In all seriousness, I wonder if its the assistant superintendents that will get evaluated when labor gets tight. Isn't the ideal ratio of supervisor to employee somewhere between 1 to 7-12? If staffs drop a bit, certainly the middle managment can get dropped at some courses.
JK,
I think your reaction is a little knee jerk in a couple of ways.
In the construction side, I have seen many Hispanic project superintendents, and a few years back they were laborers, then bunker or tile foreman. They worked their way up on merit, as is the American dream. I have seen some Hispanic supers on the maintenance side as well. Given how integral they are to the golf scene, and that America is getting more diverse all the timedoesn't it make sense that some work their way up, much like it makes sense to have black head coaches?
BTW, we can't forget the role technology will play in reducing labor costs - there are already remote control mowers, that can mow using GPS and computers. One superintendent says he can see fw and rough, but not greens and tees being mowed this way, but that may change in time. Short term, the only problem is the initial investment that clubs will be hestitant to make.