| Parrthenon 2004-12-28, 6:46 am |
| < Don't expect Johnsonpride to admit he's a trough-feeder. And Lord knows he is
a trough-feeder. > -- Neil Brennen
But Eric did work hard at the Federation. My opinion is that the job was his
life. A calling of a kind.
All I am saying is how infinitely REFRESHING it would be if Eric were to
write: "I started out against the move to Crossville. Then I realized that the
Federation would be losing nearly its entire experienced staff. My life was
working in the interstices of organized chess, and the truth is that I want
that job back. Which is why I am now showing my loyalty to the powers that
be. Entre nous, I have also learned that many people considered me rigid, and
my most secret thought is that they are right. I promise that if the
Federation permits me to return, I will work hard to remove that flaw from my
managerial thinking and conduct. I will cease seeking to find reasons to
justify my decisions. If my original reasons are clearly wrong, I will
immediately reconsider a given issue."
For at least some of us who knew Eric in the early-to-mid 1990s, the
above seems as obvious as the sun at high noon on a clear, dulcet summer's day.
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"FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not be
able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical Commission.
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