POLL: Rate the hire - Jim Harris

[Just1More]

Let me rephrase. Of the 12 original finalists, how many can you name? Tough to discern who was most qualified if you don't know who they are?

The Hale camp thinks he's better qualified than Harris. The rest placed their trust in the board to select the best candidate... Harris. The other candidates have no supporters. Why ask about them? This is strictly a Hale versus Harris thing. And we're not converging on a happy ending on here, no matter. Let's just let Harris do his job and report on the progress.

We all know UL chooses to operate these kind of processes out of the public eye. When you do that, your decisions must be perfect, or else you get destroyed. You either take the heat in the open view, or you must be perfect. There's no middle ground for public people. You, for instance, do your job with 100% public scrutiny, as you do your work. You take your criticism in small bites. Those that have public assignments, and try to hide their process, get destroyed when they aren't perfect. And I applaud that. Public transparency... or perfection. If one doesn't like those boundaries... go private.

[cajun4life]

Cajun4Life, you fought a good fight. I and assuming many others genuinely appreciate the knowledge you shared over the course of the hiring.

But you are ____ing in the wind now. Unless your buddies on the inside speak up like you said they would, it's pointless to continue this debate.

Silence by your buddies = they are happy enough with the decision. You should be, too.

I have stated several time that I am 100% behind Harris. Even though I think the process was bull____.

Then you have Jay Walker selling this guy on all the thing he tried to downplay about Steve Hale. Lipstick on a pig maybe?

Harris needs to find $8 million for the Tigue Moore renovation. We have $5 million pledged supposedly. Well I'll help him out, Jonathon Lucroy, BJ Ryan, Danny Fouquior, Paul Bako, Gill Meche and Greg Landry are all baseball people with direct ties to the program or Lafayette. Between those 6 names they have close to $200 million in MLB contracts.

I promise you, things will play out and we will move on.

[BirdofParadise]

I wonder how long it will be before anyone can make points without bringing up Steve Hale's name. (Although you named him here, I"m not talking about you.)

The process has been completed. We have a hire.

So many on this board have said they'll support whoever was hired because they want UL to succeed.

Yet it's very difficult for them to make a point without bringing up Steve Hale.

It makes me wonder just how much they truly want to move on.

[Just1More]

I wonder how long it will be before anyone can make points without bringing up Steve Hale's name.

55 years is the norm.

[cajun4life]

55 years is the norm.

Champagne taste on a beer budget.

[Cajun Monkee]

55 years is the norm.

Like a Cajun Shiva?

We can sing Hava Na-Guidry when it's over.

You know anybody who can do The Bottle Dance?

[Just1More]

Like a Cajun Shiva?

We can sing Hava Na-Guidry when it's over.

You know anybody who can do The Bottle Dance?

Acadiana High did a pretty good job of it back in the day. LOL

[BirdofParadise]

gooooooooo wreckarams

[VObserver]

Hale's name is brought up in this specific instance because his resume and history is known, and in the opinion of many here is better than that of Harris.

The question is not whether those who supported Hale will support Harris. Virtually all have stated they will.

The question is whether the RCAF belongs to T-Joe and a few rich guys, or does it, as we have been being promised for several years, belong to the entire body of RCAF donors.

The outcome of this particular hire is relevant only because the process by which it was done is not congruent with what a very large group of mid level donors were told it would be.

[Zeebart21]

Hale's name is brought up in this specific instance because his resume and history is known, and in the opinion of many here is better than that of Harris.

The question is not whether those who supported Hale will support Harris. Virtually all have stated they will.

The question is whether the RCAF belongs to T-Joe and a few rich guys, or does it, as we have been being promised for several years, belong to the entire body of RCAF donors.

The outcome of this particular hire is relevant only because the process by which it was done is not congruent with what a very large group of mid level donors were told it would be.

Wasnt it stated somewhere that we were insignificant?

Z