first of all, congrats to the meet directors and all the volunteers on a job well done. so organized and efficient!! very impressive. the only thing i wish someone could explain to me is why the usms champ. committee changed the team scoring from large, medium and small team to clumping everyone in the same category. seems extremely unfair to have what i call "real teams" competing against state mega teams. there is no possibility for "real teams" to ever come close to competing against them. if you are going to give team awards at the end of the meet, is there any way you can do it fairly? our team is extremely proud to have gotten as many team members as we did to go to natls. (most of them for the first time), but unfortunately they were very disillusioned (as was i) with the idea that we would be competing against state teams. as one of the coaches i didn't have an explanation. even though we were very proud of our 7th place finish in men's division, and our 12th place in combined, we were only one of a few "real teams" in the top ten. would appreciate responses. maybe even someone from the champ.committee could explain how they felt this scoring system would be more fair to the majority of swimmers. then i can pass it along to my teammates.. i don't want them to be so disillusioned that they lose interest in attending any future natls. thanks
Your "personal" might be more in the line with the success of the magazine...
The magazine is definitely not about what I want personally. If it was, it would look quite different.
Not voting on things I feel are personally driven is nothing new. I've been doing it that way ever since I walked on the job in 1999. I also abstain from voting on anything that relates to my job, and that includes the vote on SWIM vs. SWIMMER back in 2004. At first, Phil Whitten was very upset with me for abstaining, but fortunately, we preserved our friendship through a very difficult, awkward situation. Following that vote, I had to work for several months with both SWIM and SWIMMER. That was extremely difficult, but also enlightening.
Now that we have done strategic planning, it's given me a lot more reason to comment when I feel items are personally driven. Doesn't always make me the most popular person, but I really don't care too much about that. I'm just doing what I feel I've been asked to do.
Your "personal" might be more in the line with the success of the magazine...
The magazine is definitely not about what I want personally. If it was, it would look quite different.
Not voting on things I feel are personally driven is nothing new. I've been doing it that way ever since I walked on the job in 1999. I also abstain from voting on anything that relates to my job, and that includes the vote on SWIM vs. SWIMMER back in 2004. At first, Phil Whitten was very upset with me for abstaining, but fortunately, we preserved our friendship through a very difficult, awkward situation. Following that vote, I had to work for several months with both SWIM and SWIMMER. That was extremely difficult, but also enlightening.
Now that we have done strategic planning, it's given me a lot more reason to comment when I feel items are personally driven. Doesn't always make me the most popular person, but I really don't care too much about that. I'm just doing what I feel I've been asked to do.
