Put Yourself in MY's Shoes...

meangreen — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:34:54 -0000

It seems like some of you are grossly overreacting to MY's comments yesterday. There is absolutely no reason for MY to move to third base right now, and that's all he was trying to say. I think the hatred some of you hold for MY caused you to ignore the part where he said:

"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said. "I can't envision what's going to happen down the road, but for right now and the near future, any position other than shortstop is not an option."

or:

"If something happens down the road and the team is better served by me moving, I'm sure there will be some discussions," Young said. "But the time is not now, and I don't see it in the near future."

Let's put this in real world terms. I'll use myself as an example. I'm a senior financial analyst (MY) and I 'm being asked change to another position. This is how I see the current situation....

BOSS: Hey Mike, now that Hank has left the marketing department we feel that it would be better for the company if you gave up your senior financial analyst position and took Hank's old position in the marketing department. We just feel that your skills as a senior financial analyst will begin declining over the next few years and would be better suited for the less demanding marketing job. Now I know you have been nothing but a team player and want nothing more than to see this company succeed....I mean when our previous senior financial analyst transferred to New York, you volunteered to take on his responsibilities and have been nothing short of serviceable.

ME: So, who's going to take my position?

BOSS: We don't currently have anybody within the company that can do your job any better than you are doing, but we have our eye on a kid that will graduate college in a year or two. We're hoping he'll be something special, but right now he still has some things to work on.

Now, I know this scenario is completely ridiculous, but it's similar to what some you seemingly want to happen.

The question in the article was, "Secondly, does this mean Michael Young is headed for third base?" Since the question does not state a time frame, MY answered for both the present and the future, and both were good answers.

Am I moving to third base right now - Absolutely not.

Will I move to third in the future - if the team will benefit by me moving over in the future, we'll talk about it then. (paraphrase)

What's wrong with that? Give the guy a break.

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Put Yourself in MY's Shoes...