Wow….this has morphed a bit….
So, since YOU guys brought it up…..
First, the Plaque. Personally have NO problems with it. Doeren has a knack for simple statements. Jimmy V was the king of oneliners….mostly comic…but just as pointed and direct as Coach D. He also used the “Dream Room” as a motivational technique. That was cited as a “mind altering” technique by NEW chancellor Monteith and the Faculty Senate passed (hands wrings and singing 60’s folks songs) resolutions admonishing him for it.
Meanwhile, they, and their counterparts today….preach a swill that would lead to destruction of the individual. Remember it takes a “VILLAGE” to achieve….Fill In The Blank.
As to putting it up. DO IT. When you achieve something that is both a personal and team goal….then as a wise sage said….Not brag….just a fact.
I once took a stand and told a plant manager that he was not really on board for our safety program…and then there was a severe accident. Standard protocol was a full audit by a “take no prisoners” corporate team. I told him to shut down the factory for two hours….on a department by department basis and I would “arrange” for a pass on the audit. If not, I would be the lead auditor and his lack of support would be a topic when we discussed whether to retain him or replace him. Now….I did NOT have that much power….but he chose not to call my bluff. Later on, at every Corporate Safety meeting, I was asked to “make some remarks” about “how we became the top rated Division” and how “I shut down production”. When you achieve something….it can be used as a motivator to continue to achieve and also improve.
As far as the “chicks” and other comments….one has to look at the ENTIRE UNC system and what our “esteemed” BOG members and the Administration have “changed”. NOW, there are “Diversity” criteria. So, if a female with almost 1400 on her SAT’s wants to get into UNC and she is from Wake County….forget it. The “Rules” do not allow it because they only accept so many from Wake and she is not near the top of her ethnicity quota.
So, our best and brightest….who (probably brain washed at a young age) can not get into UNC….and choose NCSU. If you look at the “Diversity” numbers of each of the major UNC Systems, we no longer admit folks based on “Grades”. We have to factor in ethnicity and sex….
Back in the 60’s, it was your SAT and HS grades….you did NOT have to do video’s about how your marched on the local HS Administration for some perceived “discrimination”. Not a LOT of women applied to State. In the fall of 1963, there were 300 and they actually “gave” them a separate dorm….
Don’t call me a bigot….the admission quotas are the bigoted rules.
BUT….generally speaking…..NCSU is a great school. I have a nephew that is an honors Chem Eng….as is his NCSU wife….and she made 800 on her Math SAT.
Coach Doeren’s blue collar work ethic is really no different from Mikey’s “annihilate the opposition” attitude. You WIN by hard work and toughness.
As Chub Sewell would say…..”Call your next case…..”
