There's such a thing as too much Hunter

But here's the rub: The NEJM researchers says there is no known cure for this malady. No matter your certainty that Hunter Harrison is killing railroads as we know them, contrary evidence keeps popping up that appears to insure that Hunter Fatigue will continue unless treated. This is because Mr. Harrison appears to strangely leave railroads in better condition than when he found them. They cite first of all Illinois Central, which was snapped up by Canadian National after Mr. Harrison's tenure lowered its costs and its operating ratio from nearly 90 (near bankrupt) to barely above 60 (wickedly profitable). Coincident with the purchase of Illinois Central, the article reports, Mr. Harrison was employed to run CN. After Mr. Harrison left Canadian National, the article goes on to say, the railroad became the most successful (by almost any yardstick) and fastest growing in North America. His recent stint prior to CSX, at Canadian Pacific, appears to show signs of a similar post-Hunter surge, the article reports. The bottom line, they report, is that no matter how certain you are that Mr. Harrison should be lined up against a wall, blindfolded and tickled for hours with goose feathers just out of his reach, the more the nagging doubt that he might actually know something important, thereby keeping you in torment, which is to say, Hunter Anxiety.