01-08-2020, 01:27 PMjRuutu Wrote:

01-08-2020, 12:40 PMJNH Wrote: You can’t give someone a spot just cause they’ve applied over and over.  You assess applications on the basis of that position at this point in time.  If they felt Gibbles is more qualified (which they did), it doesn’t make sense to give it to McZ just because the league is in a “pretty rough spot” or because he’s tried enough times.

I know that and understand that, BUT McZ is not just some member who is looking for a job, like him or not, but cant deny he has the experience and tools for GM job. If he keeps looking a for a GM job all the time, at what point you either hire him or let him know what is going on? That is where I see the problem right now.

That’s exactly my point, I don’t think they’re under a duty to tell him “you’ll never get hired”. I say that mainly because I don’t think he’s explicitly blacklisted. I just think that he’s continually being passed over for better candidates. Is his past being factored in? Probably. But I don’t think HO has to say they’ll never hire him because that’s more or less untrue. They may hire him, but it’s hard when there’s fresh faces who also have the experience and tools for the GM job and don’t have his history of being dismissed (twice).

Basically, I think the issue here is that McZ needs to realize that he had his chance and needs to do something more than re-applying to get a head GM spot back. Whether that’s trying to get in at the ground floor by joining SMJHL management and working his way up or some other way, I’m not sure but what’s going on now isn’t working. He’s applying based on experience in the league and as GM, but his management past isn’t exactly squeaky clean. If I was HO, I’d need to see him successfully hold down a managerial position for a substantial period of time before even considering allowing him to take over control of a franchise that needs strong leadership right now.