[Tom Bacsanyi]

Write a job announcement like this:


https://careers.gcsaa.org/jobs/14365894/golf-course-superintendent


Twitter outrage:


https://twitter.com/GCSAA_JobBoard/status/1356374401218969600

[SB]

The best part of this post was finding this twitter handle:


https://twitter.com/GreensCommittee

 

[Tommy Williamsen]

The best part of this post was finding this twitter handle:


https://twitter.com/GreensCommittee

 

Took me a minute but it is wonderful.
Can't imagine anyone will apply for that job. It is an impossible task. All he can do is fail.

[John Emerson]

I saw this on the job board yesterday and thought “lol who in the hell in their right mind would ever apply for this!?!”  This is bullshit and whoever wrote this should be ashamed of themselves.

[John Kavanaugh]

Can you take your dog to work?

[Tom Bacsanyi]

I doubt the Fun Police that runs this joint would allow pupsters.

[Mike_Trenham]

Superintendent will be held accountable for any barking of the staff dog above 65 decibels as measured from 60 yards away with a wind velocity under 15 mph.

[John Kavanaugh]

Ouch. It can be sad how only the members you wish didn't read your blog do. I hope the guy who wrote the blog still has a job or is happy in his current pursuits. A bus stop reference may fly over the heads of the Jackson Hole crowd. Enough members know a green its dead without publishing pictures of it on the club website. Excuses are like assholes, they own vacation homes in Jackson Hole. Why publish a blog only filled with failure and half promises for improvement?


http://jhgtcblog.blogspot.com

[John Kavanaugh]

This is starting to look like a dream job. You get at least one free year based on the current condition of the course followed by a long off season. I'd say realistically you get a soft 3 years to make this a reasonable glorified muni. Home run.

[John Kavanaugh]

I thought about starting a thread titled "How to Not Write a Great Superintendent Blog".


Please don't tell your members that your favorite time to putt the greens is right after a topdressing because the sand is so smooth.


If any of you guis know the author of the blog please ask him to delete it for his own sake. Turning this ad into a national referendum on the stupidity of golf club members is a dangerous game.

[Peter Flory]

I mean, at least they are clear in what they want. 


I would probably want to have a chat with the outgoing super though...

[Pat Burke]

All the decisions have been made


Why hire anyone. 

[Peter Flory]

All the decisions have been made

Why hire anyone. 

You need a fall guy.

[JohnH]

So what’s the issue??

[Kalen Braley]

The best part of this post was finding this twitter handle:

https://twitter.com/GreensCommittee

 

This handle is hilarious.  Barney is that you! 

[mike_beene]

I will say that the few times I have played there the staff was friendly and the conditions great and the scenery...And it is no worse than every law firm I have ever worked in.

[Grant Saunders]

It looks like whoever posted the ad pulled some standards from the clubs course management policy or the actual job description.


I see no real issue with the ad in respects to that whoever applies knows exactly where things stand and they would be going into that position with their eyes wide open. Its probably quite a good way to ensure that the new person shares the same philosophies about course maintenance as what the club are looking to achieve. Whether or not what they are asking is actually achievable agronomically for their climate/region is not for me to decide as I dont know their situation.


Plenty of club/superintendent relationships become derailed when there is a divergence in what either the club or super feels is the direction the course should be taken. An ad like that does a pretty good job of clearly stating what the club are after and could even be a product of a past situation where different goals may have created friction.

[Tim_Weiman]

This is starting to look like a dream job. You get at least one free year based on the current condition of the course followed by a long off season. I'd say realistically you get a soft 3 years to make this a reasonable glorified muni. Home run.

John,


I decided to apply for the job, but the interview didn’t go well. The guy got a little bit harsh when I told him I expected overtime pay when there is snow on the ground.

[jeffwarne]

All the decisions have been made


Why hire anyone. 

+1

[Bruce Katona]

JK & I will apply...JK takes May 1-Oct 31.


I Take Nov 1 - April 30

[Kyle Harris]

Had a hearty chuckle at this myself.

Though, it seems to have been written by someone that did some research on things golfers like and then on how to build a USGA green completely absent of context. The OM requirement is what makes me think that.

I am curious if the greens can be at any other speed during other times of the day.

[John_Cullum]

The best part for me was discovering AlisterWokenzie.

[Kyle Harris]

The best part for me was discovering AlisterWokenzie.

You're late to that party. He's almost become predictable.


For awhile, I thought it was you.

[Tom Bacsanyi]

Wokenzie is definitely a GCA member, no question. I hope he/she never gets doxxed.

[Michael Moore]

Excuses are like assholes, they own vacation homes in Jackson Hole.

John, you are the best.

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