Dave Stubblefield wanted to put us all in sleepers to compete with YRC after they went sleeper. But he and his wife Peggy wanted to pray for us all. Robert Young and John Dale (VP of Trans) stopped that nonsense. Don't know if the prayers helped or not. But I was damn glad not to go on sleepers, though. Yes, it was a better company back then. Robert Young was the anchor that held us from the storm. I will always respect his leadership. I remember when we turned down the 15% giveback they wanted to defeat the hostile takeover attempt by Razorback Aquisitions in !988?, Razorback, by the way, was a Corporate raider and intended to buy up ABF and tear it apart and sell it off piecemeal, like Carl Icahn did with Continental Airlines. Robert Young said he respected our vote and they would find a way to work around it. AND THEY DID! Their mistake was to have let too many shares of common stock out on the open market so that Razorback could buy up nearly controlling interest in ABF, and they needed the funds to repurchase the rest of the common stock back before that could happen. They mortgaged their souls and prevented it. An absolute class act! He is largely the reason ABF is still here. No company could have asked for a better CEO.I know that Wes Kemp and David Stubblefield were first class, but wasn't sure about Davidson, but I can buy into your thoughts.
But I knew Roy Slagle was bad news...from what I heard...
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