Scarlet_Buckeye;1450704 wrote:It's time for Gordon Gee to step down.

Lol stop

Step down.....FOR THIS?

LOL

Scarlet_Buckeye;1450704 wrote:It's time for Gordon Gee to step down.

Gordon is a legend we are not talking about Gene Smith.

Gee is walking a fine line.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22333450/report-one-more-mistake-could-lead-to-gordon-gees-dismissal

wildcats20;1450700 wrote:I find it hilarious that Rick Pitino is acting like the morality police on this.

Did he make that statement from the men's restroom of an Italian restaurant?

I am not surprised by any of this. First of all, as a Catholic, I am not offended by his comments.

That said, I have always felt that Gee was one of those people who you just hand the rope and stand out of the way - they do all the work. Ohio State sullied itself when then rehired this guy. He and Wexner drove Ohio State to lose its mission of being the flagship land grant school in Ohio. THey decided that they needed to make it compete with UM and other perceived "top tier" public schools. And what is a "top tier" public school? Well it is whatever the US News rankings say it is. Gee and Wexner bought into this and in the process created a place that is more form than substance. The window dressing of big time sports (with hired gun coaches), fancy buildings, big time amenities for students, expensive undergraduate tuition, and arbitrarily high admissions standards do not make a place Harvard. Ohio State was never meant to be a Harvard anyway. It was supposed to be the flagship public school. As such, it shoudl be accessable to most kids in Ohio adn not horded away for a privelaged few. But that's what Gee and Les wanted. The rubber stamp Board went along with that and we now have a university that lost its own plot.

F*** the board of directors - they're the ones that had to have Gee no matter what. Well, you hire a big mouthed uber nerd like that, what the hell do you expect?

^^^

I don't disagree with everything you say, but the best move Ohio St. made was to make the Columbus campus more selective. The Ohio State system still allows graduates in Ohio to attend the regional campuses, but prior to making OSU-Columbus more selective it was an absolute $&%^hole from the 80's into the early 90's. Every top student I knew would go to OU-Athens, Miami or out of state for college because Ohio St. wasn't an option. It was too big, had a HUGE racial problem and Ohio became a brain drain with all of the students leaving and not coming back. At least now Ohio St.-Columbus is a place that top students in Ohio can attend. It wasn't that way for many years.

Gordon Gee is a thug ass balla.


Proud to be an alum

Gee trolled so many people, and I love it.

[video=youtube;T3n0vBcW5fc][/video]

After watching "Book of Mormon," I know Gee must have an amazing sense of humor to follow that religion

(relax Mormons, I am just playing ... but that play was pretty f-cking hilarious)

BigAppleBuckeye;1450753 wrote:After watching "Book of Mormon," I know Gee must have an amazing sense of humor to follow that religion

(relax Mormons, I am just playing ... but that play was pretty f-cking hilarious)

So true. It's pretty ridiculous they think there's an imaginary man in the sky, LOL.

http://collegespun.com/big-ten/ohio-state/photo-arkansas-head-coach-bret-bielema-tweets-a-picture-of-gordon-gees-apology-e-mail-to-him

Hope he does it again at DeSales graduation tomorrow.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1450715 wrote:I am not surprised by any of this. First of all, as a Catholic, I am not offended by his comments.

That said, I have always felt that Gee was one of those people who you just hand the rope and stand out of the way - they do all the work. Ohio State sullied itself when then rehired this guy. He and Wexner drove Ohio State to lose its mission of being the flagship land grant school in Ohio. THey decided that they needed to make it compete with UM and other perceived "top tier" public schools. And what is a "top tier" public school? Well it is whatever the US News rankings say it is. Gee and Wexner bought into this and in the process created a place that is more form than substance. The window dressing of big time sports (with hired gun coaches), fancy buildings, big time amenities for students, expensive undergraduate tuition, and arbitrarily high admissions standards do not make a place Harvard. Ohio State was never meant to be a Harvard anyway. It was supposed to be the flagship public school. As such, it shoudl be accessable to most kids in Ohio adn not horded away for a privelaged few. But that's what Gee and Les wanted. The rubber stamp Board went along with that and we now have a university that lost its own plot.

F*** the board of directors - they're the ones that had to have Gee no matter what. Well, you hire a big mouthed uber nerd like that, what the hell do you expect?

Woah. OSU isnt the flagship school in Ohio? Horded away for a privileged few? Doesnt OSU have the 3rd biggest enrollment in the country only behind ASU and UCF? I must be missing something...

There is nothing wrong with trying to raise standards. Especially if it isnt affecting anything.

SportsAndLady;1450707 wrote:Lol stop

Automatik;1450708 wrote:Step down.....FOR THIS?

LOL

Tiger2003;1450710 wrote:Gordon is a legend we are not talking about Gene Smith.

No... Not for *this*... for the NUMBER of ill-advised PUBLIC comments he's made over the last couple years. One slip up is one thing; MULTIPLE (I think it's 5 now?) slip ups for a University President is another. It's time.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1452068 wrote:No... Not for *this*... for the NUMBER of ill-advised PUBLIC comments he's made over the last couple years. One slip up is one thing; MULTIPLE (I think it's 5 now?) slip ups for a University President is another. It's time.

There's one group of people who don't seem to have a problem with Gee's comments: HIS TARGET AUDIENCE!!

His main responsibility is to raise money for the University. He's one of the best in the country at it. Give it a rest.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1452068 wrote:No... Not for *this*... for the NUMBER of ill-advised PUBLIC comments he's made over the last couple years. One slip up is one thing; MULTIPLE (I think it's 5 now?) slip ups for a University President is another. It's time.

Well this is just an overreaction if I've ever seen one. You see how well Rutger's overreaction and firing their athletic director worked out for them, and this would be much worse than that.

Pick6;1451070 wrote:Woah. OSU isnt the flagship school in Ohio? Horded away for a privileged few? Doesnt OSU have the 3rd biggest enrollment in the country only behind ASU and UCF? I must be missing something...

There is nothing wrong with trying to raise standards. Especially if it isnt affecting anything.

I didn't mean that it isn't the flagship - but that it lost the idea of what that means. When kids from good Ohio high schools with 3.5 gpas have no chance in gaining admission to Columbus, something is way wrong. The branch campus route is not a good alternative for many, so I don't find that to be a reasonable substitute. Ohio State provides a fine education. But it isn't elite and shouldn't portend to be. It has set itself up to be a ranking juggernaut and I find that to be a problem.

I concur that improvements to the campus and surrounding areas have been important. Holbrook and Kirwin were also part of that. But those are byproducts of Gee's mission. I fundamentally disagree with the direction Ohio State has chosen to go and I think Gee personifies this choice.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1452375 wrote: Ohio State provides a fine education. But it isn't elite and shouldn't portend to be. It has set itself up to be a ranking juggernaut and I find that to be a problem.
I fundamentally disagree with the direction Ohio State has chosen to go and I think Gee personifies this choice.

You're a pompous windbag that usually writes an entire blog to state a couple of points. Its a message board Einstein...don't bore the shite out of the rest of us.

Tiernan;1452379 wrote:You're a pompous windbag that usually writes an entire blog to state a couple of points. Its a message board Einstein...don't bore the ****e out of the rest of us.

I've been called worse. Guess I shouldn't expect a Christmas card from you.

Gee retiring July 1st, per Columbus Dispatch

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/06/ohio-state-president-gee.html

dlazz;1452522 wrote:Gee retiring July 1st, per Columbus Dispatch

Yeah... and I said it was time to step-down and I got blasted for it. Look who's laughing now...

https://twitter.com/KyleRowland/status/341995189717590016

Not shocked he is "retiring."

Iliketurtles;1452526 wrote:Not shocked he is "retiring."

I actually am. Didn't think they'd make him do this. Maybe it was something he was thinking about doing already and this was just the last push towards that. He makes OSU a lot of dough, figured he'd have to say a lot worse to get the boot.