[Spiny_Norman]

I think mr Cavelli is way off

But don’t care enough anymore.



We added many women’s sports.  We build great facilities that have to be maintained



If those who care now and are grads should have pointed this out strongly before now after the fact.

To do a fair compare-and-contrast I would like to know the size of the department when Cavalli was there - revenue and teams. Muir leads a $120M business. There is definitely a need for more management/levels of the organization to manage a $120M business vs. say a $25-30M business.

The Development staff (14 of whom are assistant director or higher) seems large, but we can make a better assessment comparing to peer schools. I counted 14 Trojan Fund staff at USC which is in the ball park compared to Stanford. Maybe it's not as out-of-whack as first thought.

Cavalli does touch on what seems to be real culprit - the athletic arms race across the country. Would he prefer that Stanford choose not to be in it? Try to compete at the highest level without the staff, resources and facilities that peer schools have? I sure would love to discuss with him over a proper refreshment.

[Spiny_Norman]

I think mr Cavelli is way off

But don’t care enough anymore.



We added many women’s sports.  We build great facilities that have to be maintained



If those who care now and are grads should have pointed this out strongly before now after the fact.

To do a fair compare-and-contrast I would like to know the size of the department when Cavalli was there - revenue and teams. Muir leads a $120M business. There is definitely a need for more management/levels of the organization to manage a $120M business vs. say a $25-30M business.

The Development staff (14 of whom are assistant director or higher) seems large, but we can make a better assessment comparing to peer schools. I counted 14 Trojan Fund staff at USC which is in the ball park compared to Stanford. Maybe it's not as out-of-whack as first thought.

Cavalli does touch on what seems to be real culprit - the athletic arms race across the country. Would he prefer that Stanford choose not to be in it? Try to compete at the highest level without the staff, resources and facilities that peer schools have? I sure would love to discuss with him over a proper refreshment.