The new guy brings a large group of friends, family, colleagues, aquaintances etc etc to notice HDY. He'll buy some stock and who he knows could lead to some more positive analyst coverage or who knows what positives can come from this new hire. It's another brick in the wall that short sellers will have to climb when they cover...hopefully at much higher prices.
I had rather vivid dream some time last night...in the dream, our share price launched big time and $18.92 was where I caved in and sold half the shares in our larger retirement account...LOL, it seemed so real at the time...and I was already looking to buy back lower when it dipped to $14! Some things never change...even while dreaming late at night!!