Firing pays off - U-M triples giving Tuesday goal
It looks like firing Hoke has already paid off for the University - instead of the $1 million in donations goal that they had for yesterday (Hoke firing day!/Giving Tuesday) they ended up with $3.2 million (way more than they expected). I can't see how those two events aren't connected.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/03/university-mi…
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
the Freep headline wasn't "Hoke Fired, Donations to U of M Triple!"
/crap paper these days (so is the News)
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
I was watching the basketball game yesterday, and with about 2 minutes left in the 2nd half I received a cold call from them. My mistake was answering, I suppose, but I spent the next minute and a half trying to politely hang up on them. It was a feat of superhuman restraint that I managed to avoid being a complete asshole. Come on guys, situational awareness.
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
They called me on Monday. I doubt I would have had as much restraint as you did if they called me during the game. Besides the people that call (at least me) are always students, shouldn't they be watching as well?
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
You do realize that the University of Michigan is about a lot more than football and basketball?
You also realize that yesterday was "Giving Tuesday," the best day of the year for non-profits to ask for donations? Come on guy, situational awareness.
December 3rd, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^
pretty sure he was talking about calling during the last two minutes of a basketball game, not about having a donation campaign on tuesday.
December 3rd, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
I know?
Some people here may be shocked to learn that the vast majority of Michigan alumni don't give a @$&* about Michigan sports, basketball infinitely more so than football. So the fact that a donation call came during the last two minutes of a basketball game, WHICH WAS PLAYED ON THE BIGGEST DONATION DAY OF THE YEAR, is not surprising if you understand the concept that "OMG, not everybody who went to Michigan is exactly like me!"
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
"I can't see how those two events aren't connected."
I can't see how they are either. There may have been some effect, but a direct correlation between the two will never really be known...not without a poll of those who donated.
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:14 PM ^
I hope Schlissel noticed as well.
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
per the article. 2 hours before the news broke that Hoke was fired. So it would seem that there were other reasons people donated.
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
Any link that's not freep?
Can we stop using freep links?
December 3rd, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
Oops, sorry...I'll have to look. I got confuzzed as to which thread I was on...
December 3rd, 2014 at 2:25 PM ^
I'm not trying to be an ass. just personal preference and seems to be board sentiment as well.
no harm/no foul
December 3rd, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^