A former Post makes reference to Linda Katehi and (to my reading) may allude to the famous “pepper spray incident” being a result of her poor decisions as chancellor. Just for the record and in fairness to katehi we should keep in mind that she was never alleged to have “ordered the spraying of pepper spray” it just happened on her watch so she was rather charged as a NEGLIGENT SUPERVISOR of the davis cops who pulled out the pepper spray. Big difference! I know, too long ago and maybe irrelevant now, but the poor woman still deserves respect and accuracy over this one of the most sordid and bad memory events in UC Davis history.

Katehi may have survived the pepper spray incident had she immediately emptied out UCDPD. It was the coverup. Remember the multimillion dollar consultant to scrub her personal image on Google? Aside from that, she also hired family members with reporting relationships that reeked of nepotism, moonlit on unapproved corporate boards and took kickbacks from a textbook publisher. An accomplished electrical engineer, promoted beyond her competence, who should have never been an administrator or manager.

You are correct in your reading of my post. I tried to point out positive and negative aspects of her time as chancellor without being specific. To those who think it inappropriate or were offended, I apologize.

Living in Davis then and now we followed the situation as closely as possible. My memory of immediate and subsequent reporting was Chancellor Katehi was present in whatever was used as the command center when the University police officer in charge called in to ask for direction. Versions of he chancellor’s response to the officer varied. She said she had forbade the use of force; others indicated she wanted the students removed. Obviously, the University police officer subsequently made a poor decision. But it was also obvious that the chancellor didn’t provide the leadership she could have. The subsequent attempt at whitewashing was another poor decision that reflected poorly on our campus.

setting aside the weird stuff, they are working a sizable satellite campus in Placer County with Sierra College and are leading a research group looking at AI uses in education. Not sure why he doesn’t talk about those things more.

It makes him look like a lightweight, a jock, a huckster. Given how young he is and the fact that he doesn’t come from a more traditional/rigorous academic background, I would think he would want to compensate some and act the part of senior, serious academic administrator a bit. He seems to see his job as mostly football and little else though.

Don't forget MMA.

Mrak Hall wanted to hire a black coach, so if I recall, they passed over candidates like Tex Winter to hire Lonnie Williams. Williams also challenged a student athlete to fight, and that SA happened to be a Kodak All American. If memory serves, The Aggie dug into this and it blew up in AD Jim Sochors tenure.

He went on to be a HC at junior college and DII programs.

sac is broken and he alone can fix it.

It makes sense to build our near Sierra College. The eastern suburbs have money and a growing population. Plus you can reach some adults who might not want a fully online experience but don't want to commute to J St. We did something similar with West Village on a smaller scale. It is all the more important for CSUs with service areas. It provides a better transfer experience.

I went to Chabot College in Hayward and there was a decent amount of money and programs used to funnel transfer students across town to CSU Easy Bay, about 10-15 minutes away by car or 40 mins by bus. Lots of adults going back to school like the convenience and some courses like science labs are better done in person.

I agree it makes good sense for CSU campuses to have satellite locations co-located with JCs to be more accessible. My point is it seems like immature leadership to consume all the oxygen in the room on Combat U, Sac12, and the plan to attract out of state students to pay for it while hardly promoting the real work that educators are doing.

Renovations, then 'build out'. Sounds like the current spot.

really really curious when we/if we start a reno on the pavilion soon. Its looking ROUGH on the outside.

How so?

The Pavilion certainly isn't a thing of beauty on the outside but I don't think enhancing the exterior would one of the first priorities for renovations. The inside is looking worn in places and could use some painting to freshen it up. Big improvements are needed for concessions and the restrooms could use some upgrading including privacy partitions between the urinals in the men's restrooms. All major sports arenas have much better restroom facilities. I'd like to see a merch area too.

The big Daktronics video screen is nice but I wish we had a 4 sided scoreboard that hung down from above over the center of the court. If it had video too that would be awesome. I think that having a centrally located scoreboard and clock like that would improve the fan experience.

Overall, I think the arena is pretty good as is but it is getting worn. However, since the Aggies have made a commitment to increase levels of financing in the MWC for men's basketball, I do think that we'll have to put a significant amount of money into the program including NIL funds in order to compete well. Playing against MWC opponents plus improvements to the Pavilion should help build a good fan base and increase ticket sale revenues.

there was a ‘merc area’ yesterday on the court level next to the band never advertised and not very visible. I was only aware cuz my grandsons have a radar for souvenirs. No kid sizes for shorts which is disappointing.

Agree with the above mentioned upgrades, especially concessions. It would be nice to block off the open spaces upstairs (curtain, accordion wall) to make it feel more intimate. Might make it louder.

I’d also wish they could improve the car traffic in and out of the arena. That light cycles through, I believe, 5 lights (including bike crossing), so you can get stuck there for awhile trying to turn in. Leaving is similar - can’t they go to flashing lights and traffic cops for 15 minutes post game? A Pavillion specific entrance would be ideal but I can’t imagine how that could work.

I haven’t seen what other MWC arenas look like (beside SJSU which is not great), so not sure where the bar is set.

Campus Rec and Facilities have really butchered the place and ICA doesn’t have the leadership to take them to task. They have had multiple chances to get the seating right since the days of the wood bleachers but can’t get out of their own way. The building itself makes for a perfectly fine 6,500 seat venue if they would just put in the telescoping seats and a central score and video board. The lower level seating is way too far from the action and the wine and merch station is an atmosphere killer. Of course, fixing the joint would mean getting rid of that horrible overhead dividing net and that may be a bridge too far.

SJSU is far and away the worst venue in the conference. The rest are 8-12k except Vegas and New Mexico.

https://x.com/michael_toddbjj/status/1878568347237060855?s=46

Luke wood going on twitter and tweeting about literally nothing but “sac state would be UCLA” and basically acting like they are already set to be a power 5 team is so confusing… I guess confidence is good but at a certain point it just seems over the top

the same UCLA that has played football on the national stage for 100 years, and whose football and basketball teams play in two of the most iconic facilities in college athletes?

If pigs can fly, there’s no reason that they couldn’t go supersonic!

Not to offend anyone, but I read it and thought it was satire. Is this real?

he starts with the fact that UCLA already has one Bay Area rival…..somewhat ignoring that that rivalry is gone with conference breakup. Also kind of ignores Stanford as a possible rival!

Aim high, but maybe pack a parachute just in case

Just like the great UCLA Fresno rivalry always played in Los Angeles every once in a while.

"Whether people like it or not, Sacramento State has the financial backing and talent pool to become the premier college football power on the West Coast. They will be a Power Five program within 15 years so establishing good relations with them now is crucial."

This made me chuckle a little.

If the GoGo offense succeeds, he's GoGone. Fast.

I mentioned that earlier in the thread. Marion has never spent more than 2 seasons in any given position. If he is wildly successful at Sac State, he's not leading them to the FBS... he's going to take a job at an established FBS program.

Not sure what “talent pool” we are talking about… Folsom HS or Folsom State Prison? Since it they are already building the reputation of shopping for “second chance” dudes.

Perhaps the intent is to follow the mantra of LaVar Ball, father of NBA players LaMelo and Lonzo Ball, and "speak it into being"? Maybe with some help from some talking heads looking to ride the wave of the next big thing.

LOL. Good one.

“ Not sure what “talent pool” we are talking about… Folsom HS or Folsom State Prison? ”
I needed a good laugh, thanks for that. But don’t forget Burt Reynolds team won, lol.