The IHL, what are they for?

[bocephus.sixpack]

For the life of me I can't understand why in the world do they not get involved in the lying and scheming that has been calculated by the leaders of OM and used to intervene what they are really about at that place. The taxpayers in this state deserve better leadership then what has been demonstrated by the IHL commission. They have not done anything concerning the lying that has been going on at OM. Now, the intentional lying has them named in a lawsuit. From Dan Boyce on down the members have shown zero leadership in what has been a national calamity. People wonder why MS is in the shape we're in, well this kind of leadership goes along way in causing others to look at MS as they do. We need spread our disgust with the board members. I'm not coming from a MSU fan here which I'm so glad we have the leaders in place we have at state. I'm coming from an embarrassed taxpayer in this state that expects these members in making decisions make professional decisions and forget the loyalty to OM out of it. I know, an impossible task, but its one in my opinion that needs to happen.

 

[tatedog]

45 a years a Mississippian. Unless you can carefully explain to the nth detail to an elected or appointed official how they can personally profit from whatever you suggest they do, you are wasting your breath.

 

[amcdan2000]

Time to protect your phony baloney jobs gentlemen

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I think their original unstated mission was keeping the black man down

 

[bocephus.sixpack]

45 a years a Mississippian. Unless you can carefully explain to the nth detail to an elected or appointed official how they can personally profit from whatever you suggest they do, you are wasting your breath.

My deal is this. If they are over the IHL in this state, they need to step up and quit being patsies. They are getting their asses sued because of the actions of a state supported institution. If I was on the committee, you better believe I would be asking some hard questions and demand answers.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

This is what sucks about this situation. As easy as it is to laugh at how the rebs botched this whole situation at the end of the day it will cost the state MILLIONS of dollars

 

[Maroon Eagle]

A guess from a non-expert here is that the IHL and its Board generally allows the state universities to control the budgetary and administrative matters that they can do and doesn’t try to meddle too much into what the universities do unless they’re asked by a university or it’s really egregious.

Before the IHL was created, Governor Bilbo meddled a lot with the state’s universities resulting in them losing accreditation.

 

[coach66]

Well said but let me add that I have it on good

Authority that the IHL is not pleased with our
Friends at this point, more to come. A huge black eye to our state.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I’m not surprised that there’s displeasure. This is what happens when the decision making isn’t worthy of a Flagship, much less a Pedal Boat.

 

[dog12]

Question: why did Mars include all 3 defendants in this one case?

Wouldn't it be better to sue each defendant individually? Pick out the best defendant (likely, University of Mississippi) and individually sue it first. Concentrate efforts on maximizing the culpability of that defendant and thereby maximize the damages.

Then, sue the next defendant . . . and so on and so forth.

 

[drt7891]

My question is if there is so much displeasure, why haven't heads rolled? I've heard the same thing about some of the OM administration after the hostage video that they weren't happy, yet everyone still had jobs and publically, nary a trouble in the world.

That's the root problem, to me. It's not so much that cheating was allowed, it's that cheating was allowed and EVERYONE, from athletic admin to media to university admin and now IHL, have placated it by publically defending everyone involved and their actions (except the less popular women's track and basketball coaches... they were promptly fired).

The biggest crime is why so many people still have jobs here... and the only time OM took matters into their own hands was when their coach (who they defended for 2 years) was about to be publically embarrassed by an unrelated, personal sin.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

OM made a conscious decision to stand by Freeze. The one thing I wonder is if there's going to be an AD change soon or Bjork will be allowed to hire the sacrificial lamb head coach and then look for another AD position with that future AD hiring the post-sacrifice coach. I suspect it will be the latter.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

They may just be waiting until the punishment comes down to fire everyone. That way the new administration can have somewhat of a fresh start.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Agreed.