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Chris Holtmann (ex-tOSU Bball coach, HC at DePaul)

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Holtmann knew that he was gone at the end of the year unless he made the NCAAs and perhaps even then. There comes a time in every role, when a person simply runs out of ideas, stress builds, exhaustion sets in, and it becomes time to leave. One look at Holtmann in recent games--the puffy face and eyes, the expressions of sadness and disappointment, the body posture--would tell anyone who looks at body language that his time to go was now. Even the good guys sometimes have to drop tools and move on.
 
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Oh8ch said:
You will have a hard time convincing me that this was Gene's call. Bjork is running this show now and Smith is a lame duck reading the lines he has to say. A difficult role for a class act IMO.
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Reading Gene’s body language during that presser it appeared to me that he did not write it….did not agree with it but was forced to do it. I have had to downsize my organizations on several occasions due to business conditions. Unfortunately, sometimes the “who” got downsized was out of my control due to HR/Legal restrictions. After botching my first one I took some advice……have every word you are to say written down and in front of you. Read it verbatim…..don’t wing it. I’m sure to the poor downsized person I appeared like Gene appeared. Yuck.
 
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DaveyBoy said:
Reading Gene’s body language during that presser it appeared to me that he did not write it….did not agree with it but was forced to do it. I have had to downsize my organizations on several occasions due to business conditions. Unfortunately, sometimes the “who” got downsized was out of my control due to HR/Legal restrictions. After botching my first one I took some advice……have every word you are to say written down and in front of you. Read it verbatim…..don’t wing it. I’m sure to the poor downsized person I appeared like Gene appeared. Yuck.
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That is very good advice. Don't allow the questions to start. Simply acknowledge the positive contributions and worth of the individual in your prepared talk and indicate that the downsizing is a managerial decision that you do not have the power to reverse.
 
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The HR rules these days are pretty onerous. Anything you say CAN and WILL be held against you. That means anything you say in a recommendation that keeps someone from reconnecting can be taken to court. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but California has gotta be the absolute worst. It's been awhile, but when asked for a recommendation, all we were instructed to say (by HR lawyers), was position held, beginning and ending dates, and would they be eligible for rehire. That last bit was struck out. Would imagine that with a $12million buy-out, there wouldn't be much whining, but in more normal ranks, could be taken to court. One learns not to call the current/last job for a reference, but go one job beyond that, and you could get a more informative outlook. Certainly Gene is a lameduck, but bears responsibility until he exits his position. So yeah, it was his responsibility to cut the strings. PS, DaveyBoy and Steve got it right. Have (make) HR write the presser, and don't embelish (and keep the copy), to avoid any complications. Holtmann ran a very good program, all he failed to do was win. But the basketball team was not winning, and that translated into empty seats in the Schott, which is a bad thing. Next one up!
 
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