MannKind Corp. (MNKD)

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As difficult it might be to believe that megabull "mnholdem" posted this on the proboards MNKD forum:

"I do have a difficult time explaining how MannKind’s former Chief Commercial Officer[Castagna], who was selected by the Board of Directors for a CEO position in spite of his lackluster results, is still struggling with the effective marketing of Afrezza.

I happen to agree with CEO Castagna that scripts should be in tens of thousands, but I have yet to see any sign whatsoever that he can deliver market acceptance. He may have sold himself to the majority owners and the BoD but he has not sold himself to me or a majority of shareholders.

I’m not prepared to give Castagna full credit for the Kendall hiring either. Castagna was the closing pitcher on that win.

Was he so arrogant that he believed his marketing skills & ideas alone were sufficient to get the job done (via his hiring of specialists) and only now after nearly three years of getting control of Afrezza back from Sanofi he’s putting together a qualified marketing team?

Perhaps he blamed his lack of success on the previous CEO. But now, as CEO, all failure and success must be laid on his shoulders. I believe Afrezza will eventually become successful because of the Kendall hiring. The new marketing team is an unknown at this point. But Castagna, unfortunately, still remains a big unknown to shareholders and to Wall Street."

...but he really did.