You obviously know something the rest of us don't. Some managers request inputs, good or bad, on applicants while others don't. Never seen that to be 'definitive', though. That being said, if a number of instructors came in and said "Over my dead body do you hire that dirtball", I think that would carry some weight. As it should... I'm going to revel now in my absolute power and do the dishes because my wife just threatened me.