It's Thursday and that day indicates coffee and donut with the guys. In our group are two pilots both of who are commercial. One is a heavy long haul guy over the big waters. One is an engineer who helped create HP in the very beginning. Another is a Dr. and the last is a retired minister. Boy the conversations we get into? On any given day, we can cure the whoa of the government both in the US and western Europe. In other words, .. loads of wisdom.
The pilot with AA said, what's the latest on hiring a new coach with your school. (they know my school but they have to do the usual ragging on each other because its the rule, no exceptions) I answered by explanation of the candidates). Running down the list I got the usual hum..nah..ok. Mentioned the last two, and they either smiled or gave me the crocked head and the bug eye. Lastly I mentioned the current coach at the Dallas school. No doubt of their immediate reaction. "He doesn't fit the mold of TCU athletics or the school." I thought about that for a second and in my mind said, you know, that may the simplest answer I've heard as to reason why that coach seems to garner only slight reaction. Men of this caliber of experience can cut right to the heart. It many times is not what you want to hear but its probably the closets thing to the right answer. Thought you might want to know the thoughts of some successful businessmen.
I'm a bit concerned with the selection committee at this point. Every day I read a different name and I'm wondering, they haven't found the man yet or they have and are scared to make the wrong decision. That last part scares me a lot. Sounds like, well let me give you an answer as an example. I'm not in real estate but have heard time and time again where your selling a home to a buyer, you pick out three or four homes to show and that's it. You show more and you confuse the buyer, doubts spring into their heads and before long, you hear your client.... what about this and that. In other words you open the door and it takes you forever to close the sale. It can go on and on and a month later you've lost control of the client and most likely the sale. Believe that pretty much holds true on any product your trying to sell. So the point is, has TCU opened the door and more doubts have crept into the decision making. Do we really have a clear cut idea of the qualifications of the candidate. Getting to the heart quickly, they most likely have the man in front of them but can't pull the trigger. Confusion ..? On the other hand, it also means TCU is a valuable position and candidates want to throw their hat into the ring.. Question I have: where is your confidence, where is your focus? If your confused and asking ...what about this and that, possibly you need to sit down, quietly stare into each committee member eyes, and say lets refocus and get it right.
