I'm getting tired of all of this. There are so many other far more pressing things having to do with the Pac-12 conference, Cal's poorly performing AD, the people he hires and fires (or doesn't), poor team performance in revenue sports. I am now questioning the Chancellor's judgement about revenue sports in general at Cal. I didn't think…
I'm getting tired of all of this. There are so many other far more pressing things having to do with the Pac-12 conference, Cal's poorly performing AD, the people he hires and fires (or doesn't), poor team performance in revenue sports. I am now questioning the Chancellor's judgement about revenue sports in general at Cal. I didn't think I'd say this, but I am starting to think that either she's out of her depth or she has hung in the towel, maybe without even knowing it. I've said it before and will say it again: it doesn't make sense to a "task force" to decide on "rebranding," at least as the top priority. There seems to be many other things that seem more pressing that she needs to attend to re: current problems with revenue producing athletics at Cal.
Of course, what do I know. Given the context in which she's operating and how many fires there seem to be to put out, I don't quite get her sense of priorities, IF she's serious about doing something about Cal athletics and while also having to deal with the academic side of the university.
I think she cares, but I think she underestimated the stability of those programs and their following. I think she'll at least try to adjust, although I doubt she'll do anything with Knowlton until it's far past too late. He's a conformist and is good at taking and executing orders, but not an innovator or visionary or one to stir the pot. He's comfortable in a bureaucracy. She really needs someone who is going to advocate for some hard choices and not simply execute a budget. Right now, you see folks in leadership who have so far been unwilling to make bold, hard choices, and that why we're in the predicament we're in.
That sounds exactly right in terms of your assessment. I also think she cares. I don't dislike her or have any particular problem with her as Chancellor. But I do think you're absolutely correct about leadership and what the Athletic Department and Cal sports needs, desperately, at the present moment.
"Rebranding" reeks of a bunch of business marketing people doing their thang, but not necessarily understanding how Universities work. Not sure this smells like just the Chancellor.
I'm getting tired of all of this. There are so many other far more pressing things having to do with the Pac-12 conference, Cal's poorly performing AD, the people he hires and fires (or doesn't), poor team performance in revenue sports. I am now questioning the Chancellor's judgement about revenue sports in general at Cal. I didn't think I'd say this, but I am starting to think that either she's out of her depth or she has hung in the towel, maybe without even knowing it. I've said it before and will say it again: it doesn't make sense to a "task force" to decide on "rebranding," at least as the top priority. There seems to be many other things that seem more pressing that she needs to attend to re: current problems with revenue producing athletics at Cal.
Of course, what do I know. Given the context in which she's operating and how many fires there seem to be to put out, I don't quite get her sense of priorities, IF she's serious about doing something about Cal athletics and while also having to deal with the academic side of the university.
I think she cares, but I think she underestimated the stability of those programs and their following. I think she'll at least try to adjust, although I doubt she'll do anything with Knowlton until it's far past too late. He's a conformist and is good at taking and executing orders, but not an innovator or visionary or one to stir the pot. He's comfortable in a bureaucracy. She really needs someone who is going to advocate for some hard choices and not simply execute a budget. Right now, you see folks in leadership who have so far been unwilling to make bold, hard choices, and that why we're in the predicament we're in.
That sounds exactly right in terms of your assessment. I also think she cares. I don't dislike her or have any particular problem with her as Chancellor. But I do think you're absolutely correct about leadership and what the Athletic Department and Cal sports needs, desperately, at the present moment.
"Rebranding" reeks of a bunch of business marketing people doing their thang, but not necessarily understanding how Universities work. Not sure this smells like just the Chancellor.
Yes, completely agree.