WEB:  What is so difficult about waiting until July 1, 2016 when Ken Gormley is officially President?. Why your incessant need for him to say what you think you want him to say right now?  He's got a multi-million dollar law school to run,professors to be an administer to and students to educate in the law.  Having read Gormley's book and other publications of his, I am extremely impressed with him. When he speaks of sports when he becomes President, as to both Olympic and men's BB, then I'll comment on his sport's mindset.  Despite your conclusion, Ken Gormley's mindset on sports is not a present problem. I can wait!! 

Grammudder, not all of us have your deep pocket connections. We don't have the same insight into Mr. Gormley or Mr. Harper. I think WEB's question is quite valid because in the long run the two are going to have to be in lockstep on strategy & implementation. When have we ever had that at Duquesne?

I'll have to re-read Harper's comments on Ferry. It sounded to me like he's just begun to evaluate him. I certainly wouldn't include any of the quotes on a resume.

Besides, Harper has to live with the 25 to life Ferry contract.

That guy's a loser. He needs to grow up. He's a practicing attorney and is resorting to sophomoric Twitter trolling methods

We are at the point where every university president can be run out of his or her job by student "activists". Ignorant kids determine who will run the universities and determine who can speak on campus etc. Expulsion and scholarship revocations would help alleviate the problem.

 

Q. The basketball program here at Duquesne has a very rich history. How do you plan to assess the state of the athletic program and do you think you’ll be making any changes?A. I would offer to put on a jersey and go out there and play on the team, but I think that would set us back even further, so I think I’ll stick with trying to work with the new athletic director, Dave Harper, who is a fabulous new hire, and really figure out how to do fundraising and get funding for the men’s basketball program that puts us on par with some of the top teams in the Atlantic 10 conference.


http://www.duqsm.com/getting-to-know-gormley-a-chat-with-the-next-president-of-duquesne/




Happy?

It's understandable that so many are impatient with the state of the basketball team.  God knows many of us have been patient (or maybe just comatose over constant losing) for too long and don't want to be patient any longer.  But Ken Gormley has only just been appointed and another President is in charge of the university for several more months.  I'm satisfied so far with the answers to his views on men's basketball as an incoming President who still has another job to do.  Once he enters office and actually can do something I look forward to seeing what he can do with men's basketball and the university overall.  There are many things needed to make and keep Duquesne strong that he will have to deal with.  I consider men's basketball important for all the reasons I've stated before (PR, recognition, pride, etc.) and it appears that future Pres. Gormley considers it an important piece in making Duquesne better.  The time to judge his performance in that regard will be months after he enters office and maybe even years. 

I know that's not good enough for some but he was named president of Duquesne University not President of Duquesne University Men's Basketball or even DU Athletics and improvements with many programs will take time.  Maybe that's a simple view but maybe the obvious needs to be repeated.

The information the AD supplied said to me he knows there are issues, he has to see what he has first, then he will see how he gets to the next level.  I like that he did not commit to keeping the coach or some other specifics.  Like anything else, talk is cheap.  Let's see what happens over the next 3 years.  I actually found hope in his responses.
 

IF he came out with a statement like a President at the University of Oklahoma reportedly made in the late 40's early 50's  "We want a UNIVERSITY our BASKETBALL team can be proud of"  Would it make you feel better?