Wife of former MSU AD Mark Hollis seems to be gunning for current MSU AD Beekman
I'm not sure what to make of this. Former MSU AD Mark Hollis retired during the Nassar investigation and went to work for MSU alum/billionaire Dan Gilbert. Interim MSU president Engler then announced a national search for the next AD before hiring Bill Beekman from within the MSU athletic department. Beekman had never been an athletic director prior to being hired at MSU.
Now Hollis's wife is demanding the MSU board release 6,000 emails relating to the Nassar investigation which she seems to be saying will shed light on how Beekman was hired.
Don't really know how to link stuff so I'd appreciate it if someone could post it properly.
https://twitter.com/ByMarkJohnson/status/1322185047001235456?s=20
October 30th, 2020 at 3:09 PM ^
It ain't easy being green...
October 30th, 2020 at 3:34 PM ^
they may not share barbers, but who here thinks the AD and mark davis might share some DNA?
October 30th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
DAAYYYUUUMMM!!!!! Time has not been good to Sam from Diff'rent Strokes!
October 30th, 2020 at 5:21 PM ^
A hopeless case of gingervitis.
October 30th, 2020 at 5:24 PM ^
Mark Davis looks like he wondered in from Deliverance.
October 30th, 2020 at 7:08 PM ^
Let’s see what we have here...
1) Dent in the head,
2) Creepy looking skin, e.g. too many different colors and patches, a texture that looks like something left our in the sun too long,
3) also creepy, a smile that looks like the grill of a ‘57 Buick,
4) eyes that may or may not work.
What is this guy doing at the face of the program? She might have a case for extortion, not that Hollis didn’t merit being dealt a dirty hand.
October 30th, 2020 at 7:09 PM ^
Shit, I left out the hair. It speaks for itself.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
Needs more bird poop.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:45 PM ^
Note to self: If you're feeling super-hapless, don't take a publicity photo with the Jim Henson statue.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Can someone please explain why Hollis’ wife would care? I don’t understand, and do t have the luxury of reading the story right now.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:21 PM ^
Take one look at the picture above. Married or not who wouldn't be gunning for that sexy beast.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
From everything I've read, no one has a clue about why she'd care. It's very strange that she's linking Beekman's hire to the 6,000 Nassar related documents that MSU has refused to turn over. No one I've seen so far knows the connection between those documents and Beekman's hiring.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
Because she is pissed about how her husband was treated on the way out. Probably believes he was left to twist in the wind.
Hollis has plenty to answer for. Full stop. But Engler and Beekman stabbing him in the back wouldn't surprise me at all.
October 30th, 2020 at 4:28 PM ^
Person who thought her family member was entitled to the job (and the $$$ that came with it) for as long as they wanted. And hasn't come to terms with the fact that that is not the case.
It's not just an MSU thing - you'll see this all over the place in the world.
October 30th, 2020 at 3:26 PM ^
I thought you meant "gunning for" like in sexually.
October 30th, 2020 at 4:19 PM ^
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October 30th, 2020 at 4:32 PM ^
Best I could find...
October 30th, 2020 at 4:31 PM ^
It was certainly odd that Engler promised a national search and then settled on Beekman. Hollis and Blackwell were made the fall guys for this. Dantini over played his hand and didn’t realize he had zero support left in the administration after LAKS and Hollis were gone. Rumor is Beekman finally grew a paid and told Mork that if he refused to make any changes to his staff that MSU was prepared to move on.
October 30th, 2020 at 5:35 PM ^
If Beekman actually grew a pair (unlikey) it was after Dantonio got a $4.3 million retention bonus and then walks out and bones the program and university. And Mark scowls and acts like he's been mistreated. Now he's skulking around Spartan Stadium looking over Mel's shoulder. What an asshole. This is my long-winded answer to Beekman growing a pair. Not on your life.
October 31st, 2020 at 1:39 AM ^
Mork showing up at the first game after leaving the way he did fits his personality perfectly. No awareness at all. Some organizations have rules preventing dumb crap like this happening because this personality type exists.
October 30th, 2020 at 5:38 PM ^
It's remarkable that such a dysfunctional athletic department has done as well as it has in the big two sports over the last decade.
October 30th, 2020 at 6:24 PM ^
I'd argue that before Nassar hit, the MSU athletic department was anything but dysfunctional. Hollis/Dantonio/Izzo ran that place like a machine. A disgusting machine but a machine nonetheless. They had a single vision and put it into place. No internal fighting or dissent at all.
October 30th, 2020 at 6:45 PM ^
October 30th, 2020 at 7:17 PM ^
Beekman is in way over his head and has let several people in the athletic department go (pre-Covid) who were well respected in the Big 10 and across the country.
if it looks like shit and smells like shit, Engler is the crop duster.
October 30th, 2020 at 9:37 PM ^
The Beekman hire smelled bad, coverup bad. But Hollis had been at MSU since 1995, AD since 08, so he knew the bad stuff too. I really don't know what's going on. Wild ass speculation: Hollis is lying to his wife that he knew nothing? Or he told her the truth that he knew about bad stuff but others with more power kept him from doing stuff? (totally plausible with a majority of exathletes/coaches on trustees.) Someone needs witness protection.
October 30th, 2020 at 10:21 PM ^
Both ADs are idiots, Bill Beekman is just more of the bumbling kind