Sorry Wolph, but give me a willing communicator over a guy who can speak Japanese... but doesn't communicate well.
I do agree that moves have to be made to include the non-English speakers (of various nationalities), but like it or not the lingua franca of this community is - at least currently - English. For me, a willingness to communicate is first and foremost.
I don't know Will. I'm sure he's a great bloke, and a damn fine manager (and I have no issues at all with controversy!)... but BB King did very well with our team last season, and regardless of thoughts of others, he communicated very well with me. Swoosh is my primary guy, but if Swoosh bowed out to vote for BB King... I'd most likely follow that lead.
Moot point, as BB King hasn't put his name in the ring.
http://with-malice.com/ - The half-crazed ramblings of a Lakers fanatic in Japan