Cincinnati president stands up to athletics - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Cincinnati president stands up to athletics

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Not to burst your bubble, but the UC president didn't stand up to athletics, she stood up to one rogue coach. Huggins has run a shady program for years, but his recruits have increasingly become poor citizens of the UC community. Anyhow, Huggins' community support, while described as "strong," is nowhere near its strength of years gone by. Boosters at UC have been growing increasingly tired of UC Basketball having a good regular season and then losing in the first or second round of the NCAA Tournament. Couple bad citizenship with waning support and you'll get what you got here -- a president who wants to make a name for herself by executing what I think most sports fans knew was inevitable.

Date: Aug 25, 2005

When is Bob interviewing at USM....I know we dont have an opening now in BB, but that means nothing at USM when you are "giving a second chance"

Date: Aug 25, 2005

I agree this is a small,positive step.Athletic programs have gotten out of control. Anyone who supports special preference for minorities,athletes,legacies,or anything else is wrong.

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Curt Yeomans wrote:

She forced Bob Huggins out as head basketball coach. Here is a sports column by Pat Forde on the matter. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?id=2141456

". . she showed the toughness, leadership and authority that a president should when dealing with the athletic fiefdom."

USM should learn from this. If a similar attitude existed here at the time they went after Fleming, USM would be an infinitely better academic institution.

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Aren't the Cincinnati faculty about to go out, or perhaps are already out, on strike?

Date: Aug 25, 2005

I think when a university president kicks a little A** the faculty respects him.They may moan and groan and say nasty things but at least they know they're dealing with a leader.

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Where's my whip wrote:

I think when a university president kicks a little A** the faculty respects him.They may moan and groan and say nasty things but at least they know they're dealing with a leader.

The faculty respects a president who puts academics above athletics, who puts integrity above winning, and who is not intimidated by athletic donors.

Date: Aug 25, 2005

Where's my whip wrote:

I think when a university president kicks a little A** the faculty respects him.They may moan and groan and say nasty things but at least they know they're dealing with a leader.

There's a difference between correcting what needs to be corrected, and simply exercising power for its own sake. At universities, the kicking is not supposed to be a big surprize, it's supposed to be the result of rational decision-making based upon recognized principles of academic governance. In other words, at most places deans and tenured faculty are not fired publicly with no warning and for no just cause.