Letters

I wonder if Dougherty ever built anything, started from scratch, created organizations that employ thousands or saw his peers in several different fields honor him and hold him up as the best!

Sure, Jerry made mistakes. Nothing comes with a failure-proof blueprint. The key is, how do you deal with a mistake?

Do you keep paying for something that isn't working, that violates what you stand for, or do you make the tough decisions and get rid of the problem?

When things get really tough, and the bills are piling up, do you keep your money in your pocket and declare bankruptcy or do you forget your ego, reduce your role and percentage and bring in help?

What would you do, Dougherty? Twenty-twenty hindsight doesn't fix anything today!

I wonder if Jerry's fortunes would be different if Bank One Ballpark had been built at 40th Street and McDowell, as he wanted, instead of downtown where everybody else wanted it. Do you think the difference in cost might have been just enough to have allowed his plan to succeed?

And last, John, don't talk about how great Michael Crow is until 25 years have past. I'll bet, right now, there are more upset faculty members at ASU than there have ever been upset employees on Jerry's teams.
Art Consoli, Scottsdale