Is Stuart Baggs a good advert for the Isle of Man?

There's an article on him here and the general feeling seems to be positive.

http://www.isleofman.com/news/article.aspx?article=31685

Buddy said: "Stuart lost nothing,He entered the show with a business and he's still got it.

"I personally wish him all the very best. Maybe he should branch out and produce T shirts with "Stuart Baggs"(The Brand) written on the front, or see if Hugo Boss would like to use the name "Stuart Baggs" You haven't heard the last of this guy."

I dare say his personality has been made more extreme by the show, but he didn't come across well at all.  His fame will probably be very short lived.

I don't know that he'll have done the Isle of Man any damage or favours but I do think he'll have damaged 'Stuart Baggs the brand'.

The only thing you get with a field full of ponies is a lot of manure and I think that was discovered (eventually) in the week he was finally dismissed from the process but not before he'd cost Liz her chance at the job, unfairly in my opinion - she was a much stronger candidate.

I don't think his aggressive selling techniques; his fierce approach to both sales and attempted sabotaging the competition's efforts and his elastic approach to the truth and describing his operator's licence are the kind of attributes I'd like associated with my 'brand'.

You have to remember that the show had been edited though.  It exists to tell a story and if behaviour doesn't fit with that narrative then it'll be cut out.

The evidence regarding his operator's licence was in black, white and yellow (it had been highlighted) and he was clearly happy to massage the truth whilst he thought he could get away with it.

On top of that, he made all those outrageous statements and they were caught on camera.  Whether he was assuming a persona or playing a part, he clearly damaged his own "brand".

Imagine Coca Cola or any other strong brand saying a whole bunch of stupid things and then arguing that you should dismiss them because they've said other stuff that hasn't been quoted that would bring balance?  The real world doesn't work like that.

The girl who won managed to avoid making stupid comments as did many of the other contestants and I actually think that it was viewing Stuart Baggs' behaviour in the context of how all the contestants played the game that polarised just how out of step he is with normal business etiquette.