What are you going to do to address a fractured fan base that has had to endure incompetent university administrations that have been in control for over 40 years?
No one is asking the most important question.........
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Instead we get questions from Jerry DiPaola like why it's important to keep fans as part of the process with the fan experience committee.
Or asking someone who has never worked at Pitt before at an introductory press conference about whether Pitt should build an on-campus stadium.
Or asking someone who has never worked at Pitt before at an introductory press conference about whether Pitt should build an on-campus stadium.
Anyone asking about an on campus stadium is an idiot....seriously
Keeping fans engaged is all about repairing the "fractured" fan base.... but really I think it's long past obvious that some of the grumpiest fans just need to grow up a bit
Keeping fans engaged is all about repairing the "fractured" fan base.... but really I think it's long past obvious that some of the grumpiest fans just need to grow up a bit
In this trib article, it is said she did a good job bringing together a split fanbase. Also a lot of other good things:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/...an-grad-charlie-batch-likes-pitts-new-ad-hire
Batch said Lyke also was instrumental in the university's ongoing efforts to bring together two factions of fans. One favored the former nickname, Hurons, which was eliminated in 1992, and another fell in line behind the current brand, Eagles.
“She did a great job of bringing people together,” he said. “Something that was lost.”
This is just a perfect illustration of today's academia and people's inability to think critically.
People actually cite this as an accomplishment, but it's not really an accomplishment at all--there's nothing tangible here--just one man's opinion that she "did a great job of bringing people together"--whatever that means.
And it's perfect for academia. No objective measure of results. Nothing tangible to point to. Just vague platitudes. As if this is a good reason to hire someone. But that's exactly what you want if you're not interested in objective criteria to justify hiring someone.
I agree with your assessment of academia, but this woman HAS tangible results. And her results are superb.
The question wasn't directed to you. He said she had tangible results. I want to know what he thinks they are.
No offense, but if the party line was for Pitt to hire Charlie Weis as the next head football coach, you'd be on here advocating for it.
One. Keeping football on the list of sports. See UAB for how not to do it.
Two. Firing, retiring and hiring 10 coaches in 3 years. That is an extra ordinary number of critical personnel moves in such a short span of time (exceeded only by Pitt in number of head football coaches in a 5 day span...but that's another story).
Three: Facilities funded and constructed. Suggestion....drive to Michigan and if you aren't run over by the people leaving, count the number of D 1 football schools and see where the money goes. Getting new Facilities WHEN FOOTBALL IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK is akin to getting a car loan while incarcerated.
Four. And you'd have to know people outside of the 412 to realize this, but her 15 years at Ohio State earned her the reputation inside OSU as the person people turned toward to when organizing inter department programs. Anyone with any legitimate experience inside OSU knows just how politically charged it is. Getting things done between the athletic department and the University isn't a rubber stamp. It just seems that way because of her in large part.
Never, ever underestimate the value of getting academia and athletics to play nice in the same sandbox.
Side bar: As one who practiced law for a couple of decades (and quite successfully), there is a huge difference between business and law. Thinking great thoughts only matters when someone is testing your intelligence level. Greatness rarely happens on the ground however. Good results accumulate to a degree such that they become great. Perfection is not part of the human condition.
If you want to know of what I write, submit virtually any legal writing(A case brief or caslaw for example) to scrutiny. You'll find that legal writings are almost always in the "passive" tense. Apart from being a hideous writing style, it reveals a functional distinction.
I'll let you ponder what it might be.
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I don't want to overstate her success at EMU, but she did apparently save football from extinction. Had I been an EMU alum who cared (not sure many do), I probably would've been on the side of letting the program die. It was a consistent loser, with attendance down under 5k per game. Football is a very expensive program to run; money could be better spent elsewhere.
But hey, she went all in to save it, and in a short period of time, the program is back on its feet, and attendance has more than tripled.
Some discount these accomplishments because they ONLY happened at a MAC school. I think that is backwards. I find it to be super impressive that she was able to pull this off at a MAC school. It would be far easier to turn a bad P5 program around, where there is a substantial fan base, one that cares about the program, where fund raising is possible, and where you don't live under a big shadow.
And EMU is literally in the shadows of Ann Arbor and UM. The campus is 7 miles from Michigan Stadium. Getting alums to care more about EMU football on a Saturday than the Wolverines seems impossible. So, let's give her some cred. Lady's got some balls.
But hey, she went all in to save it, and in a short period of time, the program is back on its feet, and attendance has more than tripled.
Some discount these accomplishments because they ONLY happened at a MAC school. I think that is backwards. I find it to be super impressive that she was able to pull this off at a MAC school. It would be far easier to turn a bad P5 program around, where there is a substantial fan base, one that cares about the program, where fund raising is possible, and where you don't live under a big shadow.
And EMU is literally in the shadows of Ann Arbor and UM. The campus is 7 miles from Michigan Stadium. Getting alums to care more about EMU football on a Saturday than the Wolverines seems impossible. So, let's give her some cred. Lady's got some balls.
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