Sally Mason stepping down at Iowa.
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I agree. He would've taken away the mopeds and we would have nothing to make fun of anymore.
Sally was the one who spearheaded most of the tailgate restrictions and stepped up enforcement on game days. Most blame her directly for the declining atmosphere on football Saturdays.
That always got overblown, IMO. The way she shrunk away from the backlash and ended the one-on-one interviews with the DI over that was bad, but nothing she said was unreasonable. Completely eliminating sexual assault probably isn't realistic. It certainly can't hurt to continually strive for that, but there will always be bad seeds out there.
I'll apply. Director of a non profit here, ha.
Goals:
1) Fire Barta and hire a AD who is fresh out of college with a $6million a year 20 year contract that will agree to Iowa visiting Iowa state every year for the next 20 years so ISU doesn't have to go to Iowa City ever again, in any sport.
2) Turn the athletics parking lots into hospital expansions.
Resign my post to work for some other position knowing that Iowa Athletics has been damaged for a while.
Could be a decent resume builder, ha.
Goals:
1) Fire Barta and hire a AD who is fresh out of college with a $6million a year 20 year contract that will agree to Iowa visiting Iowa state every year for the next 20 years so ISU doesn't have to go to Iowa City ever again, in any sport.
2) Turn the athletics parking lots into hospital expansions.
Resign my post to work for some other position knowing that Iowa Athletics has been damaged for a while.
Could be a decent resume builder, ha.
Well, many seem to think she's the first domino that needed to fall for some serious change in the athletic department. Having a president who cares a little more about athletics might end up with Barta losing his job. Athletics certainly shouldn't be a president's first priority (or even among the top 5), and I don't know if Mason had a negative impact on the athletic department. But I also don't know if she had a positive one.
I'm happy to see her go, regardless of whatever impact she did or didn't have on athletics. I just don't think she was a very good president. PR blunders seemingly every other week (some more serious than others) and a disturbing bunker mentality that was put on prominent display when she ended her monthly one-on-one interviews with the Daily Iowan (which had been a tradition going back over the tenures of several previous presidents). She did a lot to put the university in an embarrassing light, and I'm glad she's going to fade away.
a bunch of field hockey fans and their significant others starting a facebook group. Im sure Barta is trembling.
In reality, the lawsuit is going to get laughed out of court, but the UI might just settle for convenience.
it was classic social media case of "i dont care with what she actually meant, i care about her semantics! i want blood!"
This pretty much sums up my position as well. She was a President who liked to have power, but didn't want to face the music that comes with it. The whole Daily Iowan situation was the final straw for me. How could she justify refusing to be interviewed by her own University newspaper?
I think the U of I needs to hire a likable person with an energy and enthusiasm capable of getting things done. They've been wet noodles for quite some time now and it has created a culture of mediocrity.
Sally Mason leaving is a step in the right direction. Now we'll sit back and see who replaces her.
are you still pretending to be a Wisconsin fan or has that charade finally ended?
I don't know what your issue is here. I've been to the ISU campus on several occasions since graduating high school, and I went to Iowa. I've always liked ISU's campus better; if it were better for my chosen major than Iowa, I would have gone to ISU. The campus just felt more like home than Iowa's. I enjoyed my time in Iowa City, but there are aspects of student life at ISU I think I would have enjoyed more.
mods, please move this post to the "******* with no insight on the topic being discussed" forum. TIA.
that's rich coming from the Hok troll. You going to answer the question?
Here's my insight. I hope they hire Alvarez. Or a cat.
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I've already commented on this thread, so I'll second the question. Are you still pretending to be a Wisconsin fan?
I mean, I just thought it curious that a Wisky fan apparently knew so much about the inside happenings of a pretend scandal/lawsuit at Iowa.
never was.
am i supposed to apologize for having knowledge and opinion related to pretty big events that while have repercussions for both ISU and the Big Ten? or should i do the normal ISU fan routine of sticking to threads ******** about the refs of <insert game here> and mocking HOK FANS??!?!?!?!?
"never was" a Wisconsin fan? Okey dokey - thanks for resolving that, and for ending the pretense.
