By Bethlehem Shoals
Sometimes, you are confronted with a sentence so garbled, so strange, and so utterly insane, that it's like looking at a trainwreck on top of a bus accident. In these cases, it is your ancestral duty to inform the world of it, so that they might breath in its healing vapors and follow its teachings. Or at least not repeat its errors.
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Today, that sentence comes to you from Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojarnowski,
discussing the murky relationship between LeBron James and Jay-Z. Buckle up and get ready:
[quote="Adrian Wojarnowski"]Jay-Z talked of a tomorrow when these two monuments to music and basketball will transform the rules of engagement for the iconic performer, one witness said. He talked of making history.[/quote]
I have absolutely no idea what this means. None. Jay-Z and LeBron are "monuments to music and basketball"? I thought they were a rap mogul and a ball player. George Washington wasn't a monument to the American Presidency; that phallic thing on The Mall is. Also, I thought that "the rules of engagement" had to do with chasing spies with the help of satellites, or lining up against enemy armies like the British once did, which frankly, doesn't work anymore. And who are they engaging, each other?
Wait a minute, why "for the inconic performer?" Bron Bron doesn't get no transformation, just Jay? Please help me—if history is going to be made, I want to know what the hell is going on.
(Woj, no hard feelings. I know that in this business, there's a hundred steps between your word processor and going live. And like I'm one to lecture someone else on hyperbolic writing.)
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SO True KD! good work… I’m not sure what you’re interview processes have been like in your career, but I know having been at a college and having been on the other side of the table and apart of MANY committees to hire coaches as well as other positions, it’s truly amazing that any entity ever hires anyone good, coaches or otherwise, as their are sparingly few people out there that really know what to do when hiring people… I attribute this to the promoting through past performance, which sounds good but is really stupid in some basic manageent ways. Who is always the sales manager of any sales team? the guy who sold the most 3-5 years ago, and was promoted… does that mean he can manage people or hire people or coach people? hardly ever! I was on a coaching search committee once at the college and we sat four people down and came up with a bunch of criteria to select the first round of candidates off of, consisting of such hallmarks as coaching certifications, among other stupid things, and then paired down the next level of candidates off of weighted averages of the previous candidates which included a significantly higher grade for coaches with Master’s degree rather than undergrad degrees and any coaching experience or success. you see where this is going , and you can guess I am still embarassed to have been associated with such an idiotic approach to hiring a coach, however it does give a glimpse of the follishness that can go on across the interview table from good coaching candidates.
I guess the only point of all my reply is to say you are dead on in saying that inevitably there will be plenty of teams that are no better off in making coaching changes, due in part to highly flawed hiring processes such as the one I mentioned!
good work KD!
-Str8
by str8change on Feb 25, 2008 2:34 PM EST reply actions
Excellent blog, KD! Great reply, str8.
I always find it amazing in how it is determined on who the next head coach/manager will be. Based on what I have read from both of you guys, there is alot of flaws in the hiring processes in all sports. I am especially disturbed by str8’s story. That was unbelievable, man. I know that had to frustrate the heck out of you, dude. Anyway, great job by both of you guys and I appreciate you guys responding to my blogs. I look forward to many more of those and the brilliant ideas that you guys have!
I’m out and I will talk at you later,
BSF
by Big Sooners fan on Feb 25, 2008 2:34 PM EST reply actions
I was surprised when I came in to check you Blog and found several well thought out pieces. Great work and keep it up, I’ll gladly check to hear points on different subjects from time to time.
Great Writing
by 11bosshogg11 on Feb 25, 2008 2:34 PM EST reply actions
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