Other than not liking him on general principles - the hockey ticket line is always a disaster, the ushers toss out people for using words that rhyme with truck, and the cost of webcasts is creeping up - athletics director Andy Noel has stumbled his way into a weekend where the wrestling is ranked No. 2, the men's basketball team is in the NCAAs again and not a lowly 16-seed, the men's hockey team is in the ECAC semifinals, and the men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 3. Things could be worse.
[quote billhoward]Other than not liking him on general principles - the hockey ticket line is always a disaster, the ushers toss out people for using words that rhyme with truck, and the cost of webcasts is creeping up - athletics director Andy Noel has stumbled his way into a weekend where the wrestling is ranked No. 2, the men's basketball team is in the NCAAs again and not a lowly 16-seed, the men's hockey team is in the ECAC semifinals, and the men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 3. Things could be worse.[/quote]
I think the argument you are making in the body of your post is answering a completely different question than you ask in the title.
My answer is actually a question I posed the last time this came up:
Is winning everything?
Edit: One more question: What the hell is the point to this obviously baiting thread, billhoward? Didn't we all already have our say on this topic in this thread?? (http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,138077) Why do you want to get everyone screaming at each other during this weekend of all others? We've got better things to obsess over today, bill.
[quote RichH][quote billhoward]Other than not liking him on general principles - the hockey ticket line is always a disaster, the ushers toss out people for using words that rhyme with truck, and the cost of webcasts is creeping up - athletics director Andy Noel has stumbled his way into a weekend where the wrestling is ranked No. 2, the men's basketball team is in the NCAAs again and not a lowly 16-seed, the men's hockey team is in the ECAC semifinals, and the men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 3. Things could be worse.[/quote]
I think the argument you are making in the body of your post is answering a completely different question than you ask in the title.
My answer is actually a question I posed the last time this came up:
Is winning everything?[/quote]Even if it is, and even if he's doing a wonderful job as AD because of it, that still doesn't preclude him from being a jerk.
Barry Bonds still a jerk? Most home runs in the history of baseball.
A: Yes.