Presidential $$$ predictions

Always fascinated by the often repeated claims of past and possible future, non qualified, politically connected presidents at FSU have or will 'bring the money' to FSU.

It isn't accurate as the facts state, but the claim is floated to excuse politically motivated cronyism type hires at FSU by the fan base for some reason.

We are seeing it again with the upcoming FSU presidential hire, so let's record some of these for future evaluations.

The good news for these folks is, after FSU won a national title, there will be a money bump, but it will be due to the national title, not the president.


D'Alemberte nominates Thrasher for FSU president

pauldirac
5/23/2014

"If Thrasher is able to mobilize alumni fundraising and legislative support I personally think that he would be a far superior president for FSU right now that a weak or even slightly above average average academic.  For example, I would rather see him as FSU's president than an academic with weak leadership and communications and political skills.  Just to take a few examples, if I compare Thrasher to someone like Garnett Stokes, Eric Walker or the head of the UFF, I see more that Thrasher can do to move the institution forward than the others I've mentioned.  "




Re: FSU faculty union: We've lost confidence in presidential search process

pauldirac
5/24/2013

"Are you one of the the donor in the tens or hundreds of millions FSU needs to complete its billion dollar campaign? I recall the same argument being made by alumni about not giving when D'Alemberte and Wetherell were appointed president, but I'm not sure it made much of a difference -- I suspect that the disadvantage of any new outside president is that it will take years to build the relationships and credibility to win those kinds of high-level donations. Thrasher knows the pool of high level donors and they know him, so he can hit the ground running -- and by my count FSU has a lot of running to do if it is to hit the $1 billion mark on time."