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The Scarborough Era is now over. It is now up to all of us in Zips Nation to come together and work hard to save over beloved school. Never again can we allow a small group to take over what we all collectively own. Akron Hail, All Hail

They probably did, they definitely had the community, alumni and student support. He hasn't had much trouble at YSU getting the business support. The thing that was "missing" was the support of the faculty. They wanted someone "traditional" someone with "experience". They got what they asked for.

Who in their right mind would want the job? With the toxic environment created by the Faculty Senate, the Beacon Journal and other groups on campus it's going to take a special person to right the ship.

The "Rob Ianello" of UA Presidents is gone. Hopefully there's a "Bowden" candidate out there somewhere.

Nothing will truly change until those who hired him are held responsible and gone as well. I'm not sure which was a bigger blunder at this point. Ianello or Scarborough. To think, we could have had Tressel...

I don't know her at all, but someone that was a Fed Reserve President would be amazing and a logical trade-off for the academic pedigree. And not to crack open discussions of the past, didn't it get determined that Proenza's "financial mess" amounted to really about a 3% correction to the annual budget. There was not a massive financial issue. UA's debt to budget ratio is on the high side, but sustainable-- if enrollment stays steady-- and reflected the need to correct several decades of chronic underfunding of physical plant. Did UA need an on campus replacement for the Rubber Bowl? Yes, or exit football. Did UA need a total campus makeover? Yes, but it needed to finance itself since the state wouldn't. Those were necessary investments, not profligate spending. I don't go on campus today and feel like it is crazily over-built. It's not a bunch of crazy architectural over-reach...it's nice, but pretty utilitarian. It was established a while ago that the "financial mess" narrative was really just a Reichstag fire strategy to implement an ill-considered, ham-fisted, half-baked strategy/experiment. If enrollment is now cratering, then there would now be a true financial mess...

Christian Pulisic (center) celebrates his first international goal with Darlington Nagbe (right), who assisted the strike, and DeAndre Yedlin. Credit: http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2016/05/30/15/35/160530-mnt-youth-movement-continues-to-impress-under-klinsmann?sf27575754=1

At the very least, I don't think Tress was the wrong guy.

Who the hell would have wanted to be the Zips Football Coach after Ianello drove the program into the ground? UA is a great place to get an college education. There are plenty of talented, intelligent candidates available. UA needs someone who recognizes talent spearheading the next hire process. Whether it's academics or athletics, we seem to really struggle in talent evaluation...we've had some colossal whiffs. They probably had the right guy in Tressel.

Oh thank God... I would like them to put Proenza back in as interim prexy, since they have to pay him anyway. They need to do a deliberate, no stone unturned, national search. They have to find a tier of candidates above the pool that Scar was in. Someone w academic accomplishment, but that is also dynamic and energetic. The need to find the right person, not the conveniently available one...

Nagbe to Pulisic..... that was beautiful.....