Bunker Mentality
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Wait, is Joe any better? Wasn’t he practically the mouth piece & Frenk’s henchman?
Joe has always been the board's plant to work around Frenk.
Wait, is Joe any better? Wasn’t he practically the mouth piece & Frenk’s henchman?
BUT HE FEEEEEEEELS LIKE WE COULD SUEEEE
Even if that were true, I would have forgiven her if she would have fought. At least go down swinging.
I get why people defend Donna Shalala. She is a nice lady. It's like being mad at your grandma. Everybody loves grandma. The best light I can paint her in is to say maybe she was just the wrong leader for Miami at the wrong time. We needed someone who could take this to the mat, and we didn't have it.
But, for the record, I don't agree that we lose that fight to the Marlins if we take it up. Whether it's the Herald or some other way, the fight is ultimately won in the court of public opinion. And I just happen to believe that the local hometown university, who at that time were national championship contenders every year, is a far more sympathetic and likeable actor than the billionare New Yorker Jeffrey Loria and a bunch of crooked politicians.
"Save our stadium from the politicians and the outsiders who want to rip it down." That should be the easiest fight ever. But we didn't even throw a punch. I think we could easily have made it a political fight that was winnable.
Well that.... and you sue. We should have **** well sued.
Butch-to-Coker was Foote.
She had nothing to do with the Orange Bowl debacle. That was David Samson and the Latin Builders Association and Manny’s dad.
Hmm 12 pages, anything to do with football or just infighting and academic talk?
your objectivity is much appreciated.Two sides to everything. As a responsible journalist, I feel it’s important not to just given one side of the story. This is not defending her or saying I like her, just giving the complete picture.
A big reason we are even in the game right now for the B1G is due to her emphasis on academics and building up the biomedical program.
Some might say that even though Clemson has been extremely successful in the last 15 years while we’ve been pretty much garbage that entire time , the B1G is far more interested in UM than Clemson because we are AAU accredited and they aren’t even remotely close to it.
UM was climbing into the Top 25 of schools when she left. We went from Suntan U to being #38.
The Shapiro thing is silly. She took a big check from a donor. She didnt know he was a grifter. You think Harvard has given back the $10 million that Jeffrey Epstein donated?
The players wanted Coker. If you want to say she should have ignored the players , that’s fair. Shalala wanted Barry Alvarez as either coach or AD. I think we would have had a different trajectory if that had happened.
As for the Orange Bowl, I have heard so many people blamed for it , I don’t know what’s true.
In 2012 it was 36..... That was the year my daughter entered as a freshmanSitting right alongside football doing nothing when Julio came in to the schoolyard he inherited the number 48 ranking in U.S. News & World Report as he leaves Miami is 67
For anyone who is curious about how U.S. News & World Report change their rankings that impacted private universities in a lot of ways and some more here is a fairly accurate summary from AI lane.In 2012 it was 36..... That was the year my daughter entered as a freshman
Joe has always been the board's plant to work around Frenk.
A TAX conference! Sounds exhilarating.I am still a go with Joe. Sorry for being late, I was at a tax conference at the Fontainebleau. Took a Lyft to Caja Caliente and then swung by Vicky Bakery to get pestelitos for some co-workers.
On the drive to MIA, my phone started blowing up. I’ve been waiting in line at the Centurion Lounge and they just came out to tell us it’s a 90 minute wait. WTF?!
I think a lot of flights are getting cancelled.
I hear ya. The time between “referendum approval” and “lease cancelled” was sooo short though. Other cities have fought “new stadium redevelopment” battles over far longer periods.
Again, we had very little legal standing. It’s not like we were suing a PRIVATE landlord. We would have sued the city. We would have tried to fight the law and everyone knows the law wins.
One additional nugget. The city violated state and county law on the contractual arrangements on all the parking garages. Not to bore anyone to death, but a TRUE government property used for public purposes is not subject to property tax.
But the City of Miami blatantly broke the law by turning over the parking garages (and revenue) solely to the Marlins for at least 81 days each year (more if concerts are scheduled). So the first time Dade County tried to (correctly) assess property tax on the City, the city politicians exploded and threatened the Dade property assessor. He eventually backed down on the face of threats to ruin him professionally and personally.
And, yes, this actually happened. I’m not making any of this up. My former employer leases government owned land for two well-known auto racetracks in Florida. I know way more about this **** than I wish I knew.
We knocked the last football hire out of the park. So relax, we're good now.So ****** Shalala was followed up by even ****tier Frenk. Sounds like our football/baseball coach hiring. One ****** hire followed by a ****tier hire.
UM needs a rockstar after the Frenk disaster.
How has that worked out?
At that time, we had Tropical Park. But don't let facts get in your way or anything.
How has that worked out?
define the word "had".At that time, we had Tropical Park. But don't let facts get in your way or anything.
A TAX conference! Sounds exhilarating.