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Big announcement coming today from Bradley- Joanne Glasser to retire

The retirement is now being reported by WMBD but part of the report, as expected is the claim that she "launched" the fund raising and raised $160 mil & built the Ren-Col...
sadly, the truth gets completely lost here - the fund raising was LAUNCHED years before she got here (Timeline - and Prexy IX can readily confirm), the name "Renaissance Campaign" was even chosen before and 80% of the revenue was already pledged or raised (the Markin gift, the CAT gift, the Puterbaugh gift - ooops, that one was sent packing...)
 
amen - and every single step of this process was reported here first and in many cases was reported in precise detail even though elsewhere was being denied..

Anyway - I have also heard a very prominent Peorian does want the position - but he is no dummy - he's not going to publicly say so until he sees & hears a little more detail about what he's getting in to and what the terms are...
But by June we should start hearing his name officially - and just maybe the media might report his name unofficially if they read this message board


BTW - I have already seen some really stupid comments..but people are free to believe whatever fairy tale they want...
However - she is not stepping down on her own terms - this is a negotiated agreement so she can say she's choosing to leave but she had to give a little (was actually extended thru 2020) in order to get the right spin. But regardless - she was gonna be gone one way or the other and it was the fallout & fans' sentiment that got-r-dun


anyway - just another sad, sad day for Bradley athletics....the next in a long sequence of really sad days for BU fans since 2011...
one bad, bad move and bad hiring after another....but not just bad hires, bad policy, hastily & poorly thought out moves, and alienating
or truly ticking off many, many FINE, long-time, fans and big time donors....not the least of whom include Puterbaugh & Turner whose departure cost the University $6-10 million in gifts & pledges already made, but it didn't matter to some as long as their petty, vindictive egos were satisfied...

..and it's NOT eight years - it's Aug. 2007-Jan. 2015, that's 7.4 years.
 
YEAH!!!!! Finally!!!! Now lets all sing together that famous song from the Wizard of Oz.. "the witch is gone, the witch is gone, ding dong the wicked witch is gone"
 
amckillip said:
Any thought as to the hiring process for the next president? Obviously there is one big rumor that is going around, but I haven't heard much about that lately...
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The Ray Lahood rumor is dying down a bit. I have heard that is not as likely to happen now, though it is not entirely off the table.
 
bradleyfan124 said:
YEAH!!!!! Finally!!!! Now lets all sing together that famous song from the Wizard of Oz.. "the witch is gone, the witch is gone, ding dong the wicked witch is gone"
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That sentiment has already been expressed.

In my initial post, I hid a couple links (hint....the dots)- click on those to see what my feelings were-

Da Coach said:
I have heard from reliable sources that Bradley is preparing a press release and a big announcement today, and it involves the future of Bradley University.
I believe we will all get the news that we have been waiting and hoping for.............
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Da Coach said:
Official announcement coming soon, probably just after noon, maybe sooner, now that the news is out.......
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Word from someone with close connections to the inside at Bradley is that this action today would probably not have happened when it did if not for the sentiments expressed by fans and supporters of Bradley University, many of them posted by fans here on BradleyFans.com.

So thank you to all the loyal Bradley fans here on Bradleyfans.com, and elsewhere who wrote letters, and posted their thoughts and opinions regarding the situation at Bradley.
It turns out that those who's wishes were answered today, no matter how little part you think you played, helped to right this sinking ship!
And for that, Bradley will be much better off.
 
Now we need the Board of Trustees to tell Glasser "it is o.k. to start your retirement today". That way she is unable to do anymore damage. The sooner she is gone and power is removed from her, the better off people and employees of Bradley University will be. I can't imagine the stories that will come out when she is gone. I wonder if she has enough room in her car for Ford. Maybe we will soon hear, "Elvis has left the building". The next president better be a young person, because they are going to have a lot of fences to mend and credibility to restore.

I wonder if Mayor Ardis and the Chiefs would allow us to shoot fireworks from the scoreboard at the downtown ballpark, sound the air raid sirens and pump the lyrics from the Hallelujah chorus from the p.a. system.
 
I keep seeing people include the hiring in 2002 with all the bad hires & bad decisions over the past 5-6 years..
I don't agree - for most of a decade we had wins, solid scheduling, good RPI, great reputation nationwide, 20-win years, post-season success, high attendance, sellouts, 10,000+crowds, and many satisfied fans and membership in the highest strata of the Braves Club (the Scholarship Society) was so packed that new members were being declined because there was no more available open seats in the lower bowl or room per fire marshall in the BSS room!
Then 2008, 2009 hit and all that came crashing down, and quickly headed south...and now we are a laughingstock --- and not just in basketball - in nearly every other sport with some programs now worse than DII, and maybe even worst all time (VB, WBB, BB..)

Nope - the bad has only been the past 5-6 years since the people in charge have made really bad moves & bad personnel changes.
The current mess is fully owned by Drs. Glasser, Cross, & company...
 
I heard the news on KMOX on the drive home from work tonight. Dreams can come true :-) Thanks to all who wrote letters, emails, and phone calls. I don't think it would have happened without you. Woohoo! :-D
 
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