05-30-2010, 02:43 PM
The issue of telling players to lose weight is not what is sinking this program. Which, makes my point. Don\'t load up a bill of particulars with hurt feelings about Weight Watchers when there is plenty else that she is apparently doing wrong...disastrously wrong per the results. The way these things most times go, the person in the spotlight is NOT completely crazy. They do some things that make sense and a "normal" coach (employee) would do. It\'s sorting out the weird, unproductive (destructive) things they do from the OK things they do that enables employers to build a decision case on the employee\'s fitness.
Somewhat related, a good friend of mine leads a technical team for a large networking company (rival of Cisco). He has one employee who is simply not productive and always has a well-crafted excuse. Actually, a whole phalanx of excuses. He\'s been passed from dept. to dept. and team to team literally for years. Always easier for a manager to transfer him without going through the hassle of getting him fired. My friend is doing every manager of the tech. division a favor by doing what needs to be done. The hardest thing? Isolating the true performance-realted failings from the list of rumor, undocumented problems and general gossip (which might be true, but useless) in 1) making a fair decision 2) have that decision be legally defensible...not a minor consideration these days.
Oregon State might be lucky if all they have to pay is her salary buyout. Might seem cheap compared to protracted litigation if the coach really believes she is a victim. They often do.
Somewhat related, a good friend of mine leads a technical team for a large networking company (rival of Cisco). He has one employee who is simply not productive and always has a well-crafted excuse. Actually, a whole phalanx of excuses. He\'s been passed from dept. to dept. and team to team literally for years. Always easier for a manager to transfer him without going through the hassle of getting him fired. My friend is doing every manager of the tech. division a favor by doing what needs to be done. The hardest thing? Isolating the true performance-realted failings from the list of rumor, undocumented problems and general gossip (which might be true, but useless) in 1) making a fair decision 2) have that decision be legally defensible...not a minor consideration these days.
Oregon State might be lucky if all they have to pay is her salary buyout. Might seem cheap compared to protracted litigation if the coach really believes she is a victim. They often do.