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Open Letter from the AD: BGSU Athletics Strategic Plan Ready to Take Flight
Dear Fellow Falcons,

Strategic thinking and strategic planning are at the core of my role as your Director of Athletics. As we work to Honor the Past and Create the Future for Bowling Green State University Athletics, we are continuously working to lay the most stable, sustainable, and strategic foundation possible for our student-athletes, coaches, and staff. Having a roadmap for the future allows us to focus on the continuous improvement of our organization, and work with goals in mind that are not only realistic and challenging, but also measurable and attainable.

The enclosed Falcon Athletics Strategic Plan provides structure and guidance for the way ahead. Intended to be a working document that may be revised and updated in real time, this document helps establish the culture for who we strive to be and how we may get there. These goals and strategies reinforce that culture as we work to provide the very best collegiate athletics experience possible for our student-athletes, student body, alumni and fans. Based on our primary objective areas related to Facilities, Academics, Leadership, Championship Culture, Outreach & Inclusion, National Visibility, and Stewardship (F.A.L.C.O.N.S.), this guide allows our various stakeholders to assist in our mission to cultivate champions in academics, sports, and life, and pursue excellence in all that we do.

Nested in the University's Goals, and with careful consideration for both the Vision and Mission Statements of BGSU, the Falcon Athletics Strategic Plan will serve as a valuable and purposeful resource for the Falcon athletics community. I am excited to share our vision for BG Athletics with our campus and external communities, and sincerely hope that you will take every opportunity to work with us in order to achieve lasting success for our great institution.

Honor the Past.
Create the Future.
MAKE HISTORY NOW!

Sincerely,

D. Christopher Kingston

MacGuy wrote:Was mainly looking for info about Doyt Perry stadium renovations. "Complete stadium renovation plan"" didn't do it for me.

BGSU33 wrote:

MacGuy wrote:Was mainly looking for info about Doyt Perry stadium renovations. "Complete stadium renovation plan"" didn't do it for me.

I was looking for the same thing. I got excited when I saw that posted on the website this morning and hurried to click on the link to learn about our Strategic Plan....and then I sat there like a deer in headlights when I actually read it. WTH was that? Isn't one of the main points of producing a Strategic Plan to discuss the actual strategies you plan to implement to reach your goal? That told us next to nothing about anything that we already didn't know.

footballguy51 wrote:

BGSU33 wrote:

MacGuy wrote:Was mainly looking for info about Doyt Perry stadium renovations. "Complete stadium renovation plan"" didn't do it for me.

I was looking for the same thing. I got excited when I saw that posted on the website this morning and hurried to click on the link to learn about our Strategic Plan....and then I sat there like a deer in headlights when I actually read it. WTH was that? Isn't one of the main points of producing a Strategic Plan to discuss the actual strategies you plan to implement to reach your goal? That told us next to nothing about anything that we already didn't know.

The Strategic Plan is exactly what it should be. It's a statement of goals and an action plan to achieve those goals. Moreover, it relates the Division's goals to the goals of the University. If you notice, specifics are not mentioned anywhere because specifics should never be included in a public document. The specifics are an internal document, and with Higher Ed, is mostly a fluid document.

footballguy51 wrote:

BGSU33 wrote:

MacGuy wrote:Was mainly looking for info about Doyt Perry stadium renovations. "Complete stadium renovation plan"" didn't do it for me.

I was looking for the same thing. I got excited when I saw that posted on the website this morning and hurried to click on the link to learn about our Strategic Plan....and then I sat there like a deer in headlights when I actually read it. WTH was that? Isn't one of the main points of producing a Strategic Plan to discuss the actual strategies you plan to implement to reach your goal? That told us next to nothing about anything that we already didn't know.

The Strategic Plan is exactly what it should be. It's a statement of goals and an action plan to achieve those goals. Moreover, it relates the Division's goals to the goals of the University. If you notice, specifics are not mentioned anywhere because specifics should never be included in a public document. The specifics are an internal document, and with Higher Ed, is mostly a fluid document.

apollo wrote:This all just lip service...waste of time. If Kingston leaves next year, the new AD will throw this in the trash and make his own strategic plan. Ever since Krebs left all we've gotten is talk....Krebs landed the major gifts for both Sebo and Stroh and stuff actually got done. Christopher got the credit, but Krebs did the heavy lifting.
Kingston is certainly better than Christopher, but I've been really disappointed with the lack of movement on the baseball facility and obviously Perry Stadium.
Bottom line...if BGSU is serious about sports, they have to:

1. Get the sports back to being fully funded, particularly baseball
2. The University needs to commit more money to Athletics...money is tight, but BG gets close to the least amount from fees as anyone in the MAC. Plus we have hockey which puts us at a disadvantage...."bring back the glory" was a huge disappointment in terms of raising money.
3. The university needs to do a huge capital campaign combining both Academic and Athletic facilities. Try to raise as much as possible and get a lot of stuff done at once. Ball State just finished theirs and many of their Athletic facilities were renovated.

Flipper wrote:Exactly... you do not want to be Akron. Their previous administration went on a completely ridiculous building spree. Current President is now stuck with a mountain of debt and few options to deal with it.

BGSU33 wrote:I'll tell you something I miss a lot that we did with Greg Christopher, and that was the Ask The AD segment. I enjoyed it a lot. It gave us all a chance to ask questions and get answers to a lot of the things we had questions about. I submitted several questions that were asked and answered myself, so it's not like your questions simply disappeared and were never asked. I also liked that Christopher didn't just dance around questions he couldn't 100% answer. Obviously there were certain things he couldn't come right out and say, but he did answer in a way that gave you so info what you were asking without simply blowing it off. I felt it was also a good way for fans to also stay connected. I really wish we'd bring that back and do it with Chris Kingston.