INTERESTING: Tiger-gate?

Saturday, November 28, 2009

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/alternative_media_scoops_msm_o.html

November 28, 2009
Alternative media scoops MSM on Tiger Woods story
Rick Moran

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So one of the greatest athletes in the world is unable to navigate the treacherous arc of his driveway and has to be rescued by his wife?

Mrs. Woods breaks the rear window of Tiger’s 2009 Escalade to free him and the police arrive to find Tiger “in and out of consciousness” on the ground? All of this most unusual activity takes place at 2:25 a.m. with the same guy who can thread a 1 iron through the fork of a sapling and onto the green suddenly unable to negotiate an Escalade around the same fire hydrant and tree he zips by every time he leaves home.

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So, here we have the makings of a great “tin foil hat” item.

What exactly is going on here? And, why are the police and the media treading so softly. Couldn’t be his popular image? Or could it?

The crime to this old Little L Libertarian requires a victim. Any “tin foil hat” conspiracy requires a cover up.

So where is the victim? Sounds like Tiger, the fire hydrant, and the tree.

Where is the conspiracy? Sounds like the wife not admitting the police to interview Tiger is the “smoking gun”.

To misquote Paul Harvey: “Stand by for news”.

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JOBSEARCH: What can we learn from college coaches

Saturday, November 28, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=abdoqoaxMIls

Notre Dame Football Can End Coaching Arms Race: Scott Soshnick

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Thanks to an indefensible extension awarded by White, the former athletic director, Weis is under contract through 2015. And he’s owed about $18 million. Talk about your buyout bonanzas.

That money could have gone to things like pay for scholarships, professors or infrastructure.

If Notre Dame, where academics actually matter, even for athletes, is about to embark on yet another coaching search, I suggest they proceed with one person in mind: the late National Collegiate Athletic Association President Myles Brand.

It was Brand, the first college president to lead the NCAA, who time and again voiced concern over what he called an arms race for coaching salaries in revenue-generating sports like football and basketball.

Imagine if Notre Dame established at the outset of its search a salary limit of, let’s say, $1 million. Just because you spend more doesn’t mean you’re getting better.

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For my part, the lesson I take away is “You ain’t gonna be around long”.

I’ve learned that lesson. Even if you’re diligent, work hard, keep your nose clean, you’re going to get screwed.

An inept boss, a treacherous one, and even a good one, isn’t enough to save you.

So what is the strategy and tactics that you should adopt to minimize the damage?

Make no mistake, there will be damage!

Strategies:

  1. Ruthless financial discipline. (Small leaks and big leaks need to be stopped cold.)
  2. Realistic emergency fund ready. (Double your expected unemployment time.)
  3. Never ever stop networking. (Remember your new job is to find your next job.)  

Tactics:

  1. Keep helping folks via social networking like LinkedIn and Facebook.
  2. Seek exposure — blog, speak, coach — inside and out.
  3. Document your “lessons learned” regardless if you share them or not.
  4. Continue — or begin — collecting McKay66 sheets on EVERYONE. (JibberJobber anyone?)

Summary:

Thanksgiving is the holiday that focuses on turkeys. This big turkey knows of what he speaks. He’s had his tail feathers plucked numerous times.

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