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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 2655579, member: 504"] Missing the point. The name of the game for a college president is to keep the funding lines open and that means grants as well as donor funding. I don’t care if the school is 20 or 60 so long as my university confers a degree worth a darn if being ranked 35 is better than 60 on that score, it does more for state kids than having a national championship. And it seems like the folks who whine the most are the same people who put down women’s hoops,field hockey and other sports not meeting their definition of meaningful sports. Do high level sports attract attention? Yup. Are they the first priority for a state university president? If they are, something is out of whack. I didn’t favor Ollie hiring because I thought the university earned a national search. If people want to blame Herbst for anything on that score, it’s for caving to Calhoun. Giving KO a hefty buyout was also not something I favored, but he was a hot commodity and had a title under his belt. Not that crazy. In Diaco’s case, hardly anyone wanted to retain Pasqualoni and few people whined about Diaco until after his second year. If Herbst is to be “blamed” for anything maybe supporting a buyout figure for Diaco is close to fair . But hindsight is 20-20. And if anyone here knows for a fact that she (and/or Manuel) failed to do something that would have gotten us in to a better conference, I want your sources. [/QUOTE]