Shalala is stepping down

[HurricaneFanFromIowa]

BREAKING: MESSAGE BOARD POSTERS CELEBRATE THE NEWS THAT A PRESIDENT OF A UNIVERSITY THEY NEVER ATTENDED IS RETIRING

I nominate this for post of the year....

 

[Ibis Wingz]

This could potentially be tremendous, if the BOT actually wants competitive sports programs. Opportunity to make a hire that would translate into success in all sports. I don't really expect that to happen, and I can't really blame people for wanting someone who will work hard on what is really the bigger priority, but I can dream.

Yes I'm sure the first thing the BOT will look for is a president who wants to make the football team better.

THIS.

People here are SERIOUSLY setting themselves up for a MAJOR disappointment.

I HIGHLY doubt UM is going to be recruiting a President from some big state football school. UM is going to be looking to NE and higher level academic schools. UM is not going to be hiring the Athletic Director of Alabama as its President.

That's not to say a new President wont care about Football, or that they wont care MORE than Shalala, but be careful what you wish for. Tad Foote HATED UM football and couldn't have cared less about making the program better. With the way UM does things, I expect they will be looking at academic type schools, like Duke, UMass, NorthWestern, for someone to move up to President.

Im going to say right now that the odds are the next UM president will NOT care about football more than Shalala does/did. I hope they do, but its just not the way UM operates.

You sort of had me until you mentioned ZooMass as an "academic type school." LOL@anyone who thinks ZooMass is an "academic type school."

UMass actually used to have a reputation as more of an academic school, but what I was trying to get at, was these smaller/ NE/ more academically focused schools, rather than the bigger state football/sports schools. UMass is not a big sports school.

In any case, I highly doubt UM is going to be grabbing someone from a big time sports school. Its going to be someone from a smaller ACC type place, or NE more academic type school.

Please stop. I grew up in Massachusetts. I went to high school and college in Massachusetts. ZooMass is a safety school. While ZooMass has traditionally sucked in athletics, no one, and I mean no one, has ever considered it an academic powerhouse.

You would be better off using Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Amherst College, Williams and Boston College as examples of NE academic institutions from MA.

 

[TheCaneShow]

I'd like to hear how shalala was against football or athletics or how she hindered the FB program.

UM never upgraded its facilities or spent any money on football or athletics during her tenure. Not one dime.

Pretty sure we play in an NFL football stadium, have brand new practice fields and a student-athlete center, a pretty much brand new baseball stadium and a pretty much brand new basketball arena.

But yeah, never upgraded.

 

[L A M P]

NSIAP

 

[FullyERicht]

President Shalala has done an incredible for UM, academically, raising unprescedented funds for the building campaign & was very adept in handling the NCAA issues. She is an avid athletic supporter, goes to all the games & is well liked by the student body. UM will have a VERY difficult time finding anyone as enthusiastic & capable as she is. For those posting unkind comments, you'd better hope UM doesn't go back to the days of Tad Foote.

The next President of UM will have huge shoes to fill. President Shalala elevated UM to new heights in many fields and stood up to the NCAA. I wish the athletic programs had been better for the last decade of her tenure, but her tenure was a huge success by almost every metric.

Yes, who would want to go back to a president who gave his AD autonomy to hire elite innovative football coaches, resulting in 4 rings in 10 years. Do you realize how stupid you sound???

 

[Ibis Wingz]

I'd like to hear how shalala was against football or athletics or how she hindered the FB program.

UM never upgraded its facilities or spent any money on football or athletics during her tenure. Not one dime.

Pretty sure we play in an NFL football stadium, have brand new practice fields and a student-athlete center, a pretty much brand new baseball stadium and a pretty much brand new basketball arena.

But yeah, never upgraded.

It was sarcasm. It was sarcasm.

 

[NosniknoT]

Don't this mean that she will be here for the hiring of the next coach still? Or maybe she won't want to go through the whole process of hiring a coach again and golden will not be fired after this season?

 

[hoops156]

Bad thing academically

 

[Hegemon]

Zero ACC football championships and mediocrity in every sport under her watch but basketball.

True statement.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

President Shalala has done an incredible for UM, academically, raising unprescedented funds for the building campaign & was very adept in handling the NCAA issues. She is an avid athletic supporter, goes to all the games & is well liked by the student body. UM will have a VERY difficult time finding anyone as enthusiastic & capable as she is. For those posting unkind comments, you'd better hope UM doesn't go back to the days of Tad Foote.

The next President of UM will have huge shoes to fill. President Shalala elevated UM to new heights in many fields and stood up to the NCAA. I wish the athletic programs had been better for the last decade of her tenure, but her tenure was a huge success by almost every metric.

Yes, who would want to go back to a president who gave his AD autonomy to hire elite innovative football coaches, resulting in 4 rings in 10 years. Do you realize how stupid you sound???

Jimmy Johnson, Pink Erickson and Butch Davis were elite football coaches before they got to UM? Jimmy Johnson was getting his *** kicked in Stoolwater, OK every year by OU and Dr. Tom, Pink was at Washington State, and Butch was the defensive line coach for the Cowpies and had a season as their DC, IIRC.

 

[rsa coral gables]

football is item 100z on the list of important issues to consider when hiring a new president.

what world do you guys live in?

 

[L A M P]

Bad thing academically

 

[Palm Harbor Cane]

Some of y'all don't get when she raised academics we lost our connection with South Florida. The community and the kids that made The U no longer could get in The U and those 5-10 kids who can't get in every year are your difference makers. This is why every Saturday we field soft *** football teams. Because choir boy scholars ain't tough!!!

 

[Consigliere]

I am alumni, am I allowed to comment?

Hypothetical Situation:

I didn't read the thread but if she is retiring after the academic year (sometime around May 2015), perhaps she is going to pass on the HC Firing/Search to the next president. Why would she want to deal with this issue?

If no one has the power to fire the HC (if Shalala punts) and since our AD is merely a retarded puppet with no power...what do you expect?

 

[Cal jimmy]

When I was on campus the last few years with my kid she seemed to have the the respect of the kids. She gave rousing send off the night before the UF game. Football team has a brand new, gleaming, facility under her tenure. She stood up strong to the NCAA in the Shapiro mess when it mattered.

She is politically connected and pulled good speakers and debates on campus .

Why all the racist hate ("midget" "troll") ? Maybe you don't liike Golden and hold her responsible for the hire but she was, in total, good for the school and the football program.

 

[FullyERicht]

President Shalala has done an incredible for UM, academically, raising unprescedented funds for the building campaign & was very adept in handling the NCAA issues. She is an avid athletic supporter, goes to all the games & is well liked by the student body. UM will have a VERY difficult time finding anyone as enthusiastic & capable as she is. For those posting unkind comments, you'd better hope UM doesn't go back to the days of Tad Foote.

The next President of UM will have huge shoes to fill. President Shalala elevated UM to new heights in many fields and stood up to the NCAA. I wish the athletic programs had been better for the last decade of her tenure, but her tenure was a huge success by almost every metric.

Yes, who would want to go back to a president who gave his AD autonomy to hire elite innovative football coaches, resulting in 4 rings in 10 years. Do you realize how stupid you sound???

Jimmy Johnson, Pink Erickson and Butch Davis were elite football coaches before they got to UM? Jimmy Johnson was getting his *** kicked in Stoolwater, OK every year by OU and Dr. Tom, Pink was at Washington State, and Butch was the defensive line coach for the Cowpies and had a season as their DC, IIRC.

Howard and Butch were Super Bowl winning coordinators.
Jimmy and Dennis were innovators who invented the systems they ran.

Sam Jankovich was given autonomy to find FOOTBALL guys, not baby sitters who could maintain APR scores.

 

[3FW]

Wouldn't be surprised if this guy is next in line,

http://www.miami.edu/index.php/univ...tration_officers/sergio_m_gonzalez_biography/


He's a Miami guy, through and through.

No chance. Zip.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Some of y'all don't get when she raised academics we lost our connection with South Florida. The community and the kids that made The U no longer could get in The U and those 5-10 kids who can't get in every year are your difference makers. This is why every Saturday we field soft *** football teams. Because choir boy scholars ain't tough!!!

Do you really believe that our football team is made up of "choir boy scholars?" I'm pretty sure that we have some of the most highly sought after football players in the country populating the roster. Unfortunately, our coaching has not been very good and these players haven't developed and haven't been put in position to win games by the corches.

Have you ever heard of Stanford University? I might be wrong about this, but they have fairly high academic standards and have done fairly well on the gridiron recently.

I am pretty confident that the admissions office has admitted football players who wouldn't otherwise have been accepted to UM during President Shalala's tenure.

 

[01Canes]

Some of you better be careful of what you wish for. And I am not an apologist for her, not a defender of her decisions at some points in the program, the proof is in the results. But there is a big difference between bad decisions and not caring. We could wind up with better in terms of athletic department, but really could end up with worse, all your opinions and vitriol aside. For those who don't just rage and make assumptions, ask those who actually have some inside contacts what their view is.

Im hopeful it will get better, and worried it can get worse (yes I know, it can't get worse you say.... I present tad foote type without a Sam jankovich in the mix to fend him off)

I agree to be careful what you ask for. ...Was she President when the U won all 5 of their National Championships?

No, sir. She took over in June 2001.

 

[4Canes]

I'm really questioning what world some of you live in that you think she's been some sort of detriment to athletics.