Funny, rereading my posts I only see where I said he wanted to say he hired the first female AD not that he wanted to hire a woman.

I think as I've pointed out, in my opinion JC wasn't the best choice.

You disagree, which is your right.

I posted what I was told form people at O.U., when I was there.

Obviously, that's not good enough for you.

In my opinion, Nellis wasn't a good president, which is
why I cut down on my donations.

You'll disagree with me, like you always do.

That's you're right.

I don't know if Ms. Gonzalez was the best choice to replace him.

I thought the gentleman from Marshall looked better, at least on paper.

+1 on this one!!!!!

I don't believe it would be 100% correct. You said you heard Nellis wanted to be able to say he hired the first female AD. Can you then find any quotes then following this up where Nellis then championed that he hired the first female AD? If this was his goal, I think he would've been out there touting this great achievement. Just because you heard a rumor (listed behind anonymous sources) that he wanted to hire a female AD and then a female was hired does not mean that she was hired because she was a female. I am amazed by this hearsay logic you are using.

https://www.ohio.edu/news/2019/08/julie-cromer-named-dire...

Here's the press release of her hire back in 2019. The quote from Nellis at the time of her hire was:

“We’re excited to welcome Julie to my leadership team at Ohio University,” said President Nellis. “Her talent, vision, and passion for intercollegiate athletics and the student-athlete experience will only serve to elevate our athletic program and our University. With a keen understanding and focus for ways in which athletics can serve as a front porch for our University, Julie is especially poised to enhance our athletics program, bolster our student-athlete experience, and increase academic engagement, and I am confident that Julie is the right person to lead our Bobcat Athletics family as we move forward.”

He never mentions that she is the first female athletic director for Ohio. He mentions she is the 'right person' and says in a separate part that: 'Cromer stood out from among four finalists who visited campus in early August because of the depth of her experience across the athletics landscape, including day-to-day administration of 19 varsity sports, leading strategic planning efforts, assisting with capital fundraising, and serving as a liaison to campus governance groups and to the Southeastern Conference.'

If he wanted to be able to say he hired the first female AD, why isn't he, you know, saying it? You've accepted that it must've been a DEI hire because you heard a couple of people whispering when you were at OHIO (sounds like strong sourcing) and then you felt validated. However, in no way does it look on paper that she was a DEI hire. She was likely the most qualified of the four finalists and then was chosen. But, you've dug your heels in at this point, so I doubt you're going to change your view.

rpbobcat spent like 7 years looking for any reason at all to criticize Cromer.

He wanted her fired for hiring Albin, he wanted her fired for letting Albin go, he wanted her fired for being on too many committees. He criticized her dozens and dozens of times on this board consistently for her entire tenure here.

And yet not until this week does he mention his "insider" information about how she was a DEI hire and Nellis just wanted to hire a woman.

Complete and utter BS.

Has anything been released about this yet and I just missed it?


I saw that some modest improvements are coming to Peden so wasn't sure if that was the news?

SBH still has credibility. Key difference.

+1

Bigly money. Complete with shuttle busses from every parking lot and hotel.

Nope, they had shuttles to their network of distant parking lots. No hotels. We rode the shuttle.

On a list of things we need to improve, I don't think a shuttle cracks the top 100.

Any word on candidates?