So like I asked Dmoney earlier today Original, when does the dam break? What will it take for the blake/manure experiment concocted in **** to come to a merciful end for us fans? I’ve heard multiple members on here tied in that Blake is not in a
Good place with the BOT or a powerful faction In The BOT that is not happy with the malpractice he committed in hiring his buddy Diaz at the cost of 4 million to temple in all of about 5 minutes with no search whatsoever. Also heard that when he weaseled his way out of and got a stay of exciting when it comes to being in control of football when that section of the BOt wanted Alonzo in last year that he was told you’re Job is on the line with Diaz and it’s combo firing if it goes south. So what does it take this year to be gone of both of them because neither of them are gonna bring us no where but exactly where we are now, middle of the pack acc Corstal team? I believe Diaz based on seeing the same exact warts his teams have showed his whole tenure here show up looking the exact same against bama that I believe he loses five games this year and of course the bowl game because we all know he can’t get the kids up for a dog**** bowl in Louisiana during Christmas so that 7-6 in year ******* three! with a 6 year QB and a team full of nfl players. Will that bring the excution to both him and Blake this year original? I’m curious on your opinion?
Look, it's an excellent question. I would prefer for the BOT and the President to assess Manny and Blake independently.
Let's start with Beta Blake and the UM decision-makers. Someone earlier asked "what is the significance of Barry Jacks-off saying 'Julio Frenk is not a sports fan' and why that has an impact". The answer is fairly straightforward. Although "hiring/firing AD and/or head football coach" is not, strictly speaking, in the job description for UM President, it is entirely possible for a UM President to have an opinion and to initiate action accordingly. For instance Donna Shalala (no matter what one thinks of her opinions and decisions) clearly favored the "up-and-coming young talent" for the head football coach position and oversaw the hiring of Randy Shannon and Al Golden over the POSSIBILITY of hiring more experienced/proven candidates. On the other hand, with Julio Frenk "not being a sports fan", there is very little impact that he has, for either good or bad. Frenk is a jellyfish. Frenk is seemingly not going to weigh in on whether to fire Beta Blake, even though he orchestrated the very messy demotion of the Dean of the Law School. Therefore, do not expect Frenk to have any strong opinions on whether to fire Beta Blake...
...which, of course, leaves all the responsibility for "taking action" with the Board of Trustees. I have already said that the BOT is way too big (someday, we will have as many UM Trustees as UM students), and that the BOT has no clear direction for Athletics, and too few members who "know anything" about Athletics. You are correct that there is a vocal minority on the BOT that gave Beta Blake "one more chance" on the issue of Alonzo Highsmith, so it is POSSIBLE to analyze whether the Ed Reed hiring has made an impact INDEPENDENT of how many games Manny wins this year. Having said that, if Manny wins 11 in a row, it may be difficult to collect enough votes to fire Beta Blake. In an ideal "organizational" world, I would hope that BOT members could talk to Ed Reed about how he has been consulted and utilized, and if it seems like Beta Blake has been using Ed as a smokescreen, I would love to think that would be enough to fire Beta Blake.
But, honestly, I don't know what these BOT members need. Many have succeeded in the business world while having all sorts of buffer managers/execs between themselves and the actual employees who work for them. Often, successful business leaders are clueless about what their employees actually think or feel. It would be nice if we could get Jose Mas to do Undercover Boss II, The Sequel and tell the rest of the BOT what is really happening inside of our Athletic Department. If you want my HONEST assessment, based on things we have seen publicly (and some things I have heard privately), I believe that Beta Blake has been filling the Athletic Department staff with his own bootlickers who are not going to say anything bad about him. Therefore, the BOT is going to need to fire Blake for simply "not getting the job done". Dropoffs in basketball and baseball as he clings to certain coaches for too long. Empty seats in all sports (though COVID is a convenient excuse). We've got 7 more years on the adidas deal, so he won't get heat on that.
As for Manny, it is a simpler analysis. Win and get extended. Lose and...although, as pointed out, it's not like we have an abundance of great options.
In closing, I'll say this. I know that our fanbase has taken some national criticism for "flying the banner" when we are unhappy. And a couple of years ago, the efforts to pay for a banner again resulted in...a billboard truck. But in between those two options, a US 1 billboard was reserved, and Beta Blake flexed his flabby muscles behind the scenes to get the billboard company to breach the agreement. Beta Blake knows if we (as a fanbase) continue to fly the banners, it is the most recognizable way of getting the BOT to see that the fanbase is angry. As I mentioned earlier, the whole "cancel your season tickets and stop making donations" doesn't seem to work. But bad PR seems to wake BOT people up.
I'm not sure if it's been done before, but we need someone with superior interwebz and computer skillz to assemble a master list of all BOT members and their physical and/or e-mail addresses, and then we need to send WELL-WRITTEN AND SPECIFIC complaints to them, in a concerted effort to secure Beta Blake's firing. Manny can save his job by winning. But Beta Blake has been ******** over the Athletic Department for nearly a decade.
Anyhow, that's my 2 cents. I truly hope to see Julio Frenk and Beta Blake depart my alma mater, as soon as humanly possible. But the BOT isn't going anywhere. And I am so obsessed with UM winning football games that I would love to see Manny save his job by going on an 11 game winning streak. I don't care about being "right" or "wrong" by predicting Manny's success or failure, I JUST WANT TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.
