I'd argue that Monaghan hasn't put his pride behind him. Seems like he's moved it from material possessions to pride about religion and virtuosity. Especially when I read things like this: Can't say I'm a fan of national pizza stops (we're pretty prideful of our pizza in Upstate NY), but I had no idea that these guys owned those businesses and sports teams. Kind of makes sense though.He twice fired Catholic priest Joseph Fessio. “Tom is intelligent, very energetic, but nobody will contradict him,” says Fessio, who was fired the second time when he told a board member that the school’s finances were in disarray. “Just because you can afford a 747 doesn’t mean you should try to fly it.”
After the National Organization for Women responded by calling for a boycott of Domino’s, Monaghan told the Ann Arbor News, “It made me realize why martyrs die with smiles on their faces.”