Engler Resigns
That is too good of a fate. That guy historically deserved to get the Ziggy.
Resignation letter below.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:49 PM ^
Damn right
January 16th, 2019 at 7:51 PM ^
Rats. Needed to be thrown.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:51 PM ^
When your resignation letter is 11 pages it's safe to say you did a terrible job.
GTFO Engler nobody is reading that shit.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:34 PM ^
How long was Lou Ann's resignation letter? It was pretty long, too, wasn't it?
January 16th, 2019 at 9:49 PM ^
I think Lou Ann’s was just a giant middle finger to the world
January 16th, 2019 at 8:36 PM ^
It only took SEVEN WORDS into that 11 page document, before Engler inserted politics into the situation. Yeesh.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:49 PM ^
Fat Bastard would rather blame the Dems AND Nassar's victims than show any decency and apologize to those victims he repeatedly mocked, belittled and slandered; he'd rather put up obstacles to prevent them from seeking assistance/therapy/counseling, instead of showing compassion and mercy toward a single one of them; and rather line his own wallet and the wallets of his political cronies than advocate for meaningful change in the fucked-up institutional culture deeply ingrained within the administration buildings at MSU.
Hell is too good for Fat Bastard.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:56 PM ^
i am tired of robf waffling and obfuscating what he really feels and thinks.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
My granddaughter likes the waffles I sometimes make for breakfast so that's all that matters in my book
January 16th, 2019 at 10:33 PM ^
I’m sure Engler would like them too.
January 17th, 2019 at 2:57 AM ^
We call him 1.8 here. That represents that average amount of words before he goes political.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:18 AM ^
Tough week for engler!
January 16th, 2019 at 7:54 PM ^
Insert....well....bye.gif
January 17th, 2019 at 2:19 PM ^
As requested...
January 16th, 2019 at 7:56 PM ^
Why the fuck wasn't he publicly thrown under a bus by the MSU BoT, state legislature, and Governor's office?
January 16th, 2019 at 8:16 PM ^
His letter hints at that. He was asked to resign, so the people of Michigan will not get the satisfaction.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:33 PM ^
The MSU Board of Trustees liked and trusted Engler. That is, the Board that hired him and stood by him. The new Board is, as Engler is completely right to point out, a different Board with different politics.
The majorities in our state legislature -- both houses, in which Enger served with distinction in his time as a state representative and then in the state senate where he rose to the rank of majority leader -- probably regard Engler as a folk hero.
Governor Engler enjoyed good support from Governor Snyder; he would have gotten no support from the new governor. But no matter what, by the state's constitution, the governor's office is walled off from exerting controlling power over the boards of MSU, UM and Wayne State. Article VIII, Section 5.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:28 PM ^
I get the point you’re trying to make here, but it misses on a few things. First, that he believes he is resigning because the politics of the situation bode ill for him demonstrates more clearly than anything possibly could that he has always seemed to view the Nassar scandal and its fallout as just another “Me and MSU, But Mostly Me, Against the World” battle to wage. He never understood that it was never such a thing; it was about correcting a series of terrible wrongs and the culture that made it possible.
Second, I wouldn’t go so far as to characterize his State Senate career as having a measure of “folk hero” status. He climbed the ladder as much because he could win a street fight in an elevator against members of his own party as much as (and perhaps more than) his political skill. I met then-Senator Engler for the first time in 1986, when he’d only been Majority Leader for only two years. He wanted everyone to know, even then, that he considered himself a pretty big f-cking deal, and everyone else had better think so, too, if they knew what was good for their political careers.
January 16th, 2019 at 11:58 PM ^
Completely devoid of context, completely transparent about blatantly trying to hide politics in plain sight.
Typical.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:11 AM ^
It's pretty cowardly for him to use politics as a cover for his own bad conduct. Needless provocation of victims, victim blaming, and the other ugly things he said undid a lot of hard work that Michigan State had done (and that he attempts to take credit for in his letter). Leaders take responsibility for their actions. Engler fucked up, and on the way out took credit for the good that others did while trying to blame "politicians" for the repercussions of his own acts.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:19 AM ^
The people on the board against him largely ran on being against him.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:09 AM ^
I don't know why mishandling a sexual assault investigation and then publicly slandering the victims is being made into a political divide. I'd hope both parties would stand against that, but if we're saying Engler was only forced out because of political differences then what does that say about the party that was protecting him at MSU
January 17th, 2019 at 8:48 AM ^
I'm not so sure he was being protected by the Republicans. While I'm sure they knew he could still throw his around (so to speak) in the state GOP, and he certainly had his share of political frenemies who could influence the action of others, I think there was so much disgust at what he was saying and doing in his role as the Interim President that there was a general hope that the BoT would force him to go. Long-time political commentators, including Bruce Ballenger, who has covered Lansing politics for several decades, said as much in response to Engler's resignation yesterday.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:11 AM ^
Actually, the MSU Board was threatened by the Republican state legislature to hire Engler over James Blanchard (a Democrat as you recall). It's very disingenuous to suggest the Board "liked and trusted" Engler.
January 17th, 2019 at 10:10 AM ^
Response to ppToilet
I cannot verify your claim that "the MSU Board was threatened by the republican legislature to hire Engler". It was a unanimous decision by the board and Byrum herself defended her vote.
Once the controversial past women prisoner situation was exposed, Engler should have been fired.They should have brought in an unknown with impeccable integrity so that no existing prejudice would exist.
Hindsight is always 20-20.
Blanchard was hired as a consultant in order to balance possible criticism of partisan politics. Only two political figures in Michigan could have been universally accepted, ex gov Milliken and former AG Frank Kelley, who unfortunately were either deceased or too elderly.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:14 PM ^
Actually came out in some of the Engler resignation/firing articles. The original vote was 4-4. The Republican state legislature threatened funding and one trustee changed his vote, so 5-3 carried the day. The public vote a couple days later was unanimous, even though it wasn't.
January 17th, 2019 at 2:13 PM ^
it's the job of the BOT to not be pressured into making stupid decisions, and in that they failed. You may be the first MSU BOT apologist I've seen
January 17th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
Put down your pitchfork, I'm not making apologies just stating what happened.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:36 AM ^
As soon as I read "Engler served with distinction," I knew you were a slappy. Fuck Engler, and Fuck you, 1.8.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:37 AM ^
Section 1.8, the bearer of fake news.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:58 AM ^
He’s one of the biggest scum bags this state has ever seen. GTFO with this “distinction” BS
January 17th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Good lord, i stopped reading when you typed "served with distinction." Engler is a douchebag and has always been a douche ever since he entered the Michigan legislature about 30 years ago.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:58 PM ^
Prototypical Sparty - ignore own transgressions, blame problems on perceived enemies, verbally attack said enemies, laud own credentials despite little to no notable accomplishments, rinse, repeat.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:16 PM ^
Good point, is there some required class they take freshmen year? At Michigan it was English 125 - Freshmen Composition, I guess at staee it must be Political Science 101 - Deny, Deflect, Distract, Diversion!
January 16th, 2019 at 8:04 PM ^
January 16th, 2019 at 8:05 PM ^
That Fat Fuck deserves a far worse fate.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:21 PM ^
So many good people die of strokes and heart attacks while this fat bastard roams free.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
Should we be inferring that we wish for his death?
His behavior and leadership was terrible. This is independent of his waist size. Let's be better than this.
Edit: I know this is preachy - just want the board to be on point
January 17th, 2019 at 7:42 AM ^
I'm not saying he had to be murdered. I'm just stating a fact. He's obviously a bad person along with all of the narcissistic sociopaths out there.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
Good riddance
January 16th, 2019 at 8:19 PM ^
Tonight I actually hope the staee students have a celebratory couch burning.....
January 16th, 2019 at 8:20 PM ^
Good. Fuck that motherfucker
January 16th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
i'm thinking han solo is getting nervous all over again
January 16th, 2019 at 8:25 PM ^
Buh bye triple chin. Crawl back under the rock/boulder you came from.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:49 PM ^
Man has more chins than a Chinese phone book.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:26 PM ^
That resignation letter is one of the worst attempts at ass-covering I have ever seen. He basically just spends 11 pages talking about how great a job he did and claiming the only reason he is being forced to resign is because of politics. The whole thing is just so horrifically transparent that it couldn't persuade a 3rd grader.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
Worst attempt, because he needs a lot more than 11 pages to cover his ass.
January 16th, 2019 at 11:27 PM ^
tone deaf to the end
January 16th, 2019 at 8:28 PM ^
Most of the RCMB seeems to be on Engler’s side. Called him a great Spartan and praised him for standing up to the blue wall media. What a joke.