Just saw him at Premier Ford in Columbus getting his truck serviced. Spoke with one of the service people about Mullen too. He said they repossessed his wife's Ford after he did a Toyota commercial. He's not thought of well at that dealership.
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Seriously, they said Strat had a demo too and that for years they had a good relationship with our Athletic department. Mullen changed that.
My assumption here is Mullen's wife had a demo and he did a Toyota ad, and they took it back.
If so, that sounds about right for his tone deaf azz.
They can't just repossess a car because someone does a commercial. Either it was a dealer car they were letting use or he wasn't making the payments. Either way, I've got no problem with them taking the car back.
I knew Bill Russell a bit years ago (He's nothing like the ads by the way, nice down to earth guy).
I vaguely remember this story as I think more about it. He must have told it somewhere. It was a demo I think
They allowed Strat, Mrs Mullen and a couple of other State Admins to use Ford demos. When Mullen did his first Hogan Toyota commercial they took Mrs Mullens vehicle back.
I’d say that speaks way more poorly of the dealership than it does the Mullens. And I’m sure the check from the Toyota commercial more than covered whatever car they took back….and then some.
I've met both and I'd pick the Ford dealer over the football coach every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Even if he is a huge Bama fan.
Seriously? One dealership lets you drive their car for free and you go and do a commercial for their competitor? I don’t know of any business in the country that wouldn’t have taken the car back.
Right. I don't make that much money and haven't had a car loan in 20 years.
I thought you were talking about the basketball player and was super confused
I’d say it depends on the conditions of the agreement? Did he sign something saying he’d never do a competitor commercial? Or did Megan Mullen sign something saying her husband wouldn’t do a conpetitor commercial? Was the whole thing just handshake only?
In the general sense, I don’t see much to gain business-wise or perception-wise from needling the highest or second highest paid state employee and possibly the most visible figure in the state (who certainly didn’t need or probably even ask for their charity) by making them return a vehicle over a dumb local commercial. Seems like a good way to get him / them to do even more Toyota commercials, actually.
Having the HC's Wife riding in one of your cars is good for the dealership and for sure's gonna get them some extra bidness outta that. I'm assuming the Toyota ad was for a local dealership that the local Ford Dealership competes with so that's not a good look. If Mullen turned down a commercial request from Ford but opted for Toyota then I can see the Ford Folks getting pissed. Getting a loaner car repo'd was no sweat off the Mullen family.
Really impressive he stayed humble after all those championships.
It's kinda strange. When I knew Premier Ford Bill Russell, it honestly never crossed my mind he had the same name as a basketball legend. It's like I had some kind of block about it.
Maybe because one is a short, portly white man and the other was, not.
Maybe because one is a short, portly white man and the other was, not.