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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 13:11:42 GMT -5
BA would be great at fundraising in the metro area and he is a Politician. Might have been a bad coach but I think would be a great in Administration.
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Post by sacredheartgreg on Feb 5, 2022 13:15:53 GMT -5
Great idea, our program has regressed under the current AD these past few years. No public exposure, lost significance!
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 13:31:58 GMT -5
Great idea, our program has regressed under the current AD these past few years. No public exposure, lost significance! Yes and I think he still loves the University and what it represents and does for the City of Detroit. I think unlike what we have, he would put the U first. Plus if you said hello to him you would get a better reply than a grunt. The first time I saw Garibaldi at a game I said hello and go a grunt or indigestion in return. If fund raising is Garibaldi’s strength then I think BA would bury him in that department. As far as AD we would be moving forward not in high speed reverse.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 13:37:23 GMT -5
Schembechler said Michigan needed a Michigan Man and I think Detroit needs a Detroit Man.
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Post by calihanmole on Feb 5, 2022 13:46:57 GMT -5
We now the dumbest idea ever put forward on the message board: Bacari, a man without a doctorate degree and who believes in pseudoscience Law of Attraction bullshit, as President of a Jesuit university.
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Post by fan on Feb 5, 2022 14:10:38 GMT -5
geez Mole, don't hold back, Pseudoscience Law of Attraction, I'm going to look that up.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 14:14:50 GMT -5
We now the dumbest idea ever put forward on the message board: Bacari, a man without a doctorate degree and who believes in pseudoscience Law of Attraction bullshit, as President of a Jesuit university. [br We have a couple of guys in there now with their doctorate’s and where is that getting us. I think you place a lot more value in a doctorate than I do. I would rather have someone who can do the job. That piece of paper doesn’t mean you are the right one for the job it just means you put in the work to get the paper and your work to get that piece of paper was judged by someone else who has the same piece of paper. Are you foolish enough to think that when Garibaldi goes out to see a donor that he gets more for the University because he has his Doctorate or Vowels is making the right decisions hiring and firing coaches because he has his Doctorate. I think the decisions being made at Liv. And 6 actually prove the doctorate is of no value for the task they are attempting to do. The doctorate has value in some endeavors but the ability to run a successful business is not one of them.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 5, 2022 14:47:59 GMT -5
I believe the new President has been selected already, should be announced before the end of the month. So maybe the “Bacari for President” campaign is coming a bit late. That said, here’s an article that provides insight on what kind of qualifications are typically sought in candidates for such positions: “How to Become a President of a University” soeonline.american.edu/blog/how-to-become-a-president-of-a-universityBacari has a Bachelors degree in Business from UDM (‘99), no degree(s) beyond that. Say what you will about the practical value of advanced academic degrees, I would expect that most if not all comprehensive “National Universities” in the highest tier of the Carnegie classification system are led by individuals with education beyond an undergraduate degree.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 15:25:10 GMT -5
Well I guess I’m wrong again. It’s important that we follow what everyone else is doing. The guys at American U. Have the solution and have set the guidelines. It hasn’t worked for us yet but hopefully it will this time. You know what they say about someone who has something that doesn’t work for them but continue to make the same mistake. We are way beyond that point at U of D. More than needing someone who qualifies for the job we need someone who can do the job and is willing to put the University first.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 5, 2022 15:31:16 GMT -5
Well I guess I’m wrong again. It’s important that we follow what everyone else is doing. The guys at American U. Have the solution and have set the guidelines. It hasn’t worked for us yet but hopefully it will this time. You know what they say about someone who has something that doesn’t work for them but continue to make the same mistake. We are way beyond that point at U of D. More than needing someone who qualifies for the job we need someone who can do the job and is willing to put the University first. I would be okay with breaking the mold if say Bill Gates, who left college without a degree, decided to throw his hat in the ring for the Detroit Mercy presidency. Not sure I would want to give the job to Bacari because he is a good talker. That pretty much is what got him his last job at UDM, and that did not turn out as well as expected. Bacari’s current position involves mentoring at-risk kids in River Rouge. He may talk like a politician at times, but has not held elected public office of any kind. His prior employment has largely been college coaching jobs — assistant at Detroit, Ohio, Western Michigan, Michigan and Denver, and the unsuccessful head-coaching gig at Detroit Mercy; he also worked in the Pistons' public-relations department, and as a Harlem Globetrotters ambassador. That is noble work for sure, but IMO doesn’t seem like the scope and depth of administrative experience to be a college president, with oversight over a range of academic components including a law and dental school. No fundraising experience whatsoever in his background. Apart from all that, there was the whole “SMD” incident which didn’t reflect well on the school he was representing.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Feb 5, 2022 15:42:00 GMT -5
Well I guess I’m wrong again. It’s important that we follow what everyone else is doing. The guys at American U. Have the solution and have set the guidelines. It hasn’t worked for us yet but hopefully it will this time. You know what they say about someone who has something that doesn’t work for them but continue to make the same mistake. We are way beyond that point at U of D. More than needing someone who qualifies for the job we need someone who can do the job and is willing to put the University first. I would be okay with breaking the mold if say Bill Gates, who left college without a degree, decided to throw his hat in the ring for the Detroit Mercy presidency. Not sure I would want to give the job to Bacari because he is a good talker. That pretty much is what got him his last job at UDM, and that did not turn out as well as expected. The list would be long on great decision makers in the business world who could do it but are not qualified. Hopefully for the first time the Board of Directors get something right.
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Post by rc on Feb 5, 2022 23:13:08 GMT -5
Antoine Garibaldi was a great find for the University and I for one will be sad to see him leave. The school is in much better shape today than it was when he arrived. I trust we will find someone of similar caliber. And it won’t be BA.
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Post by rc on Feb 6, 2022 17:37:37 GMT -5
I honestly don’t like posts like this on this board. The other board was loaded with them. That’s where they belong.
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Post by uofdfan1983 on Feb 6, 2022 17:52:03 GMT -5
Look UP. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for BA. I would even give him an interview if he applied for the AD Position because he could be good in that role (but would have to start as an Ass't AD somewhere first). As to President of the University, that's a ridiculous conversation.
AND I AM SORRY IF GARABALDI WASN'T HIS USUAL FRIENDLY SELF WHEN YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF TO HIM BUT HE'S NORMALLY VERY FRIENDLY AND ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS WE'VE EVER HAD. ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE PROVEN THAT. DO I NEED TO LIST SOME OF THEM AGAIN? WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE AS A SCHOOL (MUCH BETTER PLACE) NOW THAN WHEN HE CAME, AND HE HAS HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THAT.
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 6, 2022 18:17:57 GMT -5
Look UP. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for BA. I would even give him an interview if he applied for the AD Position because he could be good in that role (but would have to start as an Ass't AD somewhere first). As to President of the University, that's a ridiculous conversation. It's too bad we don't have the money to hire him as a sort of roving ambassador for the program and school, a role Archie Griffin has played for 40 years now with Ohio State.
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