re: Can anyone here effectively defend FKA?

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What good thing has he done since he was hired? Why do I get angry every time i read something from him? Does he actually raise money?

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He is really good at spending money on LSU shaped lazy rivers, and flat screen televisions while simultaneously burning whole departments down and jacking up tuition. This is all added in with the fun fact that he Athletic Department donates millions a year to the school. One of the only schools in the nation if not the only school that does so.

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Not even James Earring Williams

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James "SJW" Williams*

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And don’t just tell me he raises a lot of money

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Yeah, this part sux too

I have a question, what has he done wrong or that’s bad?

FKA personally has lost institutional control of LSU.......Vet School scandal with $, Greek hazing deaths, Miles/Jimbo/Herman debacle, major drop in endowments, etc..
Handling of Will Wade

I think most of this board's problem with FKing begins in what he did with the whole Miles thing when he basically went to Alleva when he was trying to get Jimbo and told Alleva to stop because Alleva had screwed the pooch on it and was embarrassing the school . In that capacity, he was doing the old BOS's bidding. Then most on this board did not like how he took JBE's side on the tax issue when JBE first got in because LSU football was threatened. Neither of these actions were acceptable to many of the posters. But in terms of running the university, day to day, most people in positions to actually know, think Alexander does a pretty good job overall.

Alexander's job is not necessarily fundraising....that task belongs to the LSU Foundation and Bryan Benchoff is the President and CEO of that arm and he does a decent job at that.

FK no

He's given the most diverse graduating classes in LSU history

You're bitching because as a member of the chattering class you don't like how he handles the issues pertaining to athletics. In that capacity - athletics, He is truly a mouthpiece.

personally, I don't have a beef with how he handled the Miles situation or the Wade situation. Actually in the Wade situation, he has done what any boss would have done....actually the fact that Wade is still just on suspension shows restraint, because if I were him and Wade had blown off his superior like did.and he did blow off Alleva, he would be gone, fired and trashed....I really don't care that his lawyer told him not to talk

He's not above scrutiny, Objectively I don't see where Alexander has done a bad job....he just doesn't do what you think he should do

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