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Ohio State Gee=Another Blunder
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Gordon Gee is the man. This is such a non-story.
IrishSteelhead
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Funny non-story. What cracks me up is he uses Twitter.
woolybug25
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I used to hate Gee and generally think of him as a buffoon, but after reading some of the stuff Buster said, and actually having to stay in Columbus for two weeks (work), he is very good at his job.
Football sanctions aside, the sheer amount of growth of OSU under his tenure is impressive. Not only should OSU feel fortunate to have him as an AD, but the city of Columbus owe that man a great deal of gratitude.
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I like the one where they asked him if Tressell would be terminated and this ensued, "Wearing a scarlet-and-gray-striped bow tie, Gee, typically a flamboyant speaker, flatly praised Tressel's "superb integrity." As Gee backed away from the mic, a reporter started to ask whether dismissing Tressel had ever crossed his mind.
"No -- are you kidding?" Gee interrupted. He sputtered for a second, searching for a one-liner to break the tension. "Let me be very clear," he said. "I'm just hoping the coach doesn't dismiss me."
Yeah...the man!
"No -- are you kidding?" Gee interrupted. He sputtered for a second, searching for a one-liner to break the tension. "Let me be very clear," he said. "I'm just hoping the coach doesn't dismiss me."
Yeah...the man!
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Well I doubt he sends out 90% of his tweets. He's got people for that. I took this tweet differently than people who haven't met him would, the response showed his affability and unique humility he have, even if it's another person representing his brand. He's a really awesome guy to talk to.
When it comes to sports, Gee is all about pumping up the "Buckeye Pride" factor and then monetizing the hell out of it, to then spend on construction. Twitter is part of that Pride portfolio.
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Again... a man's actions mean more than their words. He says some dumb stuff, no doubt, but that city owes a great deal of their growth (the new health facility is impressive by any city's standards) to Gee. His fundraising, networking and general business knowledge outweighs any of these small blunders in lead.
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Yeah people who know Gee's life can easily see that he only sees the football program as a source of revenue (back to that pride thing). So he's just constant worship. I'm obviously not the biggest fan of it, but you can't argue with the monetary results. He's a university President who's genuinely in it for the students and school, not the football team.
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Unfortunately on this one all I know are his words, I'll defer to those of you who know him better and keep an open mind.
oh no
please dont get Buster Bluth going again on this guy
...not around NSD...no matter what you say about Gordon Gee, Buster will have a response, defense, article link, you tube link, meme, gif, tweet in Gees defense.
its not pretty, and sometimes exhausting he will always get the last word in his defense of him and his fundraising acumen and how he singlehandedly saved the ohio state university from extinction.
i give him credit for the zeal in which he defends this guy, not sure why he does it but he does and he will.
please dont get Buster Bluth going again on this guy
...not around NSD...no matter what you say about Gordon Gee, Buster will have a response, defense, article link, you tube link, meme, gif, tweet in Gees defense.its not pretty, and sometimes exhausting
he will always get the last word in his defense of him and his fundraising acumen and how he singlehandedly saved the ohio state university from extinction.i give him credit for the zeal in which he defends this guy, not sure why he does it but he does and he will.
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It's getting rather massive. It's going to put Columbus on the medical world map. >$1.2 billion spent in just this project tends to do that haha
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oh no
please dont get Buster Bluth going again on this guy
its not pretty, and sometimes exhausting
i give him credit for the zeal in which he defends this guy, not sure why he does it but he does and he will.
Ah the classic "well Buster will just defend him regardless" argument. Never mind that I am first in line to rip the football program, I couldn't possibly be unbiased on anything else huh?
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I don't know about you all, but I didn't bother reading the article when I saw the link about halfway down the page on the right, where it has two sexy ladies in bikinis and it's titled:
Paulina Gretzky, daughter of Wayne, winner of Instagram
I don't know guys, but it was hard not clicking on that article. But I was rewarded with more pictures...Ahh
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HereComeTheIrish
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He's Pee Wee Herman with glasses..."Ahhhhhhhhhhhh....."
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are those same pictures from the other Gee thread?
Construction Roundup: January 2013 — ColumbusUnderground.com
From this month's Construction Roundup. Pictures of the boomtown that Columbus has become, thanks in part to Gordon Gee.
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Why do we care about OSU's president or its campus? This argument comes up every time OSU's president says something dumb. The thread becomes a debate as to his ability as a President.
It's weird. We talk about a non-rivals President more than our rival's Athletic Director. Because of this site, I know Gordon Gee's name but I had to look up David Brandon's name. (Probably because when I see the term "Michigan's AD" the name next to it turns into Douchey Mcdouche.)
It's weird. We talk about a non-rivals President more than our rival's Athletic Director. Because of this site, I know Gordon Gee's name but I had to look up David Brandon's name. (Probably because when I see the term "Michigan's AD" the name next to it turns into Douchey Mcdouche.)
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Ummm... yeah
Looks just like her mom when she was younger....Now, Janet resembles Mick Jagger a little too much for my fancy these days.
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Looks just like her mom when she was younger....Now, Janet resembles Mick Jagger a little too much for my fancy these days.
wow, Mick Jaggers twin sister.
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yes
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hahah seriously
It goes both ways. Sooooo many people are willing to immediately throw out the endless accounts of people saying that Manti Te'o is an absolute mensch in favor of him being a lying scumbag/closet homosexual/pathological liar, and yet here we are hatin' on a guy who says stupid things about something most people on the planet would consider stupid anyway--sports. We get so bent out of shape over the little things.
Sports these days, I don't even know. I was never a fan of the "sportsmanship" malarkey people tried to instill in you as a youngster (I was a dirty player and quite mean), so I'm not going on that tangent, but sports commercialization has really dumbed down society lately. Maybe I'm just becoming cognizant of it, but it's all pretty trivial in the end and it's turned us into a nation of mindless haters.
Bill Maher had a great take on American Masculinity a few days ago:
