Interesting and opinionated, this makes the world go around!
#1 (Doug) Are you in danger? (Team) No! we just want to weigh our fish.
At the meeting the night prior, I stated that if you're in trouble call the Coast Guard or Sherrif, call me "ONLY" as a courtesy to let me know that you're going to be late or you've called for a resuce. I can't help you as I have "NO" way to help!
Federation rules state the use of a cell phone is prohibited unless it is a emergency! Once again, (Doug) Are you in "DANGER" (TEAM) NO! Team usage of the cell violates a rule. Disqualified!!!!!
#2 Prior to the so called earth shattering issue, my cell battery was drained because of boats that were broke down and individuals had requested that we relay messages to their club people. A competent team would have all their teams numbers to handle their "NON-EMERGENCY" business! Which, once again violates a FEDERATION RULE! Not a So called incompitant Director.
#3 I am implimenting Michigan B.A.S.S. Chapter Federation Rules and way of doing business, NOT B.A.S.S., BFL, EVERSTART or any other "Perfectly" run tournament! You want change? You change rules! Don't change rules in the middle of a tournament to benifit you or your club! Enforcing rules is what I was hired to do! I don't care who or what you are, Nobody and I mean nobody gets treated differently!
#4 It is "NOT" my responsiblilty to ensure "ALL" the rigs are properly maintained! YOU STATED THAT YOU WERE NEVER IN DANGER!!!!!!
#5 Under Staffed????? A Supervisor to a work force is responsible for 1 to 50 or even more Grown individuals, My sons classroom has 28 kids. We had 276 ANGLERS and we had 14 staff members, less than 20 per staff person. We weighed 968 fish, processed 276 Anglers weight in 125 miniutes that day! Are you implying that you need more staff?
#6 The only way other than a fellow competitor could do a boat switch would be for me to do a complete boat check. The Federations rules state that the livewell must be able to sustain 10 not 20 fish, this is an interesting dilema for a team that has fish. Even if another competitor were to go back out, I must stop the weigh in and do a complete boat check. Take the time to check a boat and possibly kill many fish? Where is the logic? Kill many fish to ensure someone who didn't properly maintain there boat has "Special Treatment". Ownership of the fish are the Anglers not the Tournament Director, an Angler gets penalized for not properly maintaining there fish. I provide the teams with tanks, pumps and solution to help them in keeping "THEIR" catch alive. I can't give them a tool and then take it away, time is their tool. The quicker the fish get back to the lake the less mortality we have, and yes there always will be some sort of a kill. The better an Angler feels about his or her day if we help them do a successful release.
#6 Protecting my wife! Yes, she did nothing have something thrown in her face and by the way...Was Larry at the meeting? Was he a participant in the tournament? Who has formulated an off based opinion without being at the event? Who is protecting who? How many big tournaments has the fellow club member who has decided to post her opinion participated in? Or has she just fished small club tournaments that "You" seeked my advise on! Little tournaments are run entirely different than bigger tournaments!
Mongolian @#!$#&$*????? I had no idea the Mongolian Cluster Puck that's right the letter "P" in the front, was offensive. I don't condone or participate in the filthy language. I will delete Mongolian from my vocabulary as I know know it offeds someone.
Many half truths have been stated! I have very thick skin! I understand that an angler will fight the fight till they feel they have mustered support for their cause. I have rules that I must adhere to, this factual! Muster all you have to, but it is you who are to blame! If you don't like a rule, vote on a change! Once again, I can't change them!
Let the thread go as long as you want! I will post no more as I have the rules and the truth on my side! More people came to me and shared personal thoughts of the situation and many said they wouldn't want to do what we do! "EVERY" tournament has problems, this being the largest tournament that Michgan B.A.S.S. Chapter has had, of course there will be new ground to go over. So there was a few problems, we will work on our thoughts on rectifing issues with the Board of Directors and hopefully the "VERY FEW" anglers will work on treating people as people, not something to kick when they have things go wrong in th"their" day!
In addition, I would never complain about the morning check in! This is the best part of the tournament, yes, the best part. I get to speak one on one with most of the anglers and welcome them to the tournament. I had many staff guys wanting to do the check in but only a few times was there a back up. I am not affraid to work! I could also do the check in on the water but, many guys that are affaid to ask a question in front of people could'nt get an answer to something they find puzzleing.
As far as the confussion on the Anglers part of not knowing about the box's in front of the stage, I went over it at the Thursday night meeting and in the morning meeting. I can't make anyone listen, they are bound for failure if they can't pay attention for just a little while. I can't fix their problem! Why do we have the anglers come to the trailer with their plate? In every tournament known to man, there has been a case where someone claims they were on shore yet they were never checked in. MY WAY OF DOING BUSINESS ENSURES WE REACT QUICKLY IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OR LATE BOAT!
Doug