To the Whiners, Naysayers, and Negative Nancies

[FazaUSF]

In this age of immediate gratification, internet blogs being given similar credence to legitimate news outlets, and the Twitterfication of society (read: emasculation), I say to hell with anyone who clogs our feeds with their whining, plugs up our favorite internet board (TBP) with their naysaying, and announces their blind, poorly considered, inane support for the idea that USF did anything wrong in its hiring process of Steve Masiello.

 

Does it bother me that USF isn’t hiring Masiello? No. He lied about having a degree. Good for USF for putting its foot down and standing up for values. UCF can hire him, he’d make for a great pair with George O’Leary. I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

 

You expect someone you're looking to hire isn’t a liar (or stupid enough to be) and you expect your search firm to do their job. USF did everything right here with the hiring process. Perhaps I can agree that the media relations mismanagement (or lack thereof) was our biggest shortcoming, but then again, that is why Harlan has been hired. Quite frankly, the Twitterverse mentality of "I NEED NEWS NOW AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AND I'LL ACCEPT ANYTHING SOMEONE TWEETS AS TRUTH" is responsible for this non-hire to even be considered a surprise among fans. Was the search firm too slow? It's hard to blame them…. UK is only open business hours. Have you ever sat on the phone with a university's administrative offices? Nothing happens as quickly as you can Tweet 100 unfounded misconceptions about it. You can update your Facebook profile 100 times before you can secure a copy of your degree audit. The under-24-hour lapse between signing a contract and a background check discovery is actually a pretty fast turnaround, even considering today's corporate atmosphere.

 

Some internet posts by members of our OWN FAN BASE have been quite unnecessarily negative towards USF, and this sort of hotheaded knee-jerk reaction has made its way around the social media universe. It has influenced opinions much more than traditional news media, akin to shooting ourselves in the foot. Reasonable reporting from news media outlets has generally not endorsed an aghast reaction to USF's handling of the hire. If anything, any negativity is generally (and appropriately) directed towards the fact that Masiello lied on his resume. Have some respect - we did it better than Notre Dame.

 

The entire bruhaha is quite laughable. For anyone who has seen the movie Idiocracy, I reiterate my hope that it gets remade with a larger budget someday soon because its writers were spot-on. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it. If you don't understand it, you're probably exactly the kind of hide-behind-your-computer annoyance who contributes to the progression to its ultimate prediction. USF fans should employ a little intelligence, a little patience, a little class, and lay off your university for standing up for what should matter.

 

                    In Bull Pride.

[NCBull]

To The Holier-Than-Thou Mega-Fans: Good for you. You are better than others.

[bullsbucsfan426]

Thanks Faza, I absolutely agree. People need to calm down and slow down. What more could E&B or Mark Harlan done? NOTHING! We heard that this was not a done deal around noon to one yesterday. They took 20 hours to verify, to try and get this cleared up. They couldn't get it cleared up. Could they have decided "okay, let's sweep it under the rug"? Yes. But this is USF! We do not hire scumbags like George O'Leary, and we will not hire liars like Steve Masiello. Appreciate it man. 

[charsibb]

NM

Edited March 27, 2014 by charsibb

[sheamanecw]

I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

Columbia for all three degrees? That's a lot of debt.

[charsibb]

In this age of immediate gratification, internet blogs being given similar credence to legitimate news outlets, and the Twitterfication of society (read: emasculation), I say to hell with anyone who clogs our feeds with their whining, plugs up our favorite internet board (TBP) with their naysaying, and announces their blind, poorly considered, inane support for the idea that USF did anything wrong in its hiring process of Steve Masiello.

 

Does it bother me that USF isn’t hiring Masiello? No. He lied about having a degree. Good for USF for putting its foot down and standing up for values. UCF can hire him, he’d make for a great pair with George O’Leary. I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

 

You expect someone you're looking to hire isn’t a liar (or stupid enough to be) and you expect your search firm to do their job. USF did everything right here with the hiring process. Perhaps I can agree that the media relations mismanagement (or lack thereof) was our biggest shortcoming, but then again, that is why Harlan has been hired. Quite frankly, the Twitterverse mentality of "I NEED NEWS NOW AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AND I'LL ACCEPT ANYTHING SOMEONE TWEETS AS TRUTH" is responsible for this non-hire to even be considered a surprise among fans. Was the search firm too slow? It's hard to blame them…. UK is only open business hours. Have you ever sat on the phone with a university's administrative offices? Nothing happens as quickly as you can Tweet 100 unfounded misconceptions about it. You can update your Facebook profile 100 times before you can secure a copy of your degree audit. The under-24-hour lapse between signing a contract and a background check discovery is actually a pretty fast turnaround, even considering today's corporate atmosphere.

 

Some internet posts by members of our OWN FAN BASE have been quite unnecessarily negative towards USF, and this sort of hotheaded knee-jerk reaction has made its way around the social media universe. It has influenced opinions much more than traditional news media, akin to shooting ourselves in the foot. Reasonable reporting from news media outlets has generally not endorsed an aghast reaction to USF's handling of the hire. If anything, any negativity is generally (and appropriately) directed towards the fact that Masiello lied on his resume. Have some respect - we did it better than Notre Dame.

 

The entire bruhaha is quite laughable. For anyone who has seen the movie Idiocracy, I reiterate my hope that it gets remade with a larger budget someday soon because its writers were spot-on. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it. If you don't understand it, you're probably exactly the kind of hide-behind-your-computer annoyance who contributes to the progression to its ultimate prediction. USF fans should employ a little intelligence, a little patience, a little class, and lay off your university for standing up for what should matter.

 

                    In Bull Pride.

 

 

[RaisingFenix]

In this age of immediate gratification, internet blogs being given similar credence to legitimate news outlets, and the Twitterfication of society (read: emasculation), I say to hell with anyone who clogs our feeds with their whining, plugs up our favorite internet board (TBP) with their naysaying, and announces their blind, poorly considered, inane support for the idea that USF did anything wrong in its hiring process of Steve Masiello.

 

Does it bother me that USF isn’t hiring Masiello? No. He lied about having a degree. Good for USF for putting its foot down and standing up for values. UCF can hire him, he’d make for a great pair with George O’Leary. I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

 

You expect someone you're looking to hire isn’t a liar (or stupid enough to be) and you expect your search firm to do their job. USF did everything right here with the hiring process. Perhaps I can agree that the media relations mismanagement (or lack thereof) was our biggest shortcoming, but then again, that is why Harlan has been hired. Quite frankly, the Twitterverse mentality of "I NEED NEWS NOW AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AND I'LL ACCEPT ANYTHING SOMEONE TWEETS AS TRUTH" is responsible for this non-hire to even be considered a surprise among fans. Was the search firm too slow? It's hard to blame them…. UK is only open business hours. Have you ever sat on the phone with a university's administrative offices? Nothing happens as quickly as you can Tweet 100 unfounded misconceptions about it. You can update your Facebook profile 100 times before you can secure a copy of your degree audit. The under-24-hour lapse between signing a contract and a background check discovery is actually a pretty fast turnaround, even considering today's corporate atmosphere.

 

Some internet posts by members of our OWN FAN BASE have been quite unnecessarily negative towards USF, and this sort of hotheaded knee-jerk reaction has made its way around the social media universe. It has influenced opinions much more than traditional news media, akin to shooting ourselves in the foot. Reasonable reporting from news media outlets has generally not endorsed an aghast reaction to USF's handling of the hire. If anything, any negativity is generally (and appropriately) directed towards the fact that Masiello lied on his resume. Have some respect - we did it better than Notre Dame.

 

The entire bruhaha is quite laughable. For anyone who has seen the movie Idiocracy, I reiterate my hope that it gets remade with a larger budget someday soon because its writers were spot-on. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it. If you don't understand it, you're probably exactly the kind of hide-behind-your-computer annoyance who contributes to the progression to its ultimate prediction. USF fans should employ a little intelligence, a little patience, a little class, and lay off your university for standing up for what should matter.

 

                    In Bull Pride.

+1,000,000

[charsibb]

 

I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

Columbia for all three degrees? That's a lot of debt.

 

 

 

He put his Mons bills on his FAFSA account...

[FazaUSF]

To The Holier-Than-Thou Mega-Fans: Good for you. You are better than others.

 

To the Defender-of-Mediocrity-and-Steadfast-Supporter-of-Cliff-Jumping-Lemmings Fans: there cliff is over there.

[FazaUSF]

 

I didn’t spend a decade in higher education (BS/MD/MBA) and go a half a million dollars in debt just to have my future job given to someone who lies about having a degree.

Columbia for all three degrees? That's a lot of debt.

 

 

Miami. Believe me, while sitting in business classes, I kicked my formerly med-school-bound idealistic self for failing to consider my projected debt level when choosing a graduate school.