Comments on: Dickie Scruggs’s contempt for the federal bench (and, no, I don’t mean Judge Aker).

By: NoMiss

NoMiss — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:02:27 +0000

afotl at 11:11am, Your comment is totally correct. RK personally suggested to several people that they apply for the position of chancellor to replace him, while being fully aware that Jones was already selected to be the new chancellor. This was done, of course, to create multiple applicants for the position so that it would appear to be a “national search.” Those applicants now feel that they were duped—which they were.

observer at 11:09am, there are several bags of beans that could be spilled about matters mentioned in this post.

By: A Lurker

A Lurker — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:23:04 +0000

“Dr. Death” did not refer to any professor. UM was trying to determine who would do the entire information package back then… It was a HUGH change in operations. Dr. Death was supposedly trying to steer it one way but after some intervention the deal went to SAP but there was some talk at the time that maybe that was not a clean deal either. I just watch as a worker bee, I am not privy to the internal workings of such decisions.

By: osa canuc

osa canuc — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:38 +0000

A Friend of the Law, I was merely asking for clarification on the individual being pilloried. I have no idea who it is other than the suggestion that his nickname is “Dr. death”. I asked if it was “JD” since he is a “Doctor”. I see now these folks appear to be speakng about someone else which makes more sense. I too have an accy degree and have utmost respect for the fine folks at our school. The accolades about OM’s School of Accountancy are well deserved. Pillorying someone associated with it in an anonymous fashion is unacceptable. But, NMC suggests it is not someone with the school which is good to hear.

By: a friend of the law

a friend of the law — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:07:47 +0000

NMC, the successive posts made by Observer @11:44, A Lurker @9:36, and osa canuc @2:46 led me to think otherwise. It seemed that they were referring to a certain accounting professor who was affectionately called “Dr. D” by accounting students and sometimes “Dr. Death”; and whose name fits the initials “JD”. Hopefully, they did not actually intend to refer to the professor I thought they were discussing. That is why my BS detector went up. It had nothing to do with your comment to start this thread.

By: a friend of the law

a friend of the law — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:07:39 +0000

By: Cicero

Cicero — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:59:43 +0000

In response to NMC at 9:40 p.m., the relationship between Deloach (and Andersen’s Memphis office) and Scruggs reaches back into the 1990′s.

By: NMC

NMC — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:22:09 +0000

AFOTL, I think the cryptic talk is about an accountant, not a professor of accountancy.

By: a friend of the law

a friend of the law — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:17 +0000

Folks, GOB deals have been going on at the University of MS for a long time, and still continue to this day (although it is getting harder and harder for them to get away with such things —- it is a lot less open these days, and even more behind the scenes). This will not change until we have a major, overdue house cleaning within our administration. The current Chancellor Jones is RK’s hand-picked successor —any pretense of a real “national search” having been conducted for this key post is belied by the facts and GOBism confirmed by RK’s new “retirement” post as “consultant” to the Chancellor. The new Chancellor is nothing more than an interim figure head, with the same folks as before still in charge of things. I had hoped (perhaps naively) that RK’s retirement would have triggered a true national search for a highly qualified candidate, with an ensuing house cleaning of a lot of dead wood in the administration, and a fresh start with new, competent, creative people with lots of energy to pick up where the old guard left off (and plans to sit for a while patting themselves on the back) and move aggressively forward. This did not happen, and won’t for at least another decade.

These revelations about our accounting program come as a surprise to me. I am a graduate of UM’s accountancy program and have a masters degree in accountancy from UM (one of the first classes after the masters program was created). I had great respect and admiration for all of my professors who taught me well — and still do. UM’s accountacy program is considered to be one of the best in the nation. So, forgive me if my fondness for the professor being talked about so cryptically in this thread leads me to demand more details before I would be inclined to accept such at face value. My BS detector is on high alert.

By: Observer

Observer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:19 +0000

Just sitting here wondering when ‘appearance of impropriety’ become ‘conflict of interest,’ and when ‘conflict of interest’ becomes a ‘kickback.’

By: NoMiss

NoMiss — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:47:14 +0000

There are several bags of beans that could be spilled relating to matters mentioned in this post.