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Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
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04-14-2015 06:11 PM
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
The ethical problems in the Administration Building are publicly piling up.
04-14-2015 06:19 PM
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
Just how many PR firms are working on Ray Watts' image? At least four by my count.

It's no longer just a line: they really have spent more killing UAB football than it cost, in full, to play it.
04-14-2015 06:21 PM
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This is madness!
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I thought Alabama's two neighbors to the west (MS and LA) were the kings of shady good old boy politics. We bow down in the presence of Alabama. 01-ncaabbs
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(04-14-2015 06:27 PM)Noodles Wrote:  I thought Alabama's two neighbors to the west (MS and LA) were the kings of shady good old boy politics. We bow down in the presence of Alabama. 01-ncaabbs

If we can't meet Title IX numbers on the field, at least we're doing it in sleaze.
04-14-2015 06:29 PM
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
It would be neat if we had these two infographics:

1.) A giant chart visualizing the web of connections among the BoT, UAB, UAT, UAH, administration, donors, firms, politicians etc.
2.) A timeline going back to the UAB's inception that documents all the UA BoT decisions actively detrimental to UAB.
04-14-2015 06:31 PM
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I'd like an inforgraphic showing one little stick football player covered by the new cost of attendance for the hefty amount of PR dollars spent by the school.
04-14-2015 06:52 PM
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
Just when you think the can't possibly be any more bombs to drop, BOOM! There goes another one. If I were in Watts' inner circle, I would be paranoid about what some of my employees will leak to the media next.

I don't understand how these people can stay in their jobs, hated as they are....... oh yea, I forgot, the money. Well I hope they are saving up because when this is over and they are out on their a$$e$ are on the street, no reputable university will ever hire them. I usually don't wish anyone harm, but I will have absolutely no sympathy for these cockroaches. Maybe we can sue them for misuse of university funds. At a minimum I hope someone is keeping track because there needs to be a thorough house cleaning of the upper administration at UAB.
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I hope these latest bombs get a lot of airtime tomorrow in Montgomery when discussion opens regarding the bill.
04-14-2015 07:26 PM
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How much money has been waisted on PR?
04-14-2015 07:39 PM
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
According to Watts mentality none as it was a waste to spend it on football & all he's doing is reallocating that money elsewhere
04-14-2015 07:46 PM
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Ugly jewelry & bad botox. 03-lmfao
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(04-14-2015 11:29 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Ugly jewelry & bad botox. 03-lmfao

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(04-15-2015 07:01 AM)58-56 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:29 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Ugly jewelry & bad botox. 03-lmfao

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And I thought I had a fivehead. 03-puke
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The one on the left is kinda hot.
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(04-15-2015 09:11 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  
(04-15-2015 07:01 AM)58-56 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:29 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Ugly jewelry & bad botox. 03-lmfao

[Image: 17507577-large.jpg]

And I thought I had a fivehead. 03-puke

As I get older and closer to "closing time", the definition of "hot" gets "broader" and more inclusive.
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RE: Archibald/Whitmire: Kahn Games
(04-15-2015 07:01 AM)58-56 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:29 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Ugly jewelry & bad botox. 03-lmfao

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Why do they look they are both made out of plastic?
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(04-14-2015 07:39 PM)uab278 Wrote:  How much money has been waisted on PR?

Off the top of my head, in addition to the 700k stated, we have to include the 90k retainer fee for Direct Communications. I'm not sure if the hourly fees are included for the quarter or not. Another thing to consider is that I don't think Sard Verbinnen & Co.'s pay for the job they did have been disclosed yet. It was just those three firms, right? I'll think a really mild estimate is probably around 1.1m.

And that's PR that hasn't worked in the slightest. I think it made things even worse, to be honest.

Then there's the cost associated with things like backing out of games with other schools, the payment to review firm before they got dismissed, the loss of football revenue from the conference, potentially the loss of NCAA tournament money because of the boot from the conference, and the intangibles like the damaged brand of UAB, potential of brain drain because of the internal politics, etc.

It's horrible and, again, it's much more of the same hypocrisy. We're taking money away from cancer research and the like by demanding to have things befitting a major school, but throwing money at PR isn't a waste at all.
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(04-15-2015 02:33 PM)Hopeful Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 07:39 PM)uab278 Wrote:  How much money has been waisted on PR?
It was just those three firms, right?

Plus $172,500 so far to Theresa Bruno's other, self-named PR firm.
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