He doesn't have to retire.  Should the IHL board not renew his contract, it is the same as saying-----

 

YOU'RE FIRED!!!

 

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

 

“Why would I retire?” Thames said in an interview Thursday. “I’m healthy. I feel good. I’m having a great time.”

Exactly the problem...SFT is having a PERFECTLY GREAT time destroying USM!  Why would he want to stop?

(p.s.  NO FREAKIN' QUARTER!)

Why would he want to leave USM now that it has a plane?

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Originally posted by: Curiosity killed the cat
"I wonder who, then, will read it to him."

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The IHL?

The Faculty Senate looks calm and reasoned in comparison to Thames' petulance.

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Originally posted by: Class SACS
"The Faculty Senate looks calm and reasoned in comparison to Thames' petulance."

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Yes, they are all absolutely to be commended for their professionalism and wisdom!

I am not surprised that Thames refuses to read the Faculty Senate resolution.  This is how he has reacted to anything negative from faculty since he became president.  Think back to how he essentially refused to read a memo about not being in compliance with SACS two years before we are slapped with probation!  His litany of bad decisions and refusal to seek input have been the most consistent aspect of this administration.  But now, right in the Hattiesburg American, he shows himself to be the incredibly bad manager that he is.

This man is obviously on an ego trip; nothing matters more to him than he does.  The only problem is that he is taking everyone else along on the trip.

He is out of touch with reality. How can he say that USM is in better shape than it was when he took office? We're ON PROBATION, for gosh sakes.

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Originally posted by: Malapropism
"People's Choice or No People's Choice - everyone else can hang it up for the week now!"

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Yep, it's a winner!  (Not that I'm on the committee but I loved it when I saw it.....)

NO QUARTER!

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Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
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"At two paragraphs total, it's too short to need an executive summary."

...and he's certainly no executive!

Reporter,

Thanks.  I have edited the aforelinked item to mention the three-page letter.

Thames' attitude still amazes me.

Robert Campbell

scm,

I'm not a social psychologist.  But from what I can recall of Wicklund's reactance theory, Thames exhibits an unusally high level of reactance.

To put it in terms that I understand better, Thames gives every indication of being a narcissist.  A pretty extreme one, in fact.  Some theories do a pretty good job of explaining  how a narcissist views the world.

All the same, the narcissist's outlook is radically different from nearly anyone else's.  That's the amazing part.

Robert Campbell

scm,

I think the point about the Board is better put in everyday English--the Board doesn't like to be told what to do.  I'm not sure the apparatus of reactance theory needs to be brought into play.

As for cognitive dissonance, whether Board members are experiencing and trying to resolve cognitive dissonance regarding Thames depends on what they were expecting out of him in the first place.  If they believed any of his "world class" rhetoric, there are grounds for dissonance.  If they expected him to damage USM, or didn't care whether he did or not, there's little basis for dissonance.  And only the individual Board members, speaking much more candidly than they are in the habit of doing, can answer that question.

Robert Campbell