(08-27-2020, 08:06 AM)manicmav36 Wrote:(08-26-2020, 05:22 PM)Thor Wrote: Great to see another fair, open and transparent applications/hiring process for ISFL HO!TIL apparently we should be holding public interviews and only listening to mob rule.
So here's my take about it, because I will straight up say I agreed with Thor about this - but then HO explained why the immediate push to put someone as HO mid-season, bypassing the intern process.
I think user frustration in this area stems from, "Wow, a decision was made and we have no idea why suddenly it seems like the protocol which is in place was broken." 100% that is a valid reason to have frustration. I also understand that HO can't necessarily share everything they discuss, but a quick, "Hey, we hired x as HO immediately so we could continue to have an odd numbered HO for voting purposes, we picked x because of abc123." goes a long way. As a user who isn't a part of any other league, it looked like "Wow, a user who doesn't have a job in this league is just instantly promoted to HO?" and it left a bad taste in my mouth - learning from other people that he has experience in other leagues helps to eliminate that, but it could have been eliminated instantly with that quick 'Here's what we loved about him and why we hired him instantly.'
HO has been on the defensive about their hires (more-so in the expansion GM process), but if they had been more up front about reasons for hire and how the process normally works/why it was different this time, it could have eliminated some of that for other users. Things feel very reactive over proactive at times in the league.