<p>“I have proven it bearcats. The student to faculty ratios are falsified. End of story.”
Doing what you do best again? Changing the topic. We were talking about student body quality, of which “student to faculty ratios” have nothing to do about. None of the universities you listed are any that you would consider Michigan’s peer. Do you have proof that a significant number of schools you consider Michigan’s peer falsify their information? As a quant, I deal with data error all the time. A few data point out of over 100 data points is not sufficient to invalidate a whole series; and yet, you don’t even have conclusive evidence on several school that you often list as Michigan’s peers.
All that aside, do you seriously believe Penn and Brown admit the same caliber students as Michigan as measured by objective, meritocratic stats such as the SATs?</p>
<p>"And yet, the university has been cutting costs of operations for over a decade. Nobody can accuse the university of not trying on this front. "
Anyone who has been at the university can tell you that these “cost cutting” measures don’t even come close to being sufficient and the university runs nowhere near a private enterprise when it comes to efficiency. One simple example: Just browse umsalary.info and check out the um hr benefits page; faculties aside, the amount of pay and the benefits offered to some unskilled workers are ridiculous. You don’t pay an IT desktop support guy or an office assistant 100k+ just because they have been there for years and have been getting automatic raises ever year (do a search, you will be surprised). The same person going out to the market place probably wouldn’t get half the same pay. An efficient organization pays market rate. You go to the person and tell him/her to accept market rate or walk. But of course, where’s the incentive for the university to do so? They are used to just asking for more without looking into itself.</p>
<p>“We don’t agree and I did not flip flop. I never do. You believe Hoke is the problem because he cannot recruit and coach. I believe he is a good recruiter and a good coach…and has integrity to boot. The problem is his Offensive coaching staff. If Hoke fires Borges and Funk, and Michigan hires a good OC and OL coach with styles well-suited for the Big 10, Michigan will be back when it belongs. You are not going to find a better coach than Hoke. But his loyalty to Borges will be his undoing. I hope Hoke proves me wrong and does the right thing at the end of the season.”</p>
<p>I never said he can’t recruit. I said he can’t coach. And his game plans versus any opponents with a pulse proves that. Have you seen his atrocious timeout management in just about every game? His hiring of assistants and coordinators that can’t do a job prove that. You can’t say he is a good coach but he hired bad coordinators and staff. The biggest part about being a good coach IS hiring the right people for the assistant/coordinator jobs, this is especially true for a hands-off style coach like Hoke. He doesn’t bring any technical specialties to the table as he is obviously no genius; so his value is being an effective CEO for the program, which he is failing at.
I am not going to find a better coach than a career sub-500 hoke? Lol I hope you are kidding.</p>
<p>“Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland seem to be doing just fine. Switzerland and Germany, also countries with big government and socialistic tendencies, are doing well. France is impossible to understand as they defy all economic norms, but yet again, France has far fewer societal problems than the US.”
Any country that runs a balanced budget with implied military protection so that they barely havve to spend a dime on defense is nothing to be amazed at. Look at Hong Kong, 15% tax rate and run a surplus every year.
France has fewer societal problems? Depends on what you want in your society. I want a system where performers do very well and underperformers get what they deserve, with the potential for people who reach the top of the ladder to do extremely well to serve as incentive for people to strive for excellence. I want a system where outside of the real essentials such as police/firefighters/road infrastructures, people for the most part pay for what they get and don’t subsidize deadbeats in the society. Europe has serious societal issues in my mind relative to my framework.</p>
<p>^That’s about as bad a societal problem you can have in my mind. btw 75% tax rate on 1million euros of earnings? That’s 1.3mm USD. I have a chance of reaching beyond that in my career trajectory. Glad I don’t live in France wow.</p>
<p>“I doubt it. Both have donated roughly 10% of their worth. Munger is worth $1.1 billion and he has donated $110 million to Michigan. Ross is worth $4.4 billion and has already donated over $300 million to Michigan. Are you telling me that you are donating so much more than10% of your worth so as to “dwarf” Ross and Munger’s donations bearcats? If you are, I take it all back. You may be a whiner, but your devotion to Michigan would be beyond contestation.”</p>
<p>Let’s see. Since graduating I am probably cumulatively at around 15k in PSD and 10k to COE; with company matching I am at 30k in PSD and 20k to COE. My networth is sub-200k, so that works out to be a good >25% on a pretax basis. You need to remember I started working 2 years ago about 100k in the hole, so I am your typical high cashflow low networth grad, similar to the fresh medical school grad.</p>
<p>“You may be a whiner, but your devotion to Michigan would be beyond contestation.”
I am not a whiner. I am someone who’s capable of objective analysis not through maize and blue glasses. You on the other hand are a coolaid drinking slappie</p>