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Say goodbye to President Staben

University of Idaho President Chuck Staben is living on borrowed time.  His days are numbered and the reason is simple:  He just doesn’t get the fact that in today’s environment of winners and losers, the key to the perception that a university is exceptional and successful is whether it has a winning football (and to a somewhat lesser degree a winning basketball) program. A statewide survey the University commissioned four years ago appears not to have been read by the then new and incoming president.  That survey indisputably demonstrated that Idahoans all across the state rate Boise State number #1 in almost all categories measured.  This position of superiority is a direct outcome of BSU’s football and basketball success/Chris Carlson, Carlson Chronicles. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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