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You could argue that she was at least indirectly responsible for the fall of Mizzou football starting in the early eighties, but she was also responsible for helping to elevate MU's academic reputation.
Uehling faced a budget crisis when she was named Chancellor in 1978, and while she made some painful cuts to academic programs, she doubled down on the school's academic mission and left athletics to more or less fend for itself. We were lucky to have Norm at the helm in basketball, but the football program died a long, slow death from which it would never fully recover until Gary Pinkel hit the scene. She hired "Dollar" Dave Hart, who let go of Warren Powers and then hired Woody Widenhofer... you know the rest.
People at Mizzou either loved or hated her and her legacy. She was a steady hand who helped the university solidify and grow into the first-rate research institution it is today, but she also played a role in bringing about the long, cold winter of Mizzou football's discontent.
I'm not trashing Babs. I think if I were in her shoes, I also would have been more concerned with steadying the institution's shaky academic profile and budget shortfalls on that side of the ledger than I would have been with fielding a top 25 football team.
You could argue that she was at least indirectly responsible for the fall of Mizzou football starting in the early eighties, but she was also responsible for helping to elevate MU's academic reputation.
Uehling faced a budget crisis when she was named Chancellor in 1978, and while she made some painful cuts to academic programs, she doubled down on the school's academic mission and left athletics to more or less fend for itself. We were lucky to have Norm at the helm in basketball, but the football program died a long, slow death from which it would never fully recover until Gary Pinkel hit the scene. She hired "Dollar" Dave Hart, who let go of Warren Powers and then hired Woody Widenhofer... you know the rest.
People at Mizzou either loved or hated her and her legacy. She was a steady hand who helped the university solidify and grow into the first-rate research institution it is today, but she also played a role in bringing about the long, cold winter of Mizzou football's discontent.
I'm not trashing Babs. I think if I were in her shoes, I also would have been more concerned with steadying the institution's shaky academic profile and budget shortfalls on that side of the ledger than I would have been with fielding a top 25 football team.
