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Blah blah blah. I never say anything about athletics as I don't know. Stop attacking people; it makes you look weird. 
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Your schtick and M.O. on this forum is to claim some superior knowledge while arrogantly dismissing others who clearly know more about Beach Athletics than you do. It's obvious that you don't have anything valuable to contribute. Being satisfied with Men's BB because you enjoy occasionally sitting on a floor seat (I've done that many times) and floating an idea about offering classes that went nowhere does not make you relevant. It makes you irrelevant and useless. But nothing makes you more irrelevant than defending the Conoley legacy.
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Moron. Previous Message
I wouldn’t expect you to respond otherwise. I have no doubt that history will quickly sort out Conoley’s relevance, and yours too. Previous Message
I say you are irrelevant, rude, and have no idea what you are talking about. Previous Message
And that is, the acceptance of mediocrity, the capitulation to bureaucracy and group think, and a lack of vision and creativity and especially, energy.
Long Beach was a leader and front-runner in CSU fund-raising and now it is middle of the pack, and struggling for any kind of momentum. That downward spiral was a direct result of the environment that Conoley set and created. I don’t know what role you play or played in the university, but the attitude you’ve expressed is clearly part of the problem. There is absolutely no reason that a public university like Long Beach State can’t excel in private, targeted enterprises. Previous Message
There are always fluctuating levels. I worked he for a while and see what is going on, and the limiting factors are monetary resources and vision. No one gets paid to take additional risks and new endeavors. That is not how it works. No, nothing close to your and others' thinking, never . Just normal issues in public administration. Like I said, I give inside info, take it or not, but please don't create your own reality. Previous Message
Your post makes it sound like that you are more than a bit frustrated about the administration's ability to try new endeavors and take risks. If so, you're a lot closer to our thinking than you like to publically admit. I applaud your initiative but also morn the unwillingness of the administrators to render a decision, one way or another. If that's the case, there are big problems over there, which run even deeper than I've previously feared. Previous Message
It is rare for faculty or admin to be entrepreneurial; they are scholarly at best. They have never had a role to make a profit; it is not their modus operandi. I have volunteered myself for a role to bring on new classes for the non-traditional community student; the decision makers are incapable of making a decision, and this project is a make-or-break project to raise additional income from students we are not addressing currently for our college. Previous Message
Not going to happen. Wrong mindset and wrong people, the academic public sector versus the private sector capitalist. Previous Message
True that a college is not a business but in today's world of NIL and raising money for everything from athletics to repairs and new buildings that we need to start thinking like one. Previous Message
We are not a business. Previous Message
From the article:
"nudging the university to start thinking like a business rather than a bureaucracy." Previous Message
They did have NIL money last year, but I was told that it was not that much (around $50,000 in total). Previous Message
I wonder if the new president will want his/her own AD? If that happens, there could be a lot of change coming soon. I am surprised that LB was the only BW program without NIL last year. Previous Message
https://lbbusinessjournal.com/news/education/name-image-likeness-long-beach-state-basketball-chris-acker/
It's something, sounds organized and promising.
Still no new president named, the search continues.
Sometimes though, the best organization comes from an unexpected source not tied to the structured bureaucracy in place.
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