I would find it hard to believe that all the entities on campus that deal with Sodexo and food service in general don't meet a few times a year to make sure each person/department has no issues, or if they do, work together to get them resolved. Leverage the collective body. It's not rocket science. Sometimes I really think those at MU only do what is required just to make sure they keep a job.
Svherd, your last sentence goes right to the crux of the matter. It should be pretty clear that there is a lot of LAZINESS rampant in the upper levels of MU's athletic administration.
Turn over all food service at sporting events to an entity like Sodexho- -out of sight, out of mind. Another thing MH doesn't have to deal with. Same with running the school's athletic web site, Herd Zone. Let IMG essentially run it; MU just plugs in a little content. Site is mediocre, at best, and apparently MH could care less, even though content is often horribly outdated. Check under the athletic facilities: content about the DOT describes ongoing construction that will be completed in 2008!!! Content about the HC describes upgrades done in the 90s, crowds in 80s/90s, early 2000 improvements. Doesn't Hamrick realize that first place many prospective student athletes may go to find out about a school is the athletic department's official web site, as well as the University's main web site? MU is deficient in both in many ways.
I wonder if MH has ever really spent a lot of time thoroughly looking at the Herd Zone site to see how it can be improved? Wonder if he has checked sites of similar schools to see what others are doing as a means to improve MU's product? I do know that on the ETSU and JMU sites, you will frequently find IN DEPTH status assessments from their respective athletic directors detailing many issues/projects, etc., that the athletic departments are involved with, the status of such entities, concerns of fans, future goals, plans, etc. The AD at ETSU frequently has a detailed video directly covering and discussing ongoing issues in the school's athletic department. I do know that, IMO, that these other 2 schools sites are far superior to MU's in content, ease of navigation, and certainly not half obliterated by Ads like Herd Zone!!
Doesn't MU have a school of mass communications and journalism? Has Hamrick ever approached them to see if they could produce some athletic related videos for dissemination through the Herd Zone web site? Asked the school for possible assistance/suggestions on upgrading and improving the web site? Suggesting a collaboration where the athletic department may offer some stipend for senior or grad students in the SOMCC (journalism) over an academic semester/year to work on ideas/projects on improving the Herd Zone site, upgrading content, etc., which then could be passed on to IMG for implementation?