I often get asked what the biggest mistake clubs make when hiring a superintendent? The biggest mistake I believe is that clubs hire safe. They are risk-averse. They stick with a candidate who is currently second- or third-in-command at a well-known club. These individuals are not the decision makers. Often, an elite leader with a great skill set and character from a lesser-known club is the best candidate.
The club chooses a candidate who won’t be questioned by the membership, rather than the leader, who can move the operation forward. The best hires I’ve seen weren’t the safest — they were the right fit for where the club wanted to go.
Hiring is a strategic decision, not just a risk management decision.
Hypothetical: You’re the owner of an MLB team. I offer to take $0 salary and sign a minor league contract and go to Low A.
If the “he sucks now” crowd is right and I get lit up, you cut me, lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
If the “clubhouse cancer” crowd is right, you see it immediately at Low A and cut me. You lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
If there’s massive negative PR, which we already know there won’t be, you just cut me and move on. The story is dead in a couple days, you lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.
But, assuming none of those things happen, which they obviously wouldn’t, if you like what you see, you can promote me to AA and re evaluate me there. Then AAA. Then the big leagues. If I earn it, which you’d be 100% in control of deciding. If you don’t think I’m good enough, you lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
You could take away my “antics”. You could take away my social media. You could ask anything of me. If I don’t comply, you cut me, lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.
What logical reason is there to not do this? At worst, you cut me and there’s no risk to the big league club. At best, you get a Cy Young winner for $0 who you know can still pitch and could help the big league team if and when you see fit.
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Victor Glover absolutely SCHOOLS a woke reporter trying to get a DEI answer out of him..
“I hope one day we can look at this as ‘human history’ — not black history or women’s history..” 👏👏
When I was at Deloitte, I had to report all my stocks and ETFs through Vanguard's automated data feed.
I couldn't hold a stock if I was working on that company.
BUT Congress can trade stocks in companies they regulate, AND report it 3 months late with a $200 fine.
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