Stanford Distance Squad wrote:
You don't get it wrote:
They didn't pay the previous DirOps $100K+ and made her an Assistand A.D. becuase of her hotel reservation skills.
Dude, leave it alone! You made your pitch for Jess Riden, and everyone is fine with your opinion. But don't keep embarrassing yourself by saying the Director of Ops position is more important than the actual Stanford coaching staff. I am a member of the team, and I say you are not even in the ball park with that opinion. You made your pitch for Riden. Now, let it rest!!
Son, you clearly don't understand how this works. The better Ops person they hire, the more the actual coaches can focus on coaching...the better job everyone will do and the more you will be coached. JJ's ability to manage a full program (much less one of the most robust meet hosts in the country) has been his biggest downfall in the past...so you better be hoping he finds the right person to help him manage this. We can go on all day long about what hire is a higher priority and for whom...I'll allow the distance hires - who will probably be assisting JJ with coaching you - is probably *slightly* more important to your personal interests while the ops hire is FAR more important to the rest of the country, but your former coach himself admitted that Jess was the one that ran things. If JJ wants you well looked after, he prioritizes the ops person far more than the average program. Thank me later. And no, I haven't posted on this topic yet.