While I'm not quite as dejected/depressed/pissed off as I was yesterday (hope springs infernal), I still think MU needs to clean house and rid itself of Alden and Forsee and replace them will people who will not get comically clowned by, well, pretty much everybody.
I saw this post on the stltoday MU board, and I think it sums up the current situation. It certainly sums up the way I feel.
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Originally Posted by dctiger at stltoday.com
Amidst all the uncertainty of this week, one thing is certain--the MU administration severely misplayed their hand. They allowed MU to remain at the center of the speculation on conference realignment without any real commitment from the Big 10 or option if other Big 12 schools departed. Whether that was due to pure ineptitude, deception by the Big 10, or some of both, the consequences is that MU is now cast as the school who brought down the Big 12 and, simultaneously, a school no one wants.
Whether that characterization is fair or not, the conduct of the MU administration (i.e., the chancellor and A.D.) has created the environment for reasonable people to believe it. Perhaps most telling is that as the Big 12 crumbled around MU (2 schools having announced their departure, and 5 others widely rumored to be on their way to the PAC-10), the MU Chancellor re-affirmed his commitment to the dying conference. Translation, "oops."
This strongly diminishes our brand. Wherever MU lands we will carry with us this stigma. The most readily observable impact will be in recruiting (as competing schools describe us as second- or third-class), but I suspect it will also affect our alumni donations and television revenue.
The Chancellor and the AD should pay for their mistakes with their jobs.
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