Board of Regents to meet today regarding "Concussion-gate"
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/09/u-m_president_boa…
Per Mlive, UM president and board of regents to meet this morning regarding the handling of the injuries to Shane Morris. Hopefully this meeting ends with the decision to relive both Brandon and Hoke of their irresponsibilities!
September 30th, 2014 at 10:30 AM ^
Profwootpussy.
Damn, you're right.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:22 AM ^
would've made "stretchpussy" under RR more entertaining.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^
I'd like to try some of that.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
Why didn't it make sense 40 years ago?
September 30th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
The article says absolutely nothing about a Board of Regents meeting today.
The only meeting it mentions for today is a routine "communications" meeting of President Schissel with his staff, after which a statement on the situation may be issued.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
Sure it does. It's "just a communications meeting" which is a strange term whose meaning is opaque to me, but there it is. It's possible it doesn't involve the regents, in which case you're right. Anyone know what that term means?
September 30th, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
The paragraphs about the communications meeting do not mention the Regents being involved in that meeting.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^
Nick Baumgardner just tweeted that it does involve the regents, but he didn't write the story and the guy who did hasn't tweeted any clarification.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
So if it is a meeting involving the Regents, the Open Meetings Act would apply here.
Hopefully Mr. Baumgartner will cover the meeting instead of the person who wrote this article. The person who wrote this article for MLive not only buried the lede, but left it out entirely.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
Heh that's what I was thinking.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
That's all I'm seeing.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
You are absolutely right.
"University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Schlissel would be involved in a communications meeting Tuesday morning, and that the handling of the Morris situation will be discussed"
That's all that's happening. That's not a BOR meeting to the best of my knowledge.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^
University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Schlissel would be involved in a communications meeting Tuesday morning, and that the handling of the Morris situation will be discussed.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:20 AM ^
Probably have some semantics going on here. In fairness the OP didn't say there was going to me a "BOR Meeting". A conference call can be a meeting with someone in the generic sense. But it's pretty clear Schissel is going to be talking to at least some of the regents about this today. I also don't doubt that at least some of them want Brandon gone today.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
I guess I am agressively trying to not get my hopes up for this situation, or to let anybody else try to get my hopes up.
I'm sure you are right, though, that at least some Regents (or the President) would want some quick, agressive action to be taken here.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
I read the article twice and I'm not seeing that the regents will be meeting today to discuss this.
The reporter called each regent to try to get quotes. And the story reports that Schlissel will be in a "communications" meeting this morning where the Morris concussion issue will be discussed. But that looks more like an adminstrative meeting, not a board of regents meeting.
Am I totally missing something?
September 30th, 2014 at 10:11 AM ^
Yeah, I think you've got the right of it. But it's at least being discussed so there's that.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:33 AM ^
If a communications meeting at Michigan is anything like one where I am, then what we'll more than likely get from this is some sort of statement about their stance on what happened and how they plan to look further into the matter. I very much doubt we're sitting here later this afternoon talking about anyone being a now-former employee of the school, at least not as a result of this meeting by itself.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:00 AM ^
Aw crap... I had the AD FlightTracker 2000XLWOW® warmed up and ready to go.
September 30th, 2014 at 12:51 PM ^
I think I see your problem right there.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 11:07 AM ^
Eh, I'm not sure they'd be so blasé. UM's reputation has been dragged through the mud all weekend, and as of this morning the story is still being chewed on by the national media. I don't think any of the Regents—all but a couple of whom are UM grads—are going to just shrug their shoulders about this. An educational institution's reputation is hugely important, and just because it's the football program doesn't mean the shitstain doesn't slop over onto the academic side of things, rightfully or not.
If nothing else, U-M is now in the middle of a gigantic, multi-year capital campaign built largely around the notion of "Victors" and this is an embarrassing thing to have prominently in the news as the U-M development people try to persuade people to pull out their wallets and throw cash at the school.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
what I guessed they would say, that being the least amount possible while expressing concern and assuring that things will be improved from here on out.
I think in the short term they will want to smooth this over, just to get past crisis mode.
They will not act rashly. They will not want to appear to be caving to a mob mentality.
I think they will start working on a medium-to-long term strategy where Dave leaves later on to pursue other opportunities, and Hoke is let go at the end of the season....although inquiries are made throughout season and possibly a candidate is in hand at the is let go, so no extended/embarassing search.
I honestly don't think they will get rid of Brandon or Hoke before the end of the season, but I hope they do.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
He/they gone.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:33 AM ^
It's just timing at this point.
And much of that timing will be driven by who can blame whom for what so that buyouts are reduced. That could take a while.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
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September 30th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Schlissel would be involved in a communications meeting Tuesday morning, and that the handling of the Morris situation will be discussed.
"I don't have anything from the president to share at this point," Fitzgerald said Tuesday morning.
"We're going to be checking in later this morning. We're going to be talking about the situation. It's just a communications meeting at this point, but we'll probably have something to share after that."
-Mlive article
September 30th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
I got my hopes up yesterday with the report of M contacting those ADs. I'm really trying to manage my hopes/expectations at this point. I want Brandon fired immediately, new guy hired immediately, Hoke fired immediately, etc. I want it to happen now. I felt the same way before Hoke was hired. All the stories and reports get tiring. I just want something to actually happen. It'd be great if the regents decided to dump Brandon, but I don't necessarily expect that to happen. I don't want to be a downer, but I don't want to be a gullible sap either.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:18 AM ^
Here Comes The BOOM!
Yeah, so what if I just wanted an excuse to post a picture of Selma Hayek.
EDIT:
After seeing a couple contradicting posts about what this meeting will actually be, I read the article linked in the OP. Here are the bits:
University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said Schlissel would be involved in a communications meeting Tuesday morning, and that the handling of the Morris situation will be discussed.
"I don't have anything from the president to share at this point," Fitzgerald said Tuesday morning.
"We're going to be checking in later this morning. We're going to be talking about the situation. It's just a communications meeting at this point, but we'll probably have something to share after that."
September 30th, 2014 at 10:11 AM ^
sends him off with a Pizza Pizza and says "domino m-f'er"
September 30th, 2014 at 10:11 AM ^
Jim Rome is right when he says it's dumb to put "gate" after every bad situation.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
Considering that Watergate began in 1972 and culminated with Nixon's resignation in 1974, one would think that forty years is long enough to use a stale expression.
September 30th, 2014 at 12:28 PM ^
but if Jim Rome also thinks so, then I'm not so sure.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:12 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
Great Brandain.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:34 AM ^
+ 1,000.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
those fucking spartans!!
September 30th, 2014 at 10:16 AM ^
While it is good the issue is getting to the Board of Regents, there are two key issues:
1. Brandon may not be effected here, just the coaching staff
2. This is an initial discussion and nothing much may come out of it today
September 30th, 2014 at 10:18 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 10:36 AM ^
Enough fucking drama. These two clowns have to go. Michigan will be a circus if they hang around for months.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
What a mess.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
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September 30th, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
I have an official announcement.
My real name is Carlos Angel Juan Pablo Abanger, and I too, will be running for the board of regents in 2016.
Vote Cook/Abanger 2016 for a new Michigan. A better Michigan.
Fire Brandon.
If you like your seat cushion you can keep it.
More cowbell.
September 30th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
my unopened water?