Lohengrin
Banned for anti-Marxism
In the recent ACC Sports Journal article "Ron Wellman's Risky Call," it was stated that Wellman's decision to keep Buzz "has the full support of University President Nathan Hatch and the Board of Trustees, led by chair Don Flow." I have also heard that Flow's stalwart support of Buzz is backed by large donations. What got me wondering was were any of the people making decisions on Buzz Deacs themselves? Who were these people dictating what was "right" or "respectable" for the WF alums and fans of Wake sports?
I had to do some googling, but I was able to find out that:
Ron Wellman - Bowling Green
Don Flow - Univ. of Virginia
Nathan Hatch - Wheaton College
I don't know where the rest of our BOT went for undergrad -- I'd love to know -- but it seems to me that these 3 names making the news as influential in the decision-making on Buzz and our overall athletic policy don't have the critical alumni perspective on athletics and, in the case of Flow, actually have an ACC rival's perspective. Why don't we just invite tarholes to our BOT to decide whether Wake really needs to place ethics and culture far ahead of absurd concepts such as, well, winning? And I'm almost certain that we do have a hole or two on the Board...
This burns me up. Our programs, across the board, are being guided by guys that just aren't Deacs. They have no idea how it feels, as an alum, to see these repeated embarrassments on the field or court. Wellman's concepts of what is "the Wake Forest way" do not square with my own and were not formed from experience as a Wake undergrad. Neither were Flow's, nor Hatch's. Who is there in our organization to represent actual Wake Forest interests with sufficient forcefulness?
Does this rule by foreigners (or enemies) bother you as much as it does me? The strong influence wielded by a Wahoo is especially galling to me, and I don't think Flow ought to be involved at all in our athletics beyond naming rights.
I had to do some googling, but I was able to find out that:
Ron Wellman - Bowling Green
Don Flow - Univ. of Virginia
Nathan Hatch - Wheaton College
I don't know where the rest of our BOT went for undergrad -- I'd love to know -- but it seems to me that these 3 names making the news as influential in the decision-making on Buzz and our overall athletic policy don't have the critical alumni perspective on athletics and, in the case of Flow, actually have an ACC rival's perspective. Why don't we just invite tarholes to our BOT to decide whether Wake really needs to place ethics and culture far ahead of absurd concepts such as, well, winning? And I'm almost certain that we do have a hole or two on the Board...
This burns me up. Our programs, across the board, are being guided by guys that just aren't Deacs. They have no idea how it feels, as an alum, to see these repeated embarrassments on the field or court. Wellman's concepts of what is "the Wake Forest way" do not square with my own and were not formed from experience as a Wake undergrad. Neither were Flow's, nor Hatch's. Who is there in our organization to represent actual Wake Forest interests with sufficient forcefulness?
Does this rule by foreigners (or enemies) bother you as much as it does me? The strong influence wielded by a Wahoo is especially galling to me, and I don't think Flow ought to be involved at all in our athletics beyond naming rights.