There’s a D-word + Dan that I’d like to use…but I know this is a family blog. Just think strap on.

I was sure you were serious! But I agree. I like some Chianti’s and my guess is that Dan is probably not the best at picking a good one anyway. I kind of like UCL@’s suggestion.

I was thrilled with the hard work Taz put in and the door he opened into the Chancello’s office. But, at the same time, I was put off by what I perceived to be the Vice Chancellor’s response — which I thought focused more on the names people were calling DG than the substance of the posts in which those names appeared.

Frankly, in my eyes, that’s on her. If she can’t look past the names, and see them as a symptom of the incredible frustration all Bruins are feeling, if she can’t look at the substance of the complaints and look past the labels used — I wonder whether she should be the person reaching out to the Bruin masses.

VC Turtletaub, it’s been said that you read our posts and I’m pleased that you do. Do you really feel it appropriate to write off the critical content on the fan sites because some of the writers are also ridiculing the AD and the Chancellor?

When did humor and ridicule as a form of commentary end up out of bounds?

And, perhaps, if someone in power were to enter a meaningful dialogue, on the merits, with the fan base, substance would prevail.

It’s been weeks, now, and DG continues to embarass our university. And, NOTHING from the Chancellor. Nothing.

At the top of this thread, I tried to get rid of the label you apparently don’t like — Chianti Dan — in favor of one he chose himself — Strap On. Will you accept my olive branch and do something meaningful in response?

Until the bureaucrats step up and take some action and do what they need to do: firing Chianti Dan, then I’ll continue to use whatever damn label I see fit.

All that the VC has done is given us empty words. Talk is cheap. I wonder how Gene feels about the downturn in donations? How UCLA feels about the downturn in merchandise sales?

And if our VC is so focused on a label that she can’t see the substance behind our criticism of Chianti Dan and his inept mismanagement of our athletic department, then she shouldn’t be the VC at an institution like UCLA.

As far as I’m concerned, the label will not only stay, but will be amplified.

The guy who directs ever single, solitary part of our athletics looks like Homer Simpson. That’s not an insult or a compliment, it’s just a statement of fact. Homer has an affinity for doughnuts, which is also a fact. I recognize that many thought the reference to doughnuts had to do with Guerrerror’s girth, but that’s not so. The reference to doughnuts was simply because I thought he looked like Homer. The fact that Guerrerror is totally incompetent at his job and unable to recognize his own incompetence again makes him a Homer Simpson clone.

If we’re going to put away the Chianti Dan reference in order to appease the delicate sensibilities of the young vice chancellor, then we can go with Doughnut Dan.

It is breathtaking, at least in my opinion, that all Ms. Turtletaub could do after talking to Taz was to quibble about a nickname which was far more accurate than insulting. Does she not understand that she just did a perfect “Let them eat cake” a la Marie Antoinette?

Kind of like a Pixar flick: Funny for the adults and kids can be amused too!
For the kids “strap-on” relates to something he puts on before he goes to work!
Meanwhile for the adults the term “strap-on” alludes to . . .something he puts on before he goes to work!