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Firing Criteria

posted 8 years ago by bryanmmiles
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With Trump, one wrong word in the boardroom could turn the tide. Arnold is mechanical and deliberate in his firings. Not as unpredictable or entertaining...also, he doesn't add anything to the game. It's all cliche' and obvious observation.

[–] Zingbot_9000 8 years ago

Everyone of Arnold's firings have made sense. Trump often seemed to fire based on who was best for the shows ratings. Like Joan Rivers win. This is better.

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[–] Legendary_Badass 8 years ago

Thus far Arnold's terminations have been easy to see coming. In the latest episode it even looks as though he has his mind made up before the final meeting kicks off. Granted this is the realistic approach, BUT it makes for better TV for the firing to be unpredictable and have a lose canon taking out presumably safe players. So for a TV show, Trump's meetings have been better.

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[–] joycbeyda 8 years ago

I totally agree!

[–] Zingbot_9000 8 years ago

But Trumps firings were predicable also. They were based on ratings. He did not fire Joan Rivets even though she quit. She was going by it win no matter what.

[–] tbone382001 8 years ago

Rivers beating Annie Duke was the biggest farce in the show's history.

[–] Geek_XX 8 years ago

And see, I liked that Joan beat Dukes.

I hated Annie Dukes so when Joan won, I was okay with it.

[–] monstermayhem32 8 years ago

I like that arnold fires people based on pergmformance and not keeping them for drama.