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ShotgunDawg
10-20-2016, 05:09 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/JimHolder/status/789225659952312320



Jim Holder‏ @JimHolder

Ole Miss announces Ross Bjork has been named vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics. His contract as AD extended through 2020.

Lol., well ain't this odd.

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.
JDog13
10-20-2016, 05:17 PM
Power move. That's all.
msstate7
10-20-2016, 05:20 PM
3 programs about to be under severe sanctions on his watch... wow.

Didn't the NCAA say they weren't happy with om's public comments pertaining to the investigation? Those comments were by bjork and now he's promoted...
msstatelp1
10-20-2016, 05:40 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/JimHolder/status/789225659952312320


Lol., well ain't this odd.

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

no one else would take the job? Or keep your friends close and your (potential) enemies closer?
FISHDAWG
10-20-2016, 05:54 PM
no one can doubt they are definitely "all in" ..... isn't that perceived as a slap in the face to the NCAA ? .... I think someone took too much Viagra
DanDority
10-20-2016, 05:57 PM
This is why "I" say they will skate
smootness
10-20-2016, 06:00 PM
This is a dumb move. Regardless of the ultimate NCAA outcome, promoting your AD for 'unprecedented success' in the middle of an NCAA investigation can't be read as anything but a sign that you aren't taking the investigation or allegations seriously. That is perhaps the one thing the NCAA hates more than anything.

Good luck with that. This promotion could have waited.
msbulldog
10-20-2016, 06:14 PM
It's called legal blackmail.
Liverpooldawg
10-20-2016, 06:31 PM
Unreal. If he was ours there is a legitimate chance we would have already fired him over the two programs that got hammered. They promote the guy. Well NCAA, we know what they think about you now. What do you think about them?
LC Dawg
10-20-2016, 06:32 PM
It's a buyout and hush money all wrapped in one contract.
dawgday166
10-20-2016, 06:37 PM
This is why "I" say they will skate

I would tend to agree. It certainly appears like they know something we don't.
turkish
10-20-2016, 06:40 PM
Yeah, this is really peculiar.
WSOPdawg
10-20-2016, 06:46 PM
Yeah, this is really peculiar.

Really peculiar since I was thinking earlier today how he seems to have been ball-gagged by Vitter. I'm with LC Dawg in that this smells of a "hush & keep our secrets" type of buy-out.
Liverpooldawg
10-20-2016, 06:58 PM
I don't know but here is a thought: I would think the NCAA could give a show cause to an athletic director. I doubt they can to a university vice-chancellor. Maybe someone who knows more can say for sure. If that turns out to be the case.........interesting.
Ifyouonlyknew
10-20-2016, 07:02 PM
Or they've chosen Bjork over Freeze.
bulldawg28
10-20-2016, 07:13 PM
Or they've chosen Bjork over Freeze.

This
tireddawg
10-20-2016, 08:01 PM
Did he get in trouble at his previous school? Thought I heard something. What's the deal on that? I honestly know nothing about him
Spiderman
10-20-2016, 08:09 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/JimHolder/status/789225659952312320



Lol., well ain't this odd.

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

Ole Miss must really believe they are gonna walk on the NCAA deal.

No other explanation for this.
JDog13
10-20-2016, 08:10 PM
Did he get in trouble at his previous school? Thought I heard something. What's the deal on that? I honestly know nothing about him

Western Kentucky
Spiderman
10-20-2016, 08:10 PM
Or they've chosen Bjork over Freeze.

Never. Never, Never, Ever
Liverpooldawg
10-20-2016, 08:34 PM
Never. Never, Never, Ever

They may not have a choice.
Spiderman
10-20-2016, 08:38 PM
They may not have a choice.

If Freeze goes, Bjork goes.
BrunswickDawg
10-20-2016, 08:39 PM
They may not have a choice.
Of course Bjork could have turned on Danny Hugh to save his own hide. He seems like that kind of a douche.
msbulldog
10-20-2016, 08:54 PM
Did he get in trouble at his previous school? Thought I heard something. What's the deal on that? I honestly know nothing about him

I thought he was involved in the Miami mess.
anubus
10-20-2016, 08:56 PM
Ole Miss must really believe they are gonna walk on the NCAA deal.

No other explanation for this.

The Titantic thought it was unsinkable too...... NCAA please turn into Ole Siss' jagged iceberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Liverpooldawg
10-20-2016, 09:20 PM
I thought he was involved in the Miami mess.

Wasn't he an assistant AD there during that?
HSVDawg
10-20-2016, 09:31 PM
Haha....wow. Vice chancellor of intercollegiate athletics? Soooo....basically still just the athletic director?

This is like when Michael Scott promoted Dwight from "Assistant to the Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager".
ShotgunDawg
10-20-2016, 09:34 PM
Haha....wow. Vice chancellor of intercollegiate athletics? Soooo....basically still just the athletic director?

This is like when Michael Scott promoted Dwight from "Assistant to the Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager".

I think it's more a flow chart decision. Meaning, by giving Bdork this title, he only answers to the Chancellor, whereas with just the AD title, he may have had to answer to more people.
HSVDawg
10-20-2016, 09:45 PM
I think it's more a flow chart decision. Meaning, by giving Bdork this title, he only answers to the Chancellor, whereas with just the AD title, he may have had to answer to more people.

I can't imagine there being anyone in the reporting structure between Bjork and the chancellor. Who else would he (or any AD, for that matter) have to report to other than the President / Chancellor of the university? It's just a BS, made up title that was given to him to justify a raise he doesn't deserve to grease the wheels of the college board to get it approved. Its the same thing as when we give out an "associate head coach" title to an assistant when we give them a raise, even though their job responsibilities don't change one bit.
msstate7
10-20-2016, 09:48 PM
I can't imagine there being anyone in the reporting structure between Bjork and the chancellor. Who else would he (or any AD, for that matter) have to report to other than the President / Chancellor of the university? It's just a BS, made up title that was given to him to justify a raise he doesn't deserve to grease the wheels of the college board. Its the same thing as when we give out an "associate head coach" title to an assistant when we give them a raise, even though their job responsibilities don't change one bit.

Giving an AD that oversaw 3 different sports get major sanctions (or about to get major sanctions) is shocking to me
BayouDawg
10-20-2016, 10:02 PM
Ole Miss must really believe they are gonna walk on the NCAA deal.

No other explanation for this.

I've also wondered about this. The conclusion I've come to is pretty simple. You and me are rational logical thinking people whereas the bears are a completely different breed. You can't expect these type of irrational, delusional people to make the same decisions that 99% of normal people with a functioning brain would.
On the other hand when sanctions do come out they could easily fire Bdork with cause and not have to pay him another dime. So really it's meaningless.
SDDawg
10-20-2016, 10:30 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/JimHolder/status/789225659952312320



Lol., well ain't this odd.

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

I'll help you out. Vitter is garbage, just like his panty-sniffing brother. Fits in at OM to a tee.
ShotgunDawg
10-20-2016, 10:49 PM
Any chance this is a fabricated move to help recruiting?

For a kid that's concerned about attending OM due to probation, them being able to point towards Bdork getting promoted as a way of saying "we are innocent", could be the angle.
Schultzy
10-20-2016, 10:51 PM
Immunity* Too good to be true
WSOPdawg
10-21-2016, 08:41 AM
I can't imagine there being anyone in the reporting structure between Bjork and the chancellor. Who else would he (or any AD, for that matter) have to report to other than the President / Chancellor of the university? It's just a BS, made up title that was given to him to justify a raise he doesn't deserve to grease the wheels of the college board to get it approved. Its the same thing as when we give out an "associate head coach" title to an assistant when we give them a raise, even though their job responsibilities don't change one bit.

Don't all raises of this leadership magnitude have to go before the State's college board for approval, and if so, how can any college board approve something like this given that 2 of your sports programs just received major NCAA penalties and a 3rd (the university's main program) is on the doorstep to major sanctions? I can't believe they're giving him a raise with what's to come staring them in the face.
BossDawg
10-21-2016, 10:08 AM
Well, they actually extended his contract and promoted him back during the first of the summer, but the IHL is just now approving it.

I don't think there's much to it anyway. Rather, I think it's more of a middle finger to the public, as in "See, look! Why would we do this if we're about to get hammered?!" They are saving face as long as they can, milking every drop. They're doing the whole "we'll burn that bridge when we get there" routine.
Saltydog
10-21-2016, 05:24 PM
people here who generally have information are quite on this issue. May be much ado about nothing but it's no coincident that UM made this move. There's obviously a political motive here.
starkvegasdawg
10-21-2016, 06:29 PM
people here who generally have information are quite on this issue. May be much ado about nothing but it's no coincident that UM made this move. There's obviously a political motive here.

They don't fart in the morning without an ulterior motive. One thing I'm NOT reading into this is they're getting off. I still think they get bent over and ridden dry until they like it.
Goldendawg
10-21-2016, 08:09 PM
I bet they think a "vice chancellor" might not get a show cause as likely as A .D. Probably forgot he is the same guy. Does he get an even bigger championship 'rasslin belt with this promotion?
gravedigger
10-21-2016, 09:56 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/JimHolder/status/789225659952312320



Lol., well ain't this odd.

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

Isnt the athletics director quite literally the schools president for intercollegiate athletics?

So this makes him the VP and the director.

Of course this appointment could be insinuating he ISNT the head of athletics i suppose.

Wouldnt it be rich if he got a memo tomorrow stating the president of athletics would like to see him?