Originally posted by HALL85:
Originally posted by Section112:
Save Continental don't read too much into it. The BORs care deeply about SHU. But like any organization you have folks that focus on different things. As an example, there might be members for instance who care about Ministry or Academics who might not want to deal with the basketball team because its not their thing. Not trying to single out anyone or group - just using an example and they may see their role as improving the school in their area of expertise which is normal. They may not like the basketball team. Msgr. Cafone (God rest his soul) was on the BORs and did not like to have much to do with the basketball program. That is just normal and you need a diverse BORs to be effective. We are not diverse on this board as we are all basketball junkies.
I was just painting a picture that with any University BORs there are going to be members that have different beliefs and priorities and when they see the money it will take to buy out a coach for instance I'm sure they might say why don't we use that money for X instead. Many of the readers of this board may not appreciate how SHU makes decisions but I am sure with any big money decisions (the Coach is the highest paid individual at the school) they will have final say and there will be lots of differing opinions as to its relative importance to the school. And if they are meeting in a few weeks that will be an important meeting if anyone thinks there is the possibility that the coach will stay or go.
This post was edited on 3/13 10:56 AM by Section112
Boards will have a diversity of priorities and opinions for sure. It's really up to the President (and Board Chairman) to drive the agenda, recommendations with support and gain agreement. While the BOR meeting is an important juncture potenitally for a "vote" on this kind of matter, it's not the end all. It doesn't preclude individual conversations from occuring between Estaban, Lyons and BOR members (or between BOR members) if a decision on something is needed in between meetings. I don't know if a "Willard decision" requires some kind of vote, but you can do that in a BOR meeting or using a written consent between meetings. My sense is that the topic of Mens BB is a subject of every meeting and given the downward trajectory of the program, if Gabe/Pat were on their game, they should have been communicating their thoughts and options at previous meetings (along with gaining agreement for any actons). You can always call an emergency meeting as well, but I don't think this would warrant it. My point is, a President and Board Chair should be dealing with these issues on a regular basis and the meetings are typically more of a formality than a key milestone for action.
