Daily: Shlissel clarifies his Monday comments
On Monday, Pres. Schlissel made some comments that caused many of us to worry that he was trying to turn Michigan into a "mini-Ivy" by de-emphasizing sporting success.
Looks like the Schlis received a number of emails from concerned alum and fans, and quickly realized that he needed to issue some further statements to calm the masses. He did so via a Tuesday evening call to the Daily.
http://www.michigandaily.com//sports/mark-schlissel-speaks-brady-hoke-d…
To me, this is a good development. You can't fault Schlis for being unfamiliar with high stakes college athletics, given his background. The guy is a pure academic. But, it seems that he is willing to listen to the various Michigan constituents and be guided by those more familiar with the sporting side of things. That Schlis was willing to issue a clarification on his own regarding sports issues shows that while he may personally not be as interested in the athletic programs, he appreciates their importance to our university.
Once again, the Schlis continues to impress on this front. Say what you want about him, this guy handles himself about as well as any public figure I have seen.
MOD EDIT - here's the Record's take from umbig11's thread - LINK. We'll just have the one thread with both sources. - LSA
November 12th, 2014 at 9:03 AM ^
The thread right below this one.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
considering that the OP here took the time to actually write a summary and some discussion points, as opposed to just linking to the link with no commentary whatsoever, maybe it took him long enough that in the time that he did that the other post went up? Kudos to the OP for actually writing a solid topic for the board, but yeah, you're unfortunately about 15 min too late.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:20 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 9:22 AM ^
It appears you did fine with execution because these threads are covering the specifics of two different links/sources.
November 12th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
But I bet you have the best rough drafts.
November 12th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^
All that matters is you prepared hard all week and just weren't able to execute
November 12th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
It's also our fault. As fellow blog posters, we need to coach you better. That's on us.
November 12th, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^
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November 12th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^
THAT thread degenerated to the point where it got zapped entirely... (thanks mods)
November 12th, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
which provide slightly different information. There is probably 90% overlap but both linked sources are worth reading. There is a somewhat different summary at bighouseblog.com as well.
November 12th, 2014 at 11:42 AM ^
I decided to keep this one for the summary, but I've now placed the link umbig11 provided to the Record article in the OP as well so we have both in the same thread because they are both good reads, as you said. A mere space-saving technique here.
November 12th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
Is there any precedent for suing a pony/golden retriever? Seems like it could be a landmark decision.
November 12th, 2014 at 1:36 PM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
(Please forgive my lack of embedding.)
November 12th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
You know you have a good attorney when he'll "settle it out of court" for fifty bucks after you've already lost.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:22 AM ^
Not only late but misspelled Schlissel in title and disrespected him by addressing him as "Schlis".
November 12th, 2014 at 9:51 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 10:17 AM ^
Did you actually read the entire post or stop after he wrote Schils? He gave him the benefit of dought "You can't fault Schlis for being unfamiliar with high stakes college athletics, given his background." also "it seems that he is willing to listen to the various Michigan constituents and be guided by those more familiar with the sporting side of things." Then "it seems that he is willing to listen to the various Michigan constituents and be guided by those more familiar with the sporting side of things" It looks to me like the OP is showing a lot of respect for Pres. Schlissel.
As for as using Schils instead of his sir name or his title then name, does not in its self show disrespect. People do it all the time. Were people showing disrespect for Doug Nussmeier when calling him Nuss. and not Coach Nussmeier. Do people disrespect President Abraham Lincoln by calling him Abe Lincoln?
With in the context I see no disrespect.
November 12th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
What is dought!?!? and what benefits can I receive from it? Is it part of one weird trick to get explosive muscle gains that doctors don't want you to know about!? Well?!?!
November 12th, 2014 at 9:23 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 10:15 AM ^
I find it a good management style to not wait and let rumors run wild. Schlissel cleared things up. I find his responsiveness refreshing and hope it continues.
Give the guy a little slack....he is an academic now heaing a university where sports are a huge deal. He walked into a s**t storm with an AD that needed to go and an iconic football program falling flat on its face.
November 12th, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
If the first rule is to not allow rumors to circulate too long, then the second rule is to not say things to create rumors in the first place.
November 12th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 9:46 PM ^
But to a fan base now accustomed to parsing each and every word of every University administrator, coach, player, former player, former coach, pundit, media personality, former AD's wife, and random guy, rumors would start on the basis of what Schlissel ate for breakfast.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^
and be done with all this silly athletic stuff.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
is winning the time of possession battle though.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:52 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
injuries, I wonder if the delay in posting was the result of carpal tunnel or just a "boo boo". Just reinforcing the toughness you've demonstrated.
November 12th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
I could hear you practicing. I wanted to hear typing and you executed it well even though I think I was aware, but not fully aware.
November 12th, 2014 at 10:13 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
He should not say anything while all these issues percolate. To spin this as a positive suggests you have a future in politics. Despite multiple emails, the new president has not answered or even acknowledged the feedback from this alum. He has spoken with Hoke in person just once, so throwing the program under the bus is disgraceful. Everyone wants the new guy to succeed but let's not give him a free pass on these comments.
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November 12th, 2014 at 10:48 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 11:13 AM ^
...in that he's willing to admit mistakes and shortcomings. He also seems to understand what people around him are thinking/saying.
November 12th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
the 11 downvotes I got for criticizing his earlier statement.
November 12th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
He has an opinion (sometimes informed, sometimes not) but he is willing to be persuaded in fact as much as in name. This guy is a real pro and I'm happy to have him leading the University community.
November 12th, 2014 at 11:24 AM ^
This all new to him. At Brown he would be questioned about ther next poetry professor and probably didn't give athletics a second thought.
I am sure when he was vetted for the Michigan job the importance of the athletic department was stressed by the Board of Regents. As I wrote before, he doesn't want to oversee the demise of the most winning football program in collegiate athletics.
November 12th, 2014 at 11:31 AM ^
November 12th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
I wonder how many times he was tempted to respond with "stop drinking and go to bed" or "have a good life."
November 12th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
Based on my time working in academic capacities, I doubt these emails even scratched the surface of "petty bullshit" he received on a given day. People care about the dumbest shit, and how the University interacts with its multi-million dollar athletics department is light years more relevant than, say, emails about how Michigan is going to handle landscaping design or if Michigan will be allowing staff to celebrate national dress-like-a-pirate day (actual things I know the president at another University I worked at had to deal with).
November 12th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
It's a shame that people think they need need permission to dress like a pirate.
November 12th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
Listen, America has always been a conservative country when it comes to nautical raiders.
November 12th, 2014 at 9:33 PM ^
the Pirate Captain Student Body President.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/116469/
Avast, ye scalawags!