Jim Haney Quotes (12 Quotes)

Our plan isn't to threaten them, but we want to address raising the standards on how their programs are administered and managed so that these kinds of incidents are true to what we say -- that it is a small number of coaches involved and the vast majority of guys are doing it well.

The revelations surrounding the firings this past six months were much more than just breaking a rule,

They delay and may go to (another) school and in four months get eight or 10 core course requirements. And within that sequence you might be taking Algebra I and II and geometry, which doesn't make sense (that) you could fulfill those (at the same time).

This is the position of the board Hands off, ... We want to help these schools get back on their feet, not hurt them.

A regular Palm customer can come in here a couple times a week and get different things. That's the goal. They are going to get the best steak, but they are also going to find the same quality in our veal dishes or whatever.

That kind of attention makes me feel comfortable with the product we serve. If he's cutting it, he's inspecting it, too.

There was discussion of it (among university presidents) in the last couple years, and there hasn't been much enthusiasm for it at this point. I think that discussion needs to continue, but I don't see any movement in that direction.

From the standpoint that identifies there are circumstances that are beyond control of the coach, (and) you can't hold the coach accountable, I think this is very positive.

The way we look at this is we don't want IT to be in the critical path, if you will, of supporting where the business wants to go.

I think it was just a general reluctance to change. But the coaches were able to communicate with their athletic directors why this rule made sense. Then it gained more and more support.

The whole goal in this place was to grab the local community. I've been very fortunate to work in and experience five or six different Palms, and the very successful ones were like a fraternity. It was the same core of people spending their money. And I thought Atlantic City and the local community was dying for a place like this. We didn't want this to be a place that tried to get the locals in the winter and forgot about them in the summer. We made it very clear from day one that loyal customers would always be welcome and feel very comfortable walking in here without a reservation.

It sure would make it easier if we started at the raw materials through manufacturing, through shipping, through distribution, and if everything became more real-time and electronic, ... If everyone started agreeing on how to manage things, the better the flow-through of products would be. Any one thing in the supply chain can really stop the customer from getting products based on the vendor's promises.