OT - Rutgers, yet another PR nightmare

[DarthGrumpy]

Can’t make this stuff up.

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-sports/2014/05/35546/rutgers-rescinds-eric-legrands-invitation-speak-commencement

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/05/politi_rutgers_must_apologize_to_eric_legrand_and_let_him_give_his_commencement_speech.html

“Rutgers' athletic director Julie Hermann, however, called LeGrand on Monday to inform him Rutgers was going in a different direction.”

LeGrand has become a hero by turning tragedy into hope. Meanwhile, Hermann is a complete embarrassment (and my tax dollars go to her salary) to Rutgers and the B10. By keeping her on, just show how foolish Rutger’s leadership team is. Someone in Trenton or at the B10 has to call Rutgers and demand that she goes.

LeGrand has become a hero by turning tragedy into hope. Meanwhile, Hermann is a complete embarrassment (and my tax dollars go to her salary) to Rutgers and the B10. By keeping her on, just show how foolish Rutger’s leadership team is. Someone in Trenton or at the B10 has to call Rutgers and demand that she goes.

 

[JayRU09]

What did Julie do here?

Nothing. This is all on Barchi. No one, not even the guy out to get Julie fired, has put this on Julie.

 

[hexlub]

Man. Rutgers needs a major league audit. Top to bottom. They can't even graduate students without it becoming an issue.

 

[ZooCougar]

Eyesore.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

What did Julie do here?

Nothing. This is all on Barchi. No one, not even the guy out to get Julie fired, has put this on Julie.

While Hermann has already done enough to embarrass herself and the university, you're right. This is on Barchi, who coincidentally has also done much to embarrass himself and the university.

You should get on your hands and knees and pray to whatever God you believe in and thank him/her for Rutgers' geographic location. And cable boxes.

 

[JayRU09]

ALL HAIL THE CABLE BOX.

 

[JayRU09]

You guys should really look into getting some of them cable boxes.

 

[Husky25]

What did Julie do here?

Nothing. This is all on Barchi. No one, not even the guy out to get Julie fired, has put this on Julie.

Well I guess that this is not on Julie Hermann is this cloud's particular silver lining. But that's like saying, "Pay no attention to the monsoon caused by the other clouds." The Rutgers' administration as a whole is a train wreck crashing into a dumpster fire.

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas 1h
Can you just let us know when Rutgers DOESN'T throw up all over itself? http://goo.gl/WJll4Y That'd save so much time.

 

[freescooter]

I guess they found out Snookie was available that day...

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

You guys should really look into getting some of them cable boxes.

I never saw your mea culpa for your attendance claims when you were unequivocably proven wrong.

 

[JayRU09]

What, you mean the video you posted when the score was a lot to a little between us and Louisville?

Such indisputable proof.

 

[Waquoit]

Maybe nobody ever died for dear old Rutgers, but I know guy who was crippled and tossed aside like he was yesterday's news by dear old Rutgers.

 

[Carl Spackler]

The State University of New Jersey has every appearance of being one big, giant, enormous blight ordinance violation.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

What, you mean the video you posted when the score was a lot to a little between us and Louisville?

Such indisputable proof.

There were plenty of videos from the first quarter. Be a man and admit you were wrong.

 

[huskymedic]

Only solution @ this point...

EricLeGrand52 1:25pm via Twitter for iPhone
After speaking with Pres. Barchi I will join Gov. Kean speaking at @RutgersU graduating class of 2014. Lets keep the focus on the graduates

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Barchi won’t go. He was picked/blessed by Governor Chris Christie to manage Rutgers’ $100 million dollar with UNJMD (I did not know that UNJMD was once part of Seton Hall). Christie, whose Presidential aspirations have taken a major hit recently, nor Rutgers can afford to screw the merge-up. It is bigger than Rutgers’ entrance into the B1G.

Barchi came from leading a major medical research hospital in Pennsylvania (Thomas Jefferson), graduated from Georgetown and spent most of his career at U Penn. He knows how to run large research entities; but, his does not appear to have the skill nor interest to run a state flagship university, the politics surrounding such, and its major sports program. Because of this, Rutgers needed a strong, seasoned AD with a clean resume to help fill in for Barchi’s weaknesses. Instead, Rutgers got Hermann.

Contrast that to Herbst. While I know many on this board are suspect of her abilities, she graduated from Duke and USC. In addition to stops at Albany and Temple, her career includes stops at Northwestern, Georgia Tech, and Georgia. She knows what a state flagship university is and has seen how important major athletics are for it.

Thus, if anyone goes, it will be Hermann regardless as to where the blame is for this latest PR nightmare.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Only solution @ this point...

EricLeGrand52 1:25pm via Twitter for iPhone
After speaking with Pres. Barchi I will join Gov. Kean speaking at @RutgersU graduating class of 2014. Lets keep the focus on the graduates

LeGrand is a class act.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

LeGrand is a class act.

Eh, if LeGrand was so concerned about keeping the focus on the graduates he would've kept his mouth shut.

 

[uconnric]

Looks like LeGrand has been re-invited to speak. Good for him.

 

[Dooley]

Steve Politi ‏@StevePoliti 24m
Oh, and LeGrand never actually spoke to Julie Hermann when she broke the (wrong) news he was passed over. She left that on his voice mail.

 

[Husky25]

LeGrand must really want to speak. If I were in his position and they pulled the on-off-on again stunt with me (and only after the social media assault), I'd tell them where to go...but they would have to have two different sets of the same type of biological organs to go and do it.

 

[Srqhusky]

Only solution @ this point...

EricLeGrand52 1:25pm via Twitter for iPhone
After speaking with Pres. Barchi I will join Gov. Kean speaking at @RutgersU graduating class of 2014. Lets keep the focus on the graduates

Solution or damage control.

I follow legrande on Twitter and think he is a good kid. Feel bad for whst happened but admire his courage.