Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
Brilliant! Absolutely breath-taking in its simplicity.
A wonderful example of the application of Occam’s Razor. As we all know the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham famously observed: "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate", or in the vulgar tongue: "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." In practical terms this means that if you have two equally likely solutions to a problem, choose the simplest.
Thus it was that having “undertaken an extensive global search over the past few months” CEO Jason Allen and his very experienced and astute Board came up with an extraordinarily minimalist solution:
Chris Hickey vacates his deck chair on the SS Waratanic and Alan Gaffney promptly sits in it.
Done. Fixed. Finito. What could be simpler?
Of course it had come to the attention of the Marketing Department at Driver Avenue that there was a slight degree of dissatisfaction among the Waratahs supporters this season. As a consequence the Board considered a vast array of possible improvements to what is by any measure already a world class entertainment product. These included some really lateral thinking such as orchestrating the booing as it at least provided some atmosphere at games, and roping off half of the seating in order to save on cleaning costs.
The only measure eventually adopted is to further elevate the level of the sound system and ensure that patrons are treated to an uninterrupted wall of sound from the time they enter the stadium. That way anyone tempted to complain about the hilarious half time entertainment of people making absolute goats of themselves will quickly realise that no one can hear them and therefore will shut up.
In order to maintain stability the current Board and staff will remain unchanged for the next three years, after which the Board may consider whether any further adjustments are required.
Look out Queensland. Here we come.
A wonderful example of the application of Occam’s Razor. As we all know the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham famously observed: "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate", or in the vulgar tongue: "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." In practical terms this means that if you have two equally likely solutions to a problem, choose the simplest.
Thus it was that having “undertaken an extensive global search over the past few months” CEO Jason Allen and his very experienced and astute Board came up with an extraordinarily minimalist solution:
Chris Hickey vacates his deck chair on the SS Waratanic and Alan Gaffney promptly sits in it.
Done. Fixed. Finito. What could be simpler?
Of course it had come to the attention of the Marketing Department at Driver Avenue that there was a slight degree of dissatisfaction among the Waratahs supporters this season. As a consequence the Board considered a vast array of possible improvements to what is by any measure already a world class entertainment product. These included some really lateral thinking such as orchestrating the booing as it at least provided some atmosphere at games, and roping off half of the seating in order to save on cleaning costs.
The only measure eventually adopted is to further elevate the level of the sound system and ensure that patrons are treated to an uninterrupted wall of sound from the time they enter the stadium. That way anyone tempted to complain about the hilarious half time entertainment of people making absolute goats of themselves will quickly realise that no one can hear them and therefore will shut up.
In order to maintain stability the current Board and staff will remain unchanged for the next three years, after which the Board may consider whether any further adjustments are required.
Look out Queensland. Here we come.
