Well, after having some time to let the Chancellor Gee situation settle in, I'm glad he's gone. Sure, he did a great job of elevating VU's academic and athletic reputation, but he's turned out to be the biggest two-face this side of Tuscaloosa.
Here's what Gee said about his decision to come to tOSU:
"I woke up every morning thinking, 'Why am I here?'"
Two weeks ago, after he first rejected tOSU, he said that devotion to Vanderbilt was "unwavering and unshakable."
I'll be perfectly content as long as we find a chancellor who is a great fund raiser and is able to keep VC David Williams. I'm not sure what will happen to the reorganization, but as long as Williams is in charge, VU will be fine athletically.
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I can't get too worked up in antipathy toward him. It is disappointing to find that all our good feelings toward him were largely misplaced. At the same time, denying any interest in other jobs until you actually accept another job is pretty much how the game is played. I don't like it, and I don't feel comfortable making excuses for the lack of integrity it implies, but I can't act shocked or even more than mildly disappointed.
In the end he's just like any other politician, only pretty good at making people feel valued (which is what the job calls for).
Don't you think there's a difference between saying that you aren't interested in a job and publicly acknowledging that you turned down the job and are totally committed to the job you presently have, only to continue negotiating behind the scenes and then taking shots at the university as you leave?
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