You misread what I said. When he was initially hired he spoke highly of athletics, and then did nothing to back it up. In fact, he did the opposite, hamstringing us to the point of embarrassment. Based on the article I posted and that I said Politi was spot on in what he wrote, it's obvious that I think Barchi was horrendous for Rutgers athletics.
There is quite a few of us on here who may not be AD material but...
I must have because I thought it was strange that you would defend him. As you were always one who thought the subsidy reduction goal at the time was misguided
And there are a lot of people who do think Pernetti should not have been fired. That Barchi threw him under the bus.
Yeah, I was pissed at the way he's handled athletics pretty much his whole tenure here. He was in over his head because he had no experience with P5 athletics and didn't understand the nature of investment. And when we consider that he was hired to do a massive restructuring of the university with the reintegration of the hospital, athletics became a disaster. It quickly became my opinion that Barchi should have been hired to manage the reintegration as a special project director, and a president hired for the day-to-day operation of the university, including the athletics department. Not sure if that was feasible, but one person can only handle so much in such a public position.
Nice response - very mature. Sticks and stones. Of course you did nothing to argue anything else in the post. I am not a defender of Bob B. He was terrible for athletics - but if you can't acknowledge other successes during his tenure you are worse than stupid.
But he should have grasped what the “Ewing” factor did to benefit the whole of Georgetown. It is a much more prestigious and selective school than it was Pre Patrick Ewing. Endowment is significantly larger now as well.
What board are you reading? No one has said build Athletics at the expense of academics. No one! We all have been saying that you can have both! Great Academics and Athletics. I have no idea what you are talking about.
You are not remembering correctly. You are repeating a false narrative from the Pernetti defenders on this board.
Right. You caught me. It is complete BS. Everyone knows ADs aren't allowed to fire coaches without cause. That's why legal and HR gave Hobbs such a hard time about firing Ash. Hobbs spent weeks putting together the casebook about why Ash was being fired.
I am sorry, but this is probably the most ignorant posts I have ever read on this site. You obviously have never run a business or been involved at a senior management level at a large organization. Barchi was an excellent president. Yes, many plans were already in place when he got here, but they needed a man such a Barchi to implement them successfully. A hell of a lot could have gone wrong if not for his excellent management skills. He left the University in a much better position in all aspects that count than almost any of his predecessors. He will go down as a one of the best presidents, not worst, for all those who understand the mission of a university is more than fielding a successful P5 football team.
I don’t disagree with a great deal of what you wrote. I think one big flaw was not putting in a realistic plan to succeed athletically in the Big 10 when we accepted. We joined on his watch. It appears the plan was wait until we receive our full allotment of funding and that would take care of itself. Not close to being a plan built for success.
Really. You have an obvious bias here. I agree, he was not a friend of athletics. But to not give credit for executing the merger plus the other infrastructure improvements is because you just don't want to.
From a person who was directly involved in the entire situation. Not 3rd party crap. If you have read my posts through the years you can easily figure it out.
