I have been the paid masters coach at our Y for a couple years, and my supervisor wanted to know if this was an anomaly or not. So I am hoping you guys can help me with the following poll. To make it reasonably comparable to our situation, please respond only if your team has at least 10 or so masters swimmers. (Teams with fewer probably do the coaching on an ad hoc basis.)
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Jim,
I agree with everything said thus far; however, Ken's mention of money well spent rang very true to me. Having been in the Church music business for many, many years, I've seen many institutions limp along with unpaid, volunteer musicians, more specifically, the choir director and/or organist. While it has worked in a few instances, the reality is that this doesn't work as the norm. It boils down to the fact that "you get what you pay for."
For any successful program, in my book, be it music, swimming, etc., you have to hire someone who knows what he's doing, where's he going and has the support of his group. Doing it "on the cheap" tends to turn out to be "the most expensive" in the long run in my book. Whenever I hear the word free, I get that funny feeling. Someone's getting the short end of the stick.
Jim, tell that supervisor that in order to get quality, you need to spend a few bucks. Like the axiom goes in business, to make money, you have to invest money. Or so it seems to me.
Good luck on this one! Hey folks, can you give Jim some more input on this?
Mark
Jim,
I agree with everything said thus far; however, Ken's mention of money well spent rang very true to me. Having been in the Church music business for many, many years, I've seen many institutions limp along with unpaid, volunteer musicians, more specifically, the choir director and/or organist. While it has worked in a few instances, the reality is that this doesn't work as the norm. It boils down to the fact that "you get what you pay for."
For any successful program, in my book, be it music, swimming, etc., you have to hire someone who knows what he's doing, where's he going and has the support of his group. Doing it "on the cheap" tends to turn out to be "the most expensive" in the long run in my book. Whenever I hear the word free, I get that funny feeling. Someone's getting the short end of the stick.
Jim, tell that supervisor that in order to get quality, you need to spend a few bucks. Like the axiom goes in business, to make money, you have to invest money. Or so it seems to me.
Good luck on this one! Hey folks, can you give Jim some more input on this?
Mark
