ugh I don't want to see what the cost engineering did to the proposal we saw months ago. really don't want a sized down mid development, do it big or don't do it at all.
Cytown Update
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I didnt want to continue to clutter the Pollard retirement thread with CyTown talk. But, how much more involvement do people think Pollard was going to have with CyTown? He's an AD, not a developer. We hired a developer, Goldenrod, to do the in-the-weeds planning once the vision was solidified and all the legal and financial stuff was out into place. At some point the AD has to delegate the work to someone else and I suspect we had reached that point. Pollard is an AD and an accountant, not a real estate developer or a construction manager. When the project shifts to that stage I'd expect the AD to be pretty hands-off other than monitoring schedules and budgets. And that work doesn't require Pollard.
In my company, and I suspect many others, the CEO sets the direction for the company. What technologies do we want to invest in? Then that gets turned into specific projects for which the responsibility lies with engineering managers and project managers. Those EngMgrs and PMs report progress to the CEO, but the CEO doesn't really get involved anymore unless there is a big problem. For CyTown, Pollard is the CEO and Goldenrod is the PM. The new AD will have to help Goldenrod keep things on track and deal with any Regents stuff, but they won't be handling the logistics of raising buildings like everyone seems to want.
A modern AD is not like some small business where everybody wears 10 different hats. It's too big and too complicated an organization to expect that kinds of hands-on-everything type of leadership.
In my company, and I suspect many others, the CEO sets the direction for the company. What technologies do we want to invest in? Then that gets turned into specific projects for which the responsibility lies with engineering managers and project managers. Those EngMgrs and PMs report progress to the CEO, but the CEO doesn't really get involved anymore unless there is a big problem. For CyTown, Pollard is the CEO and Goldenrod is the PM. The new AD will have to help Goldenrod keep things on track and deal with any Regents stuff, but they won't be handling the logistics of raising buildings like everyone seems to want.
A modern AD is not like some small business where everybody wears 10 different hats. It's too big and too complicated an organization to expect that kinds of hands-on-everything type of leadership.
And President Cook may be taking a more active role in the project vs. President Wintersteen.
Cytown is not only critical as a future revenue stream for the athletic department, but will benefit the greater university as well. So Cook is vested in it's success as well. Just a matter if his vision is same as Jamie's.
