(06-13-2018 11:32 AM)illiniowl Wrote:  

(06-13-2018 09:38 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-13-2018 09:26 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-13-2018 09:19 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Regardless of who gets hired, there will be some who have a negative reaction to him. The best way to minimize that is to start winning from Day 1 and to keep winning.

Given that Day 1 is a waayyyssss away, the best way to minimize that is to discuss the decision with the stakeholders before it's publicly announced.

You are still going to have some PO'ed people, and they will stay PO'ed until we return to what Owls now think is normal - conference championships, trips to Omaha, etc. If those don't materialize, the dissatisfaction will grow, not ease.

As a Rice fan and season ticket holder, am I a stakeholder? I have more influence on who the next Senator from Texas will be than the next Rice baseball coach. But I would be happy with Coach Hillary Clinton if she takes us back to the levels we were at in the early 00's. And, no, I wouldn't care if she showered with the team. Or not.


Just win.

Well, by that logic, you would have been happy with Hillary as POTUS if she could just produce "wins" for America . . . in other words, you would have been willing to wait to see her results on the job before deciding whether to support or oppose. And we know that's not the case from your posts in the Quad. So your hyperbole is inconsistent in addition to being hyperbole.

I had seen her results on the job...the same jobs you guys touted as her experience.

Quote:But of course I don't think it is/was unwarranted or illegitimate for you to oppose Clinton before giving her the job (or the same, mutatis mutandis, for Trump opponents), because those objections were based on appraisals of competence and fitness for the particular job, appraisals that certainly every citizen has the right to make and voice his/her opinion on.

I had a vote in the election. I have no power or influence here, no say, no vote.
Useless for me to opine for this guy, against that one. But if the movers and shakers want my opinion, I will give it to them, just as I did in November, 2016. And FTR, my vote then was for "none of the above". Also FTR, I think Hillary has the same chance of leading the Owls to greatness as she had of leading America well. So I guess that's two votes for Coach Hillary, yours and mine.

My point is that if the choice produces good results, the objections to him/her will be muted. If not, they will be amplified.