bison73

Thanks. I had missed that.

Thank you for that insight.

Dont most reporters when investigating go to the supposed source for verification and or to get the other side of the story before coming o a conclusion and then reporting it? Or are they supposed to report ALL of the information and let the readers come to there own conclusion from the facts presented? Or is journalistic integrity a thing of the past and tabloid journalism now the new norm?

I agree.

Wow considering the context of that statement, he had it exactly right on trying to control the spin. Operative words are--level of discourse. You do know what that means? No where does he state what you infer.

He looks like a movie star. Chumley from TN Tuxedo. Im still working on the other two.

Where did the "alumni he had no time for" come from?? Why are you so concerned about an apology to NDSU? You trying to add to the supposed drama? LOL

I think one must also look at the timing of the kerfuffle he was responding to in his texts. Were they while he was away at the funeral when the blow up occured? Its also plausible that he didnt have all the details of the media rights deal so he wouldnt of had the foresight to look at the immediate and long range repercussions. Were more stipulations put in to place after the original consultation so he would have been blindsided by the whole thing and then trying to do damage control without knowing all the details?. Hence the inappropriate texts.

The quote was to "control the spin"? IOW he wanted to control the spin--like you are trying to put on it.

I agree but there are those that want their pound of flesh.

The messenger was the politicos and portly was the hatchet man. If you think portly is a new talking point you havent been paying attention. LOL Not to mention there were other forces at work. But as I said before---DB did this one himself. After he told the SBOHE what was going on he should have just told the public the same or shut up and ride it out. Because when the information came out it showed NDSU really wasnt the bad guy in this whole thing. They just stepped in it badly with their terrible explanation-presser. Then it went down hill from there. Whats bad is there was a simple fix and they just kept making it worse.

My post was more about the body of his work. This time around he was more like the blind pig finding an acorn. DB shot himself in the foot this time around.

I could of called him drunk and fat? My angst with him has more to do withe fact hes a puppet for his political handlers agenda and then acts like hes doing everyone a public service and is a champion for social justice.

Cant argue with most of whats been posted here. I myself am just shaking my head in disbelief that something so simple has turned in to this crap show. Nobody to blame but himself.

Nope. Just an observation.

Considering all the good hes done you would have him step down because he tried to BS the Forum over the rescinding of the media restrictions?

If you dont think fat boy and his handlers have an agenda then you are naive.

Whats crazy is he told the SBOHE exactly what they were doing. So why wouldnt you do the same with the press?

As an interm pres he was there to just hold the ship together and on course until another pres was found is my understanding. If he thought he was going to accomplish all that as an interm then he may have misconstrued why he was hired or he was looking to stay on full time and wanted that feather in his hat. Yeah sometimes we all have made statements that later we kind of go---did I really say that? I always thought it would have been cool to have a former player as the pres. FYI--His brother Jon and I were teammates..

You going to bring food this time?

I cant pass judgement on Dick as he was at SU for a short time. But from what I heard he wasnt liked and he also had made some comments that a president shouldnt have made.

As far as the bids and negotiations there is a lot of stink to go around for everyone involved. The Dean B crap show is just that. I dont think he has any hope of continuing at NDSU and will more than likely will finish out as a lame duck pres. IMO

So whats the uproar on the house about???? The article was pretty self explanatory.

Been busy. Nice to see you missed us.

Gap tooth wrote this??? Im shocked.