Warde Manuel at sports conference (some quotes)

[mattp]

I don’t think I will ever forgive this guy for being out hustled by the u of l AD. I don’t know if it was true or not, but certainly the perception was, he was out hustled and in the mean time he is doing nothing to change my mind. No imagination, no infusion of energy, he continues to take the safe easy route, keeping the status quo.
If by dense you are referring to a high mass per unit volume that may be correct, however, if you mean slow to understand, I assure you I understand, the question is does WM.

Reread the bold part and tell me if it sounds as ridiculous to you as it does me. You don't know if it's true or not, but you'll never forgive him for it because some putz on the internet said so. How do you get off calling someone dense?

 

[BlueDogs]

I think his responses are great. First, it is great that Northern Illinois gets to go to the BCS, they've accomplished great things on the field there and that should be recognized and rewarded. On the priorities, even if you actually prioritize winning first (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn't_everything;_it's_the_only_thing), you should make a show of prioritizing running a clean program, especially if you are a school that has recently had run-ins with the NCAA that hurt the university perception wise. A balanced budget is or should be a requirement everywhere, no university is going to continually bail out its athletic programs. If you depend on bailouts, eventually the money stops coming and your program crashes.

They will need bailouts when the program crashes as result of the death spiral it is in. 10,000 less season tickholders is a BIG problem and only going get bigger. EWarde is missing the oportunity to make a real chan ge and make a statement, but he'd rather cover is , not rock the boat, and keep walking around like big man on campus collecting perks. Total poser with zero results.

 

[BlueDogs]

Reread the bold part and tell me if it sounds as ridiculous to you as it does me. You don't know if it's true or not, but you'll never forgive him for it because some putz on the internet said so. How do you get off calling someone dense?

The only thing that matters is the result, and right now we have been on the losing end time and time again. Whether he got out hustled, out manuevered, out smarted, or out classed, the fact is he has failed. He gets paid a lot of money to perform and get things done that improve our dire situation. He has done nothing. Absolutely nothing, other than play the role.

 

[upstater]

Well, his response for the first question is not really on him. He is perceiving that his bosses are pushing him most to balance the books and keep things clean. The most heat the athletic department has gotten has been from the academic 'issues' and Text-Gate from MBB. Of course the fans are the ones who are going to scream the most for 'A'.

Even Herbst realizes the APR is a joke, she has been open about that. And people in the ACC and Big10 also know it's a joke. I'm not sure anyone is holding this against UConn. In fact, Louisville is on APR probation for football.

As for balanced budgets, Maryland and Rutgers are perhaps the two worst schools in the country when it comes to that.

Most conferences are only interested in one thing: competitive sports = eyeballs = $$$.

 

[Greenback]

Reread the bold part and tell me if it sounds as ridiculous to you as it does me. You don't know if it's true or not, but you'll never forgive him for it because some putz on the internet said so. How do you get off calling someone dense?

Your right, I should have said, I don’t care if it’s true or not, however, the end result is the same.

Please reread the post, it wasn’t me calling someone dense. Iwas responding to someone calling me dense and yes someone said it on the internet so it must be true.

 

[mattp]

Please reread the post, it wasn’t me calling someone dense. Iwas responding to someone calling me dense and yes someone said it on the internet so it must be true.

I guess in this instance I'm the dense one, both in terms of mass and understanding