Well, yes, I have, thanks for asking.
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#Fire Phil DiStefano
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I agree 100%. I would suggest the private sector has a motivation that public sector has less of, particularly, an interruption to the revenue stream. Private entities rely, mostly, on voluntary participation, while public relies, mostly, on compelled revenue streams. The level of service and competence is reflected in those two realities.
Who the **** are the ~50 people who voted yes?
Having worked in both the public and private sectors, a lot of the same issues arise. There are worthless people who stick around a LONG time in both.
No. He's the guy who gets promoted to be a hatchet man to take care of some unpleasantness and keep the bad guy heat off his superiors. Everyone in the organization hates that guy. And that guy eventually outlives his usefulness, given a nice separation package to go away.
We are at that separation stage with Phil. Party control of the BoR changed and he only stayed this year to avoid having to change CU President and CU-B Chancellor at the same time.
I agree with the sentiment, but in my experience, the "business world" is littered with guys like Phil, who grew up rich or with "connections," have no appreciable talent (or intellect) aside from being rich with connections, and who end up in positions where they get paid for who they know far more than what they know. I went to Vandy, and I knew a bunch of them as they were just getting started--in "daddy's company." They were never going to lose their jobs, not that many of them needed to work.
I hope this is changing over time, but if it is, it is happening excruciatingly slowly. The "old-boys club" remains alive and kicking. I briefly worked for a law firm that had only ever hired white men and talked about how weird it would be to hire a female lawyer. I look at the "middle-man" businesses that require little "innovation" and lots of degradation: insurance, finance, corporate boards, etc. I've been involved in some litigations where I had the opportunity to read the messages sent back and forth between various vice presidents of companies after they ended up getting sued over some form of corrupt stupidity. Many of the people making high six-figures could barely put a sentence together, not to mention, an ethical thought.
Sorry. Just a pet peeve of mine. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Of course it's all wishcasting on my part to an extent, but I don't think someone like Joel says something like, "they need to remove the hurdles that are currently in place, AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL..." without some kind of knowledge that they intend to do so.
And again, while it's all just hope on my part, I think there is enough smoke around it all to believe things will change.
That's why I think his comments the other day really don't hold much water. He's not going to rock the boat on anything in the next 6-8 months. It's too much work and he doesn't have to or need to do that.
Yeah, he gets the separation package after pissing people off for decades. He also stays around forever because he has dirt on everyone. He definitely doesn’t fail.
Wow, he looks a lot older than that.
I think he’s part dwarf and has a life expectancy of about 165.
I did not mean it to be insulting, but after looking at it, there is no good way to say that. I just thought he was older than 76.
That just shows you how much worse government and academia are. Where talent, ambition and productivity go to die.
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Thanks!
Which is it?
Were already screwed. Removed or not.
Thanks!
MCskid
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Here’s what I don’t understand, why is the academic side held to such a low standard compared to the athletic side? Every academic ranking has had CU drop somewhere between 50 - 100 spots during phil’s tenure. The new Prez needs to fire him to make a statement, not allow him to ride off into the sunset.
The athletic side isn’t held to a high standard.
And the academic side is?
Both academic and athletic sides have struggled under Phil because his focus is limited to "stay on budget while avoiding scandal." There is no vision. He's much more comfortable trying to achieve budget goals through operational cuts and price increases instead of growth initiatives. Pretty much the blueprint for how you run a successful organization into the ground.
Irrelevant to my message. The original premise is that the athletic side is held to a high standard. It is not.And the academic side is?
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MCskid
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Phil’s record makes kid’s record look like Saban’s. FB coach is fired for a terrible record, chancellor’s record is far worse and he hasn’t been fired. So while the athletic side might not have high standards the academic side’s is far lower.
The CU Head Football Coach is the highest paid employee in the State of Colorado. He was only fired because he had one of the worst FBS programs in the entire country. Even if Dorrell were mediocre — as CU is academically — he would have kept his job.
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Saw this today in the Journal. CU is ranked relatively high from a global perspective (#148, one spot after Rice). Although, interesting to see how we have slipped in the last twelve years (from #67 in 2011 to #148).
Makes me feel a little better about CU's academics in terms of relative standing, but not about Phil's performance in the last ten years. Fire the bastard.
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Makes me feel a little better about CU's academics in terms of relative standing, but not about Phil's performance in the last ten years. Fire the bastard.
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1. This isn't funny. The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group. Your statement is not far from, "We need to throw Phil in the oven like the Nazis did to the Jews."
2. Westboro didn't protest the funerals of gay soldiers. They protested at the funerals of straight soldiers.