(04-09-2021 05:51 PM)Dog Fan Wrote: (04-09-2021 04:54 PM)klake87 Wrote: NIU financially handicapped Frazier. State funding in disarray. Alumni not donating. Attendance low. You have to judge him by how much he did with so little. Not saying he is great but he was handicapped.
Yes, that’s true, but if he handled the donors better, he could have brought in more donations.
They lost good people due to them performing well, getting better jobs. Some were not replaced, some replacements had no clue.
My issue with Frazier is likely yours and many others, the elitist attitude that was taken upon success keying around Orange Bowl. He fed the pipe dream, that many on here did and do believe, NIU is B12 worthy. That 100+ million to build new stadium everything else. What it became was an attention getter for big donors, which never came, and looked good on his LinkedIn page. All the meanwhile he alienated smaller donors, which at NIU are good donors. I was treated like a king at low level. Got calls, made sure tickets were handled correctly in follow up even tickets delivered personally at team function they invited me to in Columbus. I got fed and got to listen to Rod at the Yordon Center....2x! And they knew who people were on this board. That was a funny conversation.
Then couple years later. they wanted 3x for less. And he hear stories from those donating 10x-50x what I did.
He went for the big fish and catered to them when, in reality, NIU isn't that. And even if you head that way, have interns work and follow up, call people, work ticket center or something. Got to a point where no one answered and you gave up.
Yes, I don't blame him for everything. But you need to adjust on the fly.