Boatright Report Card

[molly jabali]

I shared this weekend I cancelled my basketball season tickets and SASO that have been in my family since 1965. I included a two-page letter outlining my reasoning for canceling the tickets. I received a call from Susan Domann from SASO this afternoon. Let me first say Susan was very professional and I appreciated her calling me about my perception and experience with Shocker athletics. She asked I re-evaluate my decision and asked directly about the specifics of my decision. I politely explained my position of no longer trusting the leadership of Shocker athletics and gave the bullet points that have been presented on this fine forum. I went into detail regarding how over their heads Brown, Boatright and Muma are in their actions of leading Shocker athletics. Susan attempted to praise the growth in buildings, etc that were led by Boatright and others. The disconnect as I told her was internally WSU employees might see the behind the scenes actions leadership has taken. The problem is they are not enough, aren't publicized and leadership is not seen. Susan admitted Boatright isn't the public cheerleader Schaus was. I told her "bingo." A Schaus style of leading is exactly what is needed to be a D-I AD these days. It isn't about being another Jim Schaus, but implement his strategy of demonstrating passion and energy for his people and projects. This isn't rocket science. If WSU is not aware of this, there are more problems than we know. Even though I found Susan to be thoughtful and professional, there is an issue with WSU not understanding their customer or how their product is perceived by said customer. I thanked Susan for her time and praised her for her courage to make that call to me.

You are one of the best posters on here … you find occasional things yo be positive about…this was pretty spot on. Thanks for doing this.

[SHOXAAC]

You are one of the best posters on here … you find occasional things yo be positive about…this was pretty spot on. Thanks for doing this.

Thanks MJ. You are a good egg.

[ABC]

By cancelling SASO, you are hurting all of the other non-revenue sports. I am not cancelling SASO. And I have been a consistent SASO contributor whether I had season tickets or not, for a long, long time.

[WuShock16]

I shared this weekend I cancelled my basketball season tickets and SASO that have been in my family since 1965. I included a two-page letter outlining my reasoning for canceling the tickets. I received a call from Susan Domann from SASO this afternoon. Let me first say Susan was very professional and I appreciated her calling me about my perception and experience with Shocker athletics. She asked I re-evaluate my decision and asked directly about the specifics of my decision. I politely explained my position of no longer trusting the leadership of Shocker athletics and gave the bullet points that have been presented on this fine forum. I went into detail regarding how over their heads Brown, Boatright and Muma are in their actions of leading Shocker athletics. Susan attempted to praise the growth in buildings, etc that were led by Boatright and others. The disconnect as I told her was internally WSU employees might see the behind the scenes actions leadership has taken. The problem is they are not enough, aren't publicized and leadership is not seen. Susan admitted Boatright isn't the public cheerleader Schaus was. I told her "bingo." A Schaus style of leading is exactly what is needed to be a D-I AD these days. It isn't about being another Jim Schaus, but implement his strategy of demonstrating passion and energy for his people and projects. This isn't rocket science. If WSU is not aware of this, there are more problems than we know. Even though I found Susan to be thoughtful and professional, there is an issue with WSU not understanding their customer or how their product is perceived by said customer. I thanked Susan for her time and praised her for her courage to make that call to me.

First, Susan is a top-notch gal. I don’t doubt you when you said that she was very professional.

In similar fashion, I kinda shot my mouth off over the weekend. Said on Twitter that I’m done with WSU until Darron is gone. Two interesting things came from that. First, I had more activity than normal. Over 50 likes but thousands of impressions and hundreds of engagements. I don’t have a huge following but tagging WSU, WSU Athletics, and WSU Men’s Basketball apparently made it visible. There were some noteworthy names in my likes. Big Dawg liked it. So did Dr. Perline’s wife.

The other interesting thing was that I had a head coach (not IB) message me, surprised by my bold statement and asking me why I’m so mad at Darron. I’m supposed to get in contact with said coach at some point soon. That tells me though that others in the department know that I’m pissed.

[SHOXAAC]

By cancelling SASO, you are hurting all of the other non-revenue sports. I am not cancelling SASO. And I have been a consistent SASO contributor whether I had season tickets or not, for a long, long time.

I have always had great respect for you ABC. I appreciate your willingness to look at the bigger picture.

[Kung Wu]

Thanks MJ. You are a good egg.

Hmmm. Starting to think I need to bump you up to 9th smartest.

[ShockerFever]

By cancelling SASO, you are hurting all of the other non-revenue sports. I am not cancelling SASO. And I have been a consistent SASO contributor whether I had season tickets or not, for a long, long time.

So how are you supposed to make that athletic department feel your disappointment? It’s usually with the pocketbook.

[shock]

First, Susan is a top-notch gal. I don’t doubt you when you said that she was very professional.

In similar fashion, I kinda shot my mouth off over the weekend. Said on Twitter that I’m done with WSU until Darron is gone. Two interesting things came from that. First, I had more activity than normal. Over 50 likes but thousands of impressions and hundreds of engagements. I don’t have a huge following but tagging WSU, WSU Athletics, and WSU Men’s Basketball apparently made it visible. There were some noteworthy names in my likes. Big Dawg liked it. So did Dr. Perline’s wife.

The other interesting thing was that I had a head coach (not IB) message me, surprised by my bold statement and asking me why I’m so mad at Darron. I’m supposed to get in contact with said coach at some point soon. That tells me though that others in the department know that I’m pissed.

Yeah but patty didn’t so….

[BostonWu]

Being a good asst. AD does not necessarily warrant promotion to AD when the job opens up. Peter Principle in action.

Wait are you talking about DB or IB?

[BostonWu]

Susan must monitor the obits on a daily basis. Less than a week after my sister lost her battle to cancer I received a call asking who was going to pay the monthly saso bill (or else fork over the tickets). Timing was just a bit off on that call.

[Maizerunner08]

Susan must monitor the obits on a daily basis. Less than a week after my sister lost her battle to cancer I received a call asking who was going to pay the monthly saso bill (or else fork over the tickets). Timing was just a bit off on that call.

My condolences about losing your sister.

[SHOXAAC]

Hmmm. Starting to think I need to bump you up to 9th smartest.

Top 10 baby!!!