The Race to Replace Mary Sue Coleman - Part 3
January 7th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
Pat Narduzzi
January 8th, 2014 at 7:47 AM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
Gruden
January 10th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
the timing of mack brown's resignation from Texas makes sense now...
January 8th, 2014 at 2:45 AM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 7:38 AM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^
What if we promise to name the undergrad library after him? That might have some pull.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
i laughed out loud and aspirated coffee ! All we would have to do is change the first name on the placque, not a big deal...
January 8th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
Dean Munson has my vote, although I don't have any good reasons for that.
January 8th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
...and go get Lee C. Bollinger back!
January 8th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
"...and go get Lee C. Bollinger back!"
No.
In bed with radcial anti-American speakers, but also anti-ROTC.
Spent millions to defend a racist "Blacks get 20 bonus points for skin color" plan that was even a non-starter with O'Connor.
Openly plotted to violate the Nike contract.
Big House studio scandal.
January 11th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
enjoy Bolivia!
January 8th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
really appreciate this.
January 8th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
Thanks for the updates. In my opinion, the most important issue facing the new president will be increasing financial aid and slowing the skyrocketing tuition rates (though the latter seems to be happening already). Unfortunately, Michigan is losing the right to claim that it provides an "uncommon education for the common man." All of the shiny new buildings are nice but it would be great if more of that money began to go to the students, especially given that one of America's poorest cities is only an hour to the east.
January 8th, 2014 at 2:17 PM ^
What about Brian of MGoBlog?
Michigan Alum - check
Knowledgeable about athletics - check
Published - check. I have it on good authority that the man has his own blog!
Entrepreneur - check - It's the hot new thing sweeping Academia!
Can you imagine the friction between him and Brandon? We'd finally get answers to the MGoQuestions that aren't gibberish.
January 8th, 2014 at 3:12 PM ^
on my part, but isn't it, like, really bad that the AD is steering money away from the academic side to the athletic side? The AD should be/is turning a profit, and doesn't seem to be doing as well with its main product (football) as it should with the money it already has, thus the justification for more money seems limited. I get he's trying to do what's best for the AD, which is always more money, but shouldn't he have a bigger responsibility to the larger school and its academic mission?
January 8th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
I don't understand what you are talking about or why you are talking about it. But if I were to accept your invitation for mammothly confusing thread tangent, I'd begin by correcting you: The Michigan AD is technically autonomous.
The preciously small amount of money the AD gets from the state goes to the salaries for a couple employees who, for bureaucratic reasons, aren't allowed payment from the AD itself. Make no mistake that the percentage of money spent on those salaries versus the entire AD annual budget is nigh infinitesimal. Therefore, claiming the AD isn't self-sustained is a misleading technicality.
January 9th, 2014 at 2:51 AM ^
Try reading the OP first. It might help.
January 8th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
January 11th, 2014 at 12:10 PM ^
I think she's still out there. I have heard three knocks against her candidacy.
1) Some say she was being groomed for the M job and bailed on us for UVA and there are still people who are butt-sore at Michigan.
2) Not sure if you heard but shortly after she was named President at UVA she had to struggle through a very public political battle with some of their version of the Board of Regents. Essentially some wanted to push her out because they didn't think she was good enough. She survived and now has tremendous power having survived the coup attempt. She may not want to leave that.
3) She's only been at UVA a few years (three maybe), she may not want to leave that post so early. It's also sort of a lateral move. We're about the same academically.
I would be she's still under consideration IF she wanted it but I suspect there are others they would rather.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
January 11th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
i may have to call an ambulance after reading the whole thing
January 9th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
about politics in the state of Michigan, but I love Brandon and think he's awesome.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:15 PM ^
I understand how many people whose remaining contact with the University (whether they be alum or just a fan) love and respect and borderline worship Dave Brandon. The point of the notation above is that while he may be worshipped in those athletic circles he has a LOT of detractors elsewhere in the University. I think its that distinction exactly that has drawn Brandon the enemies. His actions leave many to believe that he has forgotten that our Wolverines are actually attached to the University of Michigan and that the rest of the University is not to be treated as the enemy or some kind of corporate rival.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
It is a rare president of a major U with a major atheletic program who does not have friction with the AD. This is what makes Coleman so good. She did not back down ( ie Gordon Gee and also MSU in the 90s, sorry sparty is not signifigant enough to remember the personal involved ) and DB knew his limits, whatever they were.
January 12th, 2014 at 8:33 PM ^
Superiority complex aside, this job is a much different animal than is the presidency of MSU, so I don't see Simon making the leap. State funding is much more important for MSU than it is for UM, and the President of UM has a much larger, more powerful and more sophisticated set of alums and faculty to manage. MSC's principal skill, in my view, has been her ability to manage all of these interest groups (athletics included) without alientating any of them. Agree entirely on the comments on Bollinger -- we do not need him back here. This job demands someone who is much less imperious, without a "look at me" complex.
January 24th, 2014 at 12:39 AM ^
http://www.freep.com/article/20140123/NEWS06/301230116/University-of-Mi…
New U-M President is likely to be announced at 10 am meeting of Board of Regents on U-M campus. Place all bets by 6 am please.
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