Who Have? What Problems Does Robin Hood Have?

1. What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed?
Robin Hood and the Merrymen started out what they considered to be a good idea. They were doing good for the poor people by robbing the rich merchants and tax collectors. The poor farmers and villagers were very happy about the things that Robin Hood was doing for them. As the Robin Hoods popularity grew so did the group of Merrymen, and that was the main issue. With the growing group of people the amount of food and space available was decreasing. The other issue that occurred with the growing popularity the rich merchants began to avoid the the woods causing the amount of goods and money brought in to decrease.
2. Do Robin Hood and the Merrymen need a new mission?
Knowledge of this particular story is essential to this, but the problem isn't entirely sitting with the Sheriff. The Sheriff is not the entire problem in this situation. The Prince is the one setting the taxes, the Sheriff (although not a friendly or just man at all) is the only enforcing the collection of these taxes. It states in the Case Study that the Prince lives in fear of the group, and that there is already a group working on collecting the ransom to have the King released. The new target in Robin Hood's band should be the Prince rather than the Sheriff. If getting King Richard back for the people has become that important, they should be taking the money they are stealing from the rich and using it to ransom King Richard rather than giving it to the poor. Seems like a logical solution for an economic situation that is effecting the country as a whole.
As a side note, this portion has reminded me of the whole era of Apple Inc. where Steve Jobs was fired (in this case King Richard), and replaced by whoever it was that replaced him (Prince John). The company went through some economic hardships under Steve Jobs, but almost destroyed itself under new management. The company (in the case of this story, the people) begged for Jobs to return, and once he did, managed to turn the whole company around. Seems like much of the same would happen in this Case Study with the return of
The first three problems definitely need to be addressed. Because the wealthy are avoiding Sherwood, operations are generating less revenue. At the same time, money is being consumed to feed the expanding number of merry men. This combination of lower revenue and higher operating costs are leading operations to consume (rather than generate) cash flow.
Though the Sheriff is more organized and stronger than he is, I suggest putting the personal vendetta that Robin has toward the sheriff aside while Robin mobilizes his men toward expanding operations and engaging in educating commoners. I suggest expanding operations into forests of barons that support King John and also forming a new business segment for educating commoners.
By expanding into more territory, more revenue can be generated for the same number of personnel. By educating commoners regarding inequality between the poor and the rich, the merry men can work toward organization and action of commoners and hopefully an eventual social revolution. Education robs power from the rich and gives it to the poor, which is completely in line with the merry men’s