tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post5218414037448429067..comments2024-03-28T13:37:35.836-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Dan Jones: Fired!Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50977933325813555332015-04-12T23:21:54.777-05:002015-04-12T23:21:54.777-05:003/22 8:59 "Find me five senior staff members ...3/22 8:59 "Find me five senior staff members on this campus, or for that matter, at UMMC who admired, emulated, respected or looked up to this manager. And list their names. How about three? Two?"<br /><br />Find Five? Ha! I can find more than that!!! All the kronies he has put in place at UMMC for the last ten years or promoted and paid those 6 digit salaries to! Ha Ha! Not sure if you could say they admired him .....those execs at UMMC only kissed his AXX because their pockets are deep -- Yessa Mr. Jones, Yessir!!! Now, what politicians are saying "Yes, Mr. Jones"....hhhmm, we'll soon see how this IHL reorg plays out - then we'll see how political it can get. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-28495068768542389062015-04-10T19:42:46.679-05:002015-04-10T19:42:46.679-05:00Calculate the 15%+ retirement on top of the chance...Calculate the 15%+ retirement on top of the chancellor's salary - yep that's what we pay for her retirement while we sit back and work our asses off to pay for these executives salaries at IHL and UMMC. Unbelievable!!!! That's why UMMC needs to be under the state and IHL needs to go away! IHL Bounds salary was $358K per year. I mean, really, are they really worth that much? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-23935146435257670052015-04-10T19:40:28.528-05:002015-04-10T19:40:28.528-05:00IHL stated Woodward making $658000 - not sure per ...IHL stated Woodward making $658000 - not sure per year or for two year contract - not clear on IHL site. Must be 658K b/c the CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CAOs, Chairman and Execs make excessive salaries - the business execs make more than the people that save your life. This is disappointing. I never want to hear again that MS is out of money.... the taxpayer needs to demand transparency on all the salaries of executives at UMMC, including directors. UMMC is paying these folks close to half a million and more. And we are a poor state.... ppllleeeeaassseeee. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20929484638378210782015-04-10T19:24:36.182-05:002015-04-10T19:24:36.182-05:00No one asked the right questions (or maybe they di...No one asked the right questions (or maybe they didn't know to ask) 1) Why didn't the investigation go further than 2009? 2) Why aren't financial records and transparency reports posted prior to 2012? 3) Why was the contract administration department implemented in the first place? Why was it removed from the prior authority? 4) Let's look at all the consultant and supplier contracts and purchases prior to 2012. These are the right questions to ask but oops! they didn't. Oh well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50758471376992028542015-03-26T13:18:32.539-05:002015-03-26T13:18:32.539-05:00It is about time someone called woodward out on he...It is about time someone called woodward out on her climbing of the ladder so quickly. a fraud. and terrible physician I have heard so often.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-84726027002941316052015-03-25T13:20:52.754-05:002015-03-25T13:20:52.754-05:00That article Ronnie Musgrove wrote for Huffington ...That article Ronnie Musgrove wrote for Huffington Post sure did connect a lot of the box cars to the money train driven by Barbara, Butler Snow and Bryant.<br /><br />It might be argued the caboose of the "cash and political scandal express" has been overlooked. <br /><br />Josh Gregory of "Frontier Strategies" & "Frontier Gulf Coast" is conveniently IHL Board member Ed Blakeslee's newphew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50421430879567685992015-03-24T08:37:44.271-05:002015-03-24T08:37:44.271-05:00This Jones/ Khayt tantrum looks like will hurt the...This Jones/ Khayt tantrum looks like will hurt their beloved school Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-40325160321725009912015-03-24T04:43:44.975-05:002015-03-24T04:43:44.975-05:00Where's the fallacy-alert button on this site?...Where's the fallacy-alert button on this site? All these nincompoops yacking about The Confederacy and The Civil War being the reason for non-renewal of contract....where's any evidence of that. Obviously this 'slow learner' crowd knows nothing about Jones beyond his decision to eradicate a few symbols. How can they possibly support a man about whom they know nothing more than that?Where's The Gong?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34939817762041615282015-03-23T00:18:58.556-05:002015-03-23T00:18:58.556-05:00"Universities exist for the purpose of educat..."Universities exist for the purpose of educating students and helping communities and states become a better place."<br /><br />Where did you manage to find that statement of purpose? You started off making sense but lost me at the conjunction. Holy Mission Statementnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35492683769327687712015-03-23T00:12:59.276-05:002015-03-23T00:12:59.276-05:00Wait til this crowd of nincompoops finds out the m...Wait til this crowd of nincompoops finds out the master plan is a medical center operated out of Jackson State University. Tailgatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37119436938743640472015-03-22T23:09:45.442-05:002015-03-22T23:09:45.442-05:00One more giant leap backward for Mississippi. More...One more giant leap backward for Mississippi. More Confederate BS, too after 150 years. Our embarrassment is magnified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-30299922331693388672015-03-22T21:03:21.101-05:002015-03-22T21:03:21.101-05:005:06 is spot on. Agree 100%5:06 is spot on. Agree 100%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49681148030433561092015-03-22T19:07:33.070-05:002015-03-22T19:07:33.070-05:006:48 - I assume your comments would apply equally ...6:48 - I assume your comments would apply equally as well to the wealthy alumni of Grisham and Barksdale? <br /><br />Universities exist for the purpose of educating students. Period. Not sure I even agree with your second purpose. <br /><br />And the IHL board exists to ensure that the "state's" universities - all of them - operate under the guidelines set by the state that funds the universities. <br /><br />Not sure it matters what Dunlap or Barksdale think about who the 'chancellor' should be. There are some pretty damn good folks on the IHL board that serve as the overseer of UM, and evidently the person they hired a few years ago didn't feel like he worked for them. <br /><br />Just like the highly paid coaches at our universities - they are on contract and their performance is measured. If you don't meet the expectations, your contract isn't renewed. Jones has had plenty of opportunities to overcome his issues with the IHL and chose not to change. They didn't fire him - but they were under no obligation to extend his expiring contract either.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-71786180322475704212015-03-22T18:48:42.187-05:002015-03-22T18:48:42.187-05:00Universities exist for the purpose of educating st...Universities exist for the purpose of educating students and helping communities and states become a better place. Their purpose is not to entertain and satisfy alumni however wealthy they might be. The more I read on this and the more comments I am seeing the more I think this is nothing but a political backroom deal. If so, Ole Miss will sink back down to where it was before Khayat and Jones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53905341022610761272015-03-22T18:26:20.110-05:002015-03-22T18:26:20.110-05:00Proud Ole Miss Rebel or proud univ of mississippi ...Proud Ole Miss Rebel or proud univ of mississippi black bear? <br />Btw: bear mascots are for highly ranked (top 20) California schools not #149. Sorry, get a more appropriate mascot for your place or get rid of the guy who changed it? Ha!<br />Seriously there are no mountains here and no bear population of consequence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-90324753050462799392015-03-22T17:12:42.409-05:002015-03-22T17:12:42.409-05:00Why do all the comments supporting Jones or demean...Why do all the comments supporting Jones or demeaning the IHL assume that the replacement for Jones will be a political hack? There have been many new presidents over the past few years by (basically) this IHL board, and haven't seen any of them be political hacks. Why the assumption that Jones' replacement will be different?<br /><br />Jones may have had differences with some powerful alumni - that goes with the territory of any university head, and probably more so with public universities. But his problem was that he had differences with his Board of Directors - the IHL. Like it or not, they have a constitutionally created role to play and oversight of the executive's actions is one of them. Jones wasn't made a God of his on universe when given his last four year contract. Just like all other employees, one part of his job is to learn to play well with others; particularly his bosses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-36037707819778068502015-03-22T17:06:35.114-05:002015-03-22T17:06:35.114-05:00What is so stunning about firing the most controve...What is so stunning about firing the most controversial, hard-headed, and anti-Ole Miss chancellor in the history of the school? I've rarely heard anyone in the state, among ALL the schools, say they thought Jones was good for Ole Miss. He never loved the school, but only wanted to use his position to re-make it in his own image. <br />For all those who say he raised a lot of money, we also have to remember how much dissention and loss of funds he caused. His methods were more of a dictator than a chancellor, and he was totally was off the charts with his agenda and devious ways to achieve it. <br />All other chancellors are hired because they have an innate love for the university that hires them. Not Jones. I'm not sure if I ever found one thing that Jones truly loved about Ole Miss. Other than him getting to be the chancellor. The crooked and rigged mascot election was an outright farce and disgrace. It was deceitful, dishonest, and broke every rule in the book, and was an absolute joke around the state and the SEC. And that was only one of many unethical things he did.<br />Lastly, I'm mystified why Jones said that he and his wife would always be proud Ole Miss Rebels. They've NEVER been proud Ole Miss Rebels. They've always been ANTI- Ole Miss Rebels. He made this comment even after he announced in late summer that he was phasing out the name Ole Miss. <br />I've said for a long time that either Ole Miss gets rid of Dan Jones, of Dan Jones gets rid of Ole Miss. Thankfully Ole Miss won.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50160623707605787022015-03-22T16:28:02.514-05:002015-03-22T16:28:02.514-05:00"It's obvious no one commenting knows the..."It's obvious no one commenting knows the reason he was fired. This goes way back to the last chancellor."<br /><br />Khayat was fired? Do you have a reference or source for that claim? I'm pretty sure he retired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54067418688512550512015-03-22T14:56:39.990-05:002015-03-22T14:56:39.990-05:00It's obvious no one commenting knows the reaso...It's obvious no one commenting knows the reason he was fired. This goes way back to the last chancellor. Doesn't anyone know about the former FBI agent hired to do some investigating on these the former and current Chancellors then suddenly said he didn't want to do it anymore? There is a lot of corruption at the Unv. It's been going on for a long long time. It's amazing how many have no idea what goes on in Oxford. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49357945590694989752015-03-22T14:31:43.545-05:002015-03-22T14:31:43.545-05:00So Col. Reb Sez does this mean the Confederate fla...So Col. Reb Sez does this mean the Confederate flag will be back at the first game of the season and everything else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34418966249014601272015-03-22T13:45:41.460-05:002015-03-22T13:45:41.460-05:006:08 a.m., you ask "What Pete Boone debate?&q...6:08 a.m., you ask "What Pete Boone debate?" You are right that the alumni and fan base were united in wanted a new athletic director. And Jones was nasty, dishonest, and uncivil in dealing with them, finally replacing Boone when it was clear that there was about to be a total revolt.<br /><br />Jones wrote in one of his many letters that the Forward Rebels movement had threatened to expand their protests beyond the football program. The letter was so poorly written that on casual reading it sounded like Jones was claiming to have been physically threatened. The national press reported this and Jones never corrected the record, preferring to be known as a martyr than an incompetent communicator.<br /><br />He is a bad and evil person and Ole Miss is better off without him.Col. Reb Sezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962693457509336759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-61979384092634187702015-03-22T12:28:47.733-05:002015-03-22T12:28:47.733-05:00Great. Just when we get the athletic department r...Great. Just when we get the athletic department run by a professional, instead of an insider political hack, IHL is going to bring in an insider political hack to be chancellor of the University. And the trustees think someone else is guilty of mismanagement? Record enrollment, etc. Yep, fire that guy, he's obviously doing a lousy job. I was not a big Dan Jones fan, but IHL made me one. I'm an absolute opponent of petty, hypocritical, political micromanagement of Ole Miss and all our other universities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-400324322168301352015-03-22T11:55:07.293-05:002015-03-22T11:55:07.293-05:009:45, you are right. I meant to say Owens. I think...9:45, you are right. I meant to say Owens. I think there is a Bob Evans, who is in the MS House of Reps. Got mixed up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12186796571072095372015-03-22T09:45:07.646-05:002015-03-22T09:45:07.646-05:00Other no vote was Attorney Bob Owens from JSU not ...Other no vote was Attorney Bob Owens from JSU not Bob Evans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-24627085053959232832015-03-22T09:35:18.417-05:002015-03-22T09:35:18.417-05:00You have no clue what you're talking about, 8:...You have no clue what you're talking about, 8:02.<br /><br />Jones was fired because of money. He wanted OM to get more, the IHL disagreed. The story about UMC is bogus as the three audits clearly explain. <br /><br />Bonus points for tradishuns, upset alumni and elitism providing suitable message board cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com