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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 2111660, member: 5058"] No real insight here, just inferences and intuition. I think there is a need base and a "desire" platform here. I think the University is slowly and cautiously moving forward with the roofing discussions as those are need based at the core. I think they are potentially slow playing it in the hopes that a deep pocket donor or donors comes along, and they can jump into more engaged or aspirational discussions. The rub is that typically if they get too far down the road with the design, the value to the donor goes down (the donors pretty typically want some steering power or sway over the thing that will have their name on it). You can almost think of it as a football team in that there is an owner and a GM and a coach and the owner, Jerry Jones or Daniel Snyder represent the donor. SU facilities planning represents the GM and the coach is played by the design team. I used those two owners intentionally. They fire GMs and hire coaches. They decide if they want a product that is made up of all-pro's on the back end of their career, or if they want to field a running and defensive team despite having a great QB and receiver corps. Imagine a GM telling Dan Snyder that he doesn't want to sign Albert Haynesworth, Deon Sanders, Jeff George... or telling Al Davis not to draft JeMarcus Russell. Think of the fun when Jerry Jones fired Tom Landry only to look like a genius with Jimmy Johnson, who he fired because of a need for the spotlight. Donors are owners, especially deep pocketed ones. Some can be good and some can be bad, but don't tell them they can't change things. Even the decision to leave things alone and in the hands of their GM and coach is their decision. [/QUOTE]

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