New Entegra GM?

[McGarrett50]

Watched the Entegra Facebook Live webcast today and they introduced Brian Brady as the Entegra General Manager. I thought Andy Baer was GM?

[Holmrun]

Speaking of - they said they were in a 2018 but it had to be a 2019 right? The dash was a giant screen with no surface mounted gauges and the cup holder on the drivers side was the new molded one with what appears to be the new knob to control the digital dash just aft of it. Additionally, the carpet didn’t look like carpet on the slide they were sitting in. Were they bluffing or was that a lucky 2018.75?

[brobox]

As long as they don't change Joyce, we are good. It seems changing top management is a bi-annual thing.

[Rollin101]

They seem to change management like we change underwear. Unfortunately, it needs to start higher up the ranks.

[wnytaxman]

Okay, so what happened to Andy?

[Cruzer]

Andy is now assistant general manager at Tiffin Motorhomes, second to Tim Tiffin.

If you recall, Andy was National Sales Manager at Tiffin a while back and enjoyed working with the Tiffins. However, Red Bay isn't a real swell place to live and when the Entegra position opened up he made the move back to Middlebury, where he still had a residence. Apparently he missed the working environment at Tiffin and when the new opportunity opened up he made the move back but will be living in Huntsville rather than Red Bay and making the longer daily drive.

[Gary.Jones]

I’m not sure which video you are referring to on their Facebook page, but there is one up there now with Pat Carroll in it and two other Entegra employees (I forget their names) but they talk about 19’s new features, then Pat says “we are sitting in an 18.... we are not showing the 19s before Perry” or words to that effect, but the coach clearly has the digital dash and appears to have the mounded control panels to the left of the driver, and a flooring substance different than carpeting.

Now, I bought a very late year 15 Anthem (January) and was told that it has many if the 16 upgrades in my coach although it was technically a 15 and that was true, so my guess is that what you can see glimpses of on the video is an 18 which has many of the technical improvements of the 19s.

Further, they say they will have 21 display coaches at Perry.... essentially 3 of every series of coaches (3 Cornerstones, 3 Anthems, etc).

Gary

[palehorse89]

In time.....Joyce will also move on.....retirement maybe? She has to be struggling also with all the change's over the last year or so I would imagine.......be prepared!

[Magic-carpet]

Originally Posted by Gary.Jones

I’m not sure which video you are referring to on their Facebook page, but there is one up there now with Pat Carroll in it and two other Entegra employees (I forget their names) but they talk about 19’s new features, then Pat says “we are sitting in an 18.... we are not showing the 19s before Perry” or words to that effect, but the coach clearly has the digital dash and appears to have the mounded control panels to the left of the driver, and a flooring substance different than carpeting.

Now, I bought a very late year 15 Anthem (January) and was told that it has many if the 16 upgrades in my coach although it was technically a 15 and that was true, so my guess is that what you can see glimpses of on the video is an 18 which has many of the technical improvements of the 19s.

Further, they say they will have 21 display coaches at Perry.... essentially 3 of every series of coaches (3 Cornerstones, 3 Anthems, etc).

Gary

I would say that they were sitting in a 19. We saw the 19's when we were there 3 weeks ago. You are correct, the dash, the side consoles and the carpet are all 19's. The chassis's that were coming down the line were the 19's also. All the coaches running around outside where painted in the 19' patterns and colors.

[LWBAZ]

Some info on Brian Brady here:

Brian Brady | RV Business

Not exactly current, but at least some perspective on who he is.

[tqqest]

Doesn’t look like the Brian Brady in the video to me. Looks too old. Maybe the new Entegra GM is Brian Brady Jr?

[LWBAZ]

Originally Posted by tqqest

Doesn’t look like the Brian Brady in the video to me. Looks too old. Maybe the new Entegra GM is Brian Brady Jr?

Right you are. Obviously I should have watched the video before posting.

The Brian Brady in the Entegra video mentions having worked for Winnebago. Using that info, I found the following article from mid-2015 making reference to “Winnebago National Sales Manager Brian Brady”:

https://rvldealernews.com/new-wester...bago-towables/

Regarding the younger Brian Brady being related to the more senior Brian Brady, same name, same industry, could be…

[Gary.Jones]

The 2 men in the video beside Pat Carroll were John McDonald (product Ambassador) and Brian Brady.

Gary

[Rollin101]

The new GM first name is BriOn not BriAn.