John Chambers's Bracket
That might sound like a waste of an opportunity, considering one doesn't get to grill Chambers every day. But it was during a reception specifically for the media, and you could say I did it on a dare. Totally worth it. It's the first time I've seen him unable to answer a question.
He's partially off the hook. The way the brackets fell, Duke and West Virginia can't meet in the finals. But they could square off in the Final Four on April 3.
And if they do? Chambers's answer to me, after an agonized silence, was, "I would root for Duke second." — Craig Matsumoto, West Coast Editor, Light Reading
It occurs to me -- Pankaj Patel, another Cisco exec, is a Duke fan, and apparently so is Dan Scheinman (Cisco's Eos exec).
No wonder Chambers doesn't like to talk about not rooting for Duke. These guys could corner him in the cafeteria and beat him up. (Actually Scheinman's office is in San Francisco, so he'd have to do it by telepresence.)