Why is Kate Sweeney still employed by Rutgers?

[Local Shill]

The guy who hired Mike and a mediocre line coach was run out for sins he didn't commit.

Why does Katherine not also have to pay for Julie's screw ups?

Seems like a double standard. It's a fair question.

 

[PaKnight]

She does not work for RU.

 

[Caliknight]

She is a booster social engineer, not RU employee.

How she sniffed being near the AD search and wedging Julie in was criminal. It's no secret or surprise she was kept far away from the last AD search. One thing I will give Barchi - he learns lessons.

 

[Local Shill]

Ok.. Why is she not treated like any member of the public would be who wants to enter a Rutgers athletic facility?

Thanks for the correction. Mea culpa.

 

[BlockR]

We did it!!

 

[Local Shill]

I admit I screwed up. I confused her with Kate Hickey who is a high ranking employee.

 

[PaKnight]

Ok.. Why is she not treated like any member of the public would be who wants to enter a Rutgers athletic facility?

Thanks for the correction. Mea culpa.

Still a big donor.

 

[Ridge 22]

I know someone who knows her personally and says she is great. I still can't get beyond her agenda driven actions in the JH hiring process though. That was just wrong.

 

[RUMBA-JK]

The guy who hired Mike and a mediocre line coach was run out for sins he didn't commit.

Why does Katherine not also have to pay for Julie's screw ups?

Seems like a double standard. It's a fair question.

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Please identify the specific Rutgers University Job from which you would like her to be fired

 

[Local Shill]

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Please identify the specific Rutgers University Job from which you would like her to be fired

Read the thread. I admitted twice I made a mistake.

 

[RutgersUnion]

There are some on this boad who acted like Kate was a Godsend.

 

[Caliknight]

Whatever money she donates should be refunded and she should be excommunicated from the university. Her actions as a board member in the last AD search put personal beliefs and ideology ahead of the university she was to represent. Truly despicable behavior.

 

[BeKnighted]

So how much longer are you going to beat that drum, Cali? (And let's not forget that Barchi made the ultimate decision to pick Hermann, not Sweeney.)

 

[Caliknight]

Beat what drum? You mean the fact drum? Sorry, that never stops getting hit. Did I start this thread? No, I just answered it.

How long are you going to beat the opposite drum?

 

[Caliknight]

For those that don't know, read the article below. Pretty comprehensive detail of how poorly the search was conducted, and the strong arming by Sweeney and that other guy who just had to have a certain type of person in the role, at any and all cost, including the badgering of another candidate on gay issues which required an apology from the board. As someone else said- the, "we did it" celebration by Sweeney took a lot of hubris and balls.


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9323092/rutgers-emails-critical-julie-hermann-process

 

[Upstream]

Ok.. Why is she not treated like any member of the public would be who wants to enter a Rutgers athletic facility?

She's a member of the BOT

 

[Caliknight]

From the article above. "Two sources familiar with the search process for the new athletic director also told The Star-Ledger that the headhunter firm, Parker Executive Search, submitted an initial list of 47 candidates to Rutgers. Hermann was not part of that initial group, added later by Sweeney."


Tells you everything you need to know.

 

[RUMBA-JK]

Read the thread. I admitted twice I made a mistake.

Was typing my response when yours posted - sorry

 

[FanuSanu52]

So the same group of fans that constantly complains about our lack of donations also wants to ban one of our big donors over three-year-old news. Smart.

And then they'd probably complain about all the negative press we got over it, too.

 

[bac2therac]

Sorry Shill but this is a total asinine thread out of the blue...and by the way Barchi was the deciding vote. comparing TP inaction on Rice to Julie..wow thats comical..tell me when anything Kate or Julie did that rose to the level of eembarrassment Tim cost

Its just a dumb thread that serves no purpose

 

[djrc89]

I read the article. Maybe someone can enlighten me. There was nothing in there that was so damning. There were a lot of chefs in the mix that certainly supported her hiring. I can see people still are emotional over this topic. But I really don't see it

 

[ru66]

still defending Julie??? bac ,you are unreal

 

[SkilletHead2]

I find it more amazing that people are still attacking her.

 

[RU4Real]

I find it more amazing that people are still attacking her.

I find the general inability of our fans to "move on" even more amazing.

 

[ru66]

moving on goes both ways

 

[SkilletHead2]

moving on goes both ways

It does? I'm pretty sure it means to go ahead and leave the past in the past.

 

[ru66]

tell that to those still defending one of the worst hires in our history and I don't mean flood

 

[TRU2RU]

tell that to those still defending one of the worst hires in our history and I don't mean flood

You must mean Pernetti, since his two head coaching hires both caused Rutgers national embarrasment

 

[bac2therac]

tell that to those still defending one of the worst hires in our history and I don't mean flood

You mean Pernetti who created basically all of thus mess.....and I dont see me or anyone else with I love Julie threads on here so no one is glorifying her....but we have a new AD and football coach yet some like you still cant move on.

 

[ru66]

--you are the one who can't move on- I respond when you bac defend her either implicitly or explicitly

 

[RUonBrain]

--you are the one who can't move on- I respond when you bac defend her either implicitly or explicitly

You are very annoying in your constant bashing of Julie.

Do you always have to hide in the woods until you hear the word Julie and then pounce?

Let it go, dude.

 

[RU62]

Totally agree with RU4REAL. Let's move on. Sweeney is s booster and alumnus and puts her money where her heart is. She deserves respect for that regardless what some folks may feel. She is a member of the BOT and a two sport Letterwinner at Rutgers. And it was Barchi who made the final decision to hire Julie. Move on.

 

[zealott]

I admit I screwed up. I confused her with Kate Hickey who is a high ranking employee.

So why would you like to see Kate Hickey separated from Rutgers?

 

[MidwestKnights]

From the article above. "Two sources familiar with the search process for the new athletic director also told The Star-Ledger that the headhunter firm, Parker Executive Search, submitted an initial list of 47 candidates to Rutgers. Hermann was not part of that initial group, added later by Sweeney."


Tells you everything you need to know.

But it begs the question, and always has, why wasn't the #2 to Tom Jurich at one of the best athletic departments in the country on that initial list of 47?

Maybe if she's on the list of 47, Sweeney doesn't add her to the shortlist and it all shakes out in the normal review process.

How did the search firm miss her in the initial screen? How many women were on that list? Those are the questions the folks who keep beating the agenda drum are missing or overlooking.

 

[SanFranRutgers]

I admit I screwed up. I confused her with Kate Hickey who is a high ranking employee.

It takes a big man ...

 

[cRURah]

tell that to those still defending one of the worst hires in our history and I don't mean flood

SMH. Reading that article again, it's absolutely incredible that Rutgers hired her. For everyone critical of the media for blasting Rutgers and damning her from the start, we got exactly what we deserved. RU couldn't afford to screw up after the Rice scandal but F'd up anyway. The fact that she spent more than 15 years as an Assistant AD without moving up at another college, tells you everything you need to know about her. No other college wanted her or would ever have hired her as AD. Rutgers athletics spinning its wheels for 3 more years because of another terrible athletic hire. GS stands out as the one excellent hire in the last 20 years.

 

[bac2therac]

--you are the one who can't move on- I respond when you bac defend her either implicitly or explicitly

I post about a million things...the only time you ever posted is when Julie or Tim's names are mentioned. I like Hobbs you still cant get over Tim being let go...move on and let it go

 

[Local Shill]

It takes a big man ...

Yeah, you're not too condescending.

 

[koleszar]

I find it more amazing that people are still attacking her.

Look I'm not into attacking people but what Kate Sweeny pulled off was reprehensible . She basically chose her own appointee according to her own agenda driven ideas. Herman wasn't on the suggested list she put her on it by herself. She railroaded the interviews so much so that RU had to issue apologies to other candidates. Then to cap it off basically admitted the whole sordid affair with her championing of "WE DID IT". I'm sorry but this was a bias search run by her which she co-chaired. She rightfully deserves all the fan, alumni and faculty scorn. After this fiasco she shouldn't be trusted with any decisions that require what's best for RU. Because she sure as hell didn't in this instance.

 

[RU62]

Yeah Shill and you are so in the know that you didn't know Sweeney was not a Rutgers employee. Give it a rest and let it go. There's a new sheriff in town who many think will do a good job. Again Barchi was the deciding vote regardless of what you may think. The buck stops there. Why do we have to continuously go thru negative history.