview
To shut up the Knicks and others who want to ruin our Free Agent Season
by Mookie Blaylock on Jun 28, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
an ancient truth
“I’m not here to meddle” usually means “I’m here to meddle.”
by calling all toasters on Jun 28, 2010 12:19 PM EDT reply actions
Or, you know
addressing concerns that people have raised. This new ownership has really brought the xenophobia out of the woodwork here and elsewhere lately.
this
Some of the stuff is sickening. First it was some of the distasteful stuff said towards Yi during his first season here, now the xenophobia is running rampant over Prokhy. It’s not really on here aside from some stuff anti Brooklyn folks have said, but it’s been in the media and on other fansites as well. Knicks fans would make you believe that this guy is the frickin anti christ.
Or how about Dave D’s pulitzer prize winning piece on Prokhy, it was so well written and objective that it’s worthy enough to line a bird cage with it
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 28, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
"xenophobia"?
You’re kidding, right? Find me one little indication that I meant this as an attack on foreigners rather than new owners.
by calling all toasters on Jun 28, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Not meant at you per se
more to so many others that have made xenophobic comments on this site and many others. Still don’t think there’s any reason to expect meddling though. Its just speculation on your part.
uh, the meddling has already happened
unless you believe that Yormark is the one forcing Thorn out
by calling all toasters on Jun 28, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
We don't know if Thorn is being forced out yet
all of this stuff is rumors and speculation, a lot of which I think has been leaked or spread in the media in an attempt to discredit the new ownership
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 28, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't talking about you, dude
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 28, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
She can meddle in my business.
by Hollywoodnet on Jun 28, 2010 12:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
she's a woman...
From one woman to another, meddling that’s what we do.
Lol, it’s embedded in our DNA.
(But we mean well.)
by aunt-B on Jun 28, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
speaking the truth as usual, aunt-b
:-)
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 28, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
She seems pretty damn qualified
and everything points to her being brought in purely as an operations manager. I can’t imagine that she’d even want to interfere with the basketball stuff. More likely she’ll be managing the back-office, and from her background, I think she’ll do a good job.
oh my
I wouldn’t mind meddling with her.
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
LMAO....
….we’re such pigs
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 28, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a spy to me! Conduit? Report back. Translate differences. Hmm. She’s an insider who the Comrade has planted b/c he cannot be there. She is his fly on the wall. I would be very uncomfortable with such a person around – A pretty spy, but still a spy. So much for Proko’s claim that he lets people do their thing. Sounds like a little micro managing or overseeing to me. Sad, if this (or money) is why Thorn is leaving.
If ever we needed evidence that NetsDaily's readership is predominantly young male...
just reference this thread.
Only has 23 comments
You your statement is not valid……….. (24 with mine)
By the way, in the last question of interview, she admits that she loves to play Tennis - if that's not another true stereotype.
How old is she anyway? From the enlarged image, you can see the aging setting in, from the lower part of her neck, where makeup doesn’t go.
And my friend used to tell me that when his wife, of Norwegian background, passed 30, the PRUNE effect started to set in.
Only young blonds have more fun.
I like Irina a lot.
Can we just give her Yormark’s position already. Since Thorn’s a gonner we might as well just clear house.
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