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The Apprentice 5 Weekly Performance Appraisals, Episode 2Page 2View Printable version of this article Stacy: One reason Trump fired her was for her choice of location – the same location as the winning team! However, the perception was that their specific locations within the Times Square area were a problem and she didn’t have them move. Or, she moved them but not effectively. But that wasn’t her biggest problem. 
In the initial planning session, Stacy continually interrupted Brent. It seemed to be getting personal. I replayed the hallway confrontation scene between Stacy and Brent several times, and it’s my impression that Stacy was noticeably annoyed at Brent, but not fearful. However, after playing that card, in the boardroom she let Trump’s opinion that she shouldn’t have been scared of Brent remain unchallenged. Coupled with her earlier waffling in the suite and her selective memory about the word “threatened,” her credibility took a big hit. I draw the conclusion that Stacy overplayed her response to Brent and got trapped. There’s only one possible rating for Stacy and that’s UNACCEPTABLE. Brent: Clearly, Brent is unpopular with his team and has trouble getting the others to listen to him. Even if he is being stifled, he needs to find a way to edit himself and get only his best ideas on the table and be considered a valuable contributor. Of course, the ideas have to be better than some we’ve seen. The “guys in shaving cream” idea was impractical, as one would have to be constantly reapplying the stuff. I applaud Brent for standing up to Pepi when he tried to send him back to the suite. No one ever got to be the Apprentice by agreeing to be sent home. Not that Brent needs to worry about winning the game, not in this universe. 
Brent’s eerie dancing struck me as a cross between Apprentice Jim at the Tide-To-Go event on the Martha Stewart version of this show, and the Toronto Raptors trying to rebound. Most of Synergy was critical of the dancing, either at the time or later in the suite, but the whole team clustered around him to successfully have the messages sent that they needed. We know Toral would never have done this. Overall Brent did better work this week, but I’ll rate Brent as NEEDS IMPROVEMENT nonetheless. I think he’ll own that rating until he leaves the game. The team meeting in the suite where an absent Brent was raked over the coals indicates how much his team doesn’t want to work with him. No contestant has ever had less respect from his peers, and to my mind, the situation is not recoverable. Everyone finds him an unskilled, disruptive clown with nothing at all to offer. Expect the team to attempt to minimize Brent’s impact in future tasks. His only chance to survive this game is to get traded to the other side, though suite scuttlebutt has probably poisoned that option as well. Brian lives in Toronto where he can be reached at uncle_bto@rogers.com. He spent a couple of decades working in middle management at The Prudential, primarily hiding behind the coffee machine to avoid his pointy-haired bosses. He’d like to hear your opinions and promises to respond to all serious email! Be sure to sign up for our e-mail update so you can stay informed about new articles on the site! For more news about this show, be sure to check out SirLinksALot’s Apprentice page! <--Previous 1 2View Printable version of this article
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