(09-18-2019, 08:56 PM)ADwyer87 Wrote:also, what does this mean? This is the second time I've heard of this from S18 guys, so obviously its something many people are worried about, but i'm not sure what it entails. The first time I heard about it was with the Philly GM debacle, that we were not open with that. With that, i mean we were just in a bad situation, the team was in limbo. we let you guys know as soon as we decided a new GM, only thing we could have been more transparent with is letting it be public who had applied? I feel like that isnt really somethign we should provide, but is it something you want? With this, i guess the concern is that we weren't transparent with the past precedent? I guess we could say what has happened in the past in our new post, but this subforum does have all our past decisions and such, so while we may not be overtly disclosing things to you, we're not hiding anything either. For accountability, I am also confused. Like, are people mad we're not claiming this as our fault?Well, let's start by correcting my dumb mistake: I meant approachability, not accountability. Not that accountability is unimportant; I definitely believe that you should be willing to defend and feel justified in every decision you make. But I don't know that that is even an issue in this instance.
Second, in terms of transparency, I think it's just a matter of elaborating as to how you reach decisions. I think the resim decision is a great building block for that, for instance; obviously in this case, there is past precedent you can link people reading the decision to. I think I just want to know why decisions fall the way they do, not necessarily every step of the process.
Now, to actually address approachability: I have had personal conversations with exactly 0 members of HO in their capacity as HO. I fundamentally believe that each of you is a great person, in the same way that I feel that way about much of the league. But I do not know that I would even consider coming to any of you directly about concerns I have with the league, because the HO side of HO members does not feel as approachable. Maybe I'm the only one that feels that way, but I think maybe engage with the community in your capacity as HO in a way that makes HO seem open to a certain level of dialogue is what I'm saying.
Finally: I am flattered you think I'm part of the wonderful s18 class, but I am s17.
Thanks for engaging me, Dwyer. I think this gets to the approachability thing.