Brennan Resigns

RedbirdSoxFan · Apr 15, 2023

cpacmel said:

Would the Illinois State Head Football Coach have been interested in traveling over to Indianapolis to watch a Big Ten Championship Football game with his Athletic Director

Bdub777 · Apr 15, 2023

leeno33 said:
Also forgot about Friedman... He did at least get Hancock (mostly) built unlike Zenger.

My wife did bring up a good point about what else could have happened on that trip. Rossi is a known heavy drug user so it is possible drugs were involved.

That’s hilarious. Zenger did everything to get Hancock done. Friedman wasn’t around long enough and was too busy buying $500 shoes

isuquinndog · Apr 15, 2023

leeno33 said:
Also forgot about Friedman... He did at least get Hancock (mostly) built unlike Zenger.

My wife did bring up a good point about what else could have happened on that trip. Rossi is a known heavy drug user so it is possible drugs were involved.

Just to be clear, he is known publicly to have tested positive for marijuana.

Court documents: Aaron Rossi jailed for failed drug test as he awaits trial

According to court documents, the Bloomington man tested positive for marijuana on Sept. 7, which was a violation of his conditions for pretrial release. He was arrested Friday morning and booked at the Knox County jail.

www.wglt.org

Bird Friend · Apr 15, 2023

MVFC rival beat writer:

McFeely: It's a messy situation at Bison conference rival Illinois State

Athletic director resigns after expensive junket, trip to strip club revealed

www.inforum.com

Buffett1 · Apr 15, 2023

isuquinndog said:
Just to be clear, he is known publicly to have tested positive for marijuana.

Court documents: Aaron Rossi jailed for failed drug test as he awaits trial

According to court documents, the Bloomington man tested positive for marijuana on Sept. 7, which was a violation of his conditions for pretrial release. He was arrested Friday morning and booked at the Knox County jail.

www.wglt.org

Former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi faces new legal jeopardy Thursday as he returns to federal court, with prosecutors alleging he broke the terms of his bond by using methamphetamine and violated an order by using confidential documents from his criminal case in a civil lawsuit.
Feb 23

Reggie1857 · Apr 15, 2023

leeno33 said:
Also forgot about Friedman... He did at least get Hancock (mostly) built unlike Zenger.

My wife did bring up a good point about what else could have happened on that trip. Rossi is a known heavy drug user so it is possible drugs were involved.

I’m kind of hoping there’s more to this, because so far I haven’t heard anything worthy of a hustling AD ( a unicorn at ISU) losing their gig.

Bird Friend · Apr 15, 2023

Reggie1857 said:
I’m kind of hoping there’s more to this, because so far I haven’t heard anything worthy of a hustling AD ( a unicorn at ISU) losing their gig.

I’ll use now word that I’ve heard . . , iceberg.

leeno33 · Apr 15, 2023

Bdub777 said:
That’s hilarious. Zenger did everything to get Hancock done. Friedman wasn’t around long enough and was too busy buying $500 shoes

Zenger definitely did the initial design, planning and fundraising, but never got the project to construction because they didn't have the funds yet. The construction was about 2 years after he left. You're right though Friedman resigned before construction completed.

SlackBooDom · Apr 15, 2023

What credibility is left with the administration for athletics? Who approves this spending or the receipts and doesn’t stay anything? Who asks why everyone working for Brennan and Muhlhauser abruptly left? What does it say that the university doesn’t think there’s a single executive member who is fit to be interim? Why would donors give money when Muhlhauser is still there if this is his judgment? This warrants cleaning house up too and building back some credibility and dignity. It’s embarrassing.

BirdGrad2011 · Apr 15, 2023

SlackBooDom said:
What credibility is left with the administration for athletics? Who approves this spending or the receipts and doesn’t stay anything? Who asks why everyone working for Brennan and Muhlhauser abruptly left? What does it say that the university doesn’t think there’s a single executive member who is fit to be interim? Why would donors give money when Muhlhauser is still there if this is his judgment? This warrants cleaning house up too and building back some credibility and dignity. It’s embarrassing.

Would you calm down? I would be absolutely shocked if Muhlhauser is still here. There will be fallout job losses/quitting.

SlackBooDom · Apr 15, 2023

BirdGrad2011 said:
Would you calm down? I would be absolutely shocked if Muhlhauser is still here. There will be fallout job losses/quitting.

I posted relevant questions to the situation. Not sure how that isn’t calm.

Reggie1857 · Apr 15, 2023

SlackBooDom said:
What credibility is left with the administration for athletics?

At this point…. Plenty. I still don’t have proof that anyone did anything wrong other than Rossi

SlackBooDom said:
Who approves this spending or the receipts and doesn’t stay anything?

Someone who understands you have to spend money to make money.

What I find interesting about this whole situation is that we’ve always been told by the apologists for past ISU administrations is that Illinois State didn’t make efforts to advance Redbird football because the ISU community doesn’t like football, yet these donors were somehow talked in going to the BIG10 championship….hmmmm.

ScoreboardDotRace · Apr 15, 2023

Not sure why. And it probably shouldn’t. It does however rub me the wrong way when they decided to go to a college athletic event to woo these donors. The same night of an ISU basketball event on top of that. Must’ve not felt super confident selling ISU.

Bird Friend · Apr 15, 2023

SlackBooDom said:
I posted relevant questions to the situation. Not sure how that isn’t calm.

I think it was more that you had rapid fire questions and comments. Seemed like if you were speaking you might be hyperventilating.

Reggie1857 · Apr 15, 2023

ScoreboardDotRace said:
Not sure why. And it probably shouldn’t. It does however rub me the wrong way when they decided to go to a college athletic event to woo these donors. The same night of an ISU basketball event on top of that. Must’ve not felt super confident selling ISU.

It’s completely reasonable to feel that way for anyone that has a passion for Illinois State and its athletic dept.

Buffett1 · Apr 15, 2023

ScoreboardDotRace said:
Not sure why. And it probably shouldn’t. It does however rub me the wrong way when they decided to go to a college athletic event to woo these donors. The same night of an ISU basketball event on top of that. Must’ve not felt super confident selling ISU.

How bout staying the hell outta strip clubs. Good god is that so difficult. These aren’t 22 yr olds going through wilder time in their life bs.

ScoreboardDotRace · Apr 15, 2023

Buffett1 said:
How bout staying the hell outta strip clubs. Good god is that so difficult. These aren’t 22 yr olds going through wilder time in their life bs.

I mean, yeah. Obviously.

fdbird83 · Apr 15, 2023

Buffett1 said:
How bout staying the hell outta strip clubs. Good god is that so difficult. These aren’t 22 yr olds going through wilder time in their life bs.

Sometimes it's middle age men going thru a mid life crisis.

SgtHulka · Apr 15, 2023

Unless Kinzy was the one on stage working the pole, and Rossi was stuffing hundreds in her g string I'm not at all fired up about current public knowledge of the situation

Buffett1 · Apr 15, 2023

fdbird83 said:
Sometimes it's middle age men going thru a mid life crisis.

That’s the kind of decision makers we want right there…. Omg

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