Can people who don't belong to a herd opine?
Most of the people who hate President Shalala either: a. didn't attend UM; b. are against her politics; or c. a combo of a and b.
Wrong. My wife is a UM grad and my daugther is senior there now. Most of those that I know that hate her is because of her leadership. As someone who works for UM on the Medical campus, I have witnessed her less than ethical way of running things. She is corrupt, phony, elitist and condescending. And those are her better qualities.
I find it amusing that on a UM message board that is sports related/generated that the pious talk of academic rankings even falls into discussion. How many web sites are dedicated to the UM School Of Business? How many threads do the UM Law school students discuss each day? How much traffic does the Marine Biology message boards generate?
Her goal of UM becoming the Harvard of the south is a fine goal. But let there be no doubt that the Harvard and the Duke that she aspires to be, aren't concerned about winning footbal championships. I have said many times that one need not look further than the Wisconsin-UM correlation. Wisconsin used to be where we are now. A middle of the pack Big 10 team that occasionally would play an inspiring game and make it to 2nd and 3rd tier bowls. She leaves Wisky and now they are competing at a much higher level and going to much better bowls. All the while the arc has been a severe downward spiral since her arrival in Coral Gables. Facts don't lie. She has made a mess of the UM med school with her crony-istic approach and has gutted the football program.
Can she right the ship? Possibly. But all the flies that surround this program orginiate from the stink in her office. The abysmal hires, the Shapiro glad handling,the lack of support. For those that are so quick to point out her accomplishments, quit being such ******'s when her shortcomings are listed. Both are real.
You obviously don't like President Shalala. Show me where my statement is "wrong" as it pertains to you. Did you attend UM? Are you a liberal or conservative? Also, kindly notice where I used the word "most". Thanks.
Huh? Look at Wisky's record over the past 10 years. For a more accurate indicator, look at UM's record starting when Coker had his players and NOT Butch's. The record and bowl appearances are disgusting and should be alarming to every so called UM fan. But no, instead we get folks puffing their chest about academic rankings, all the while ignoring the pimple on the forehead-which is we have no athletic accomplishments at all in which to speak of. Nuff said. The snake has been at the top, overseeing the downward spiral. No dancing around that ugly truth. But some will no doubt try.