Almost all tournaments have a back up day. If back up day is a no go then a reshedule or just drop that one out. So was there a reschedule day for this one? would today have been a much wiser choice? These are suppose to be for everyone to fun fish in. I understand in the real big tournaments the problem with reschedule issues. But for a fun tournament?????
Who makes the call when is it advisable? Was some of this discussed ? Why when the weather was so much better for today and known ahead of time. If the prize was 10 bucks a hot dog and a pat on the back, and you had the option to fish saturday or sunday knowing your gonna travel 30+, what day would you have picked?
Ed,
There is always a solution to a problem. A solution might be to discuss this, and not have a tourny late in the year as Raven suggested. Smart idea. Find ways to make things better when things have not turned out how we anticipated. However you have elected to publicly chastise. While I appreciate your concern, there are a few facts here.
1) You were part of the committee that made the 3 foot over and under rule, consistent with the coho club. We followed this guideline in this tournament.
2) You were part of the committee that wanted to have an end of year tournament on this date.
3) You were the only moderator not to show up at registration to assist or discuss what was going on.
Ultimately I am being treated as if this was my singular decision when it is a group effort to do the right thing. Do I have a larger role in the decision? Yes probably so by default, but its still a group decision. 4 out 4 moderators at registration decided it was a go. I spoke to you on the phone at that time, and you said it was pretty windy, but yet still never suggested that we should not do the tournament at that time. While none of us were thrilled about the waves to start, nobody suggested at 5am that we move the tournament to sunday. Not one single person.
I am glad we had a few new guys onboard that had a good time even though conditions were tough to start, and fishing tougher. The tournament was certainly challenging and in hindsight, some changes are needed to keep things fun.
The back half of this thread is disappointing, and honestly quite embarrassing. We moderators should be focused on tweaking our decisions to make things better instead of pointing fingers. There is no need to continue this discussion. Lets focus our efforts in making the events better instead of bickering.
