Colin McNeil

Carnegie Mellon 2020

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Some advice for students:

If an organization of which you are a member puts out a public statement you disagree with, you have a few choices.

You can:

Stay silent and have the entire world conclude that you stand by the statement.

Convince the other members of the group to withdraw or otherwise modify the statement so that it can reflect the views of all members.

Or you can resign in protest.

Claiming that you had no involvement or knowledge of the statement, but remaining a member of the organization without it withdrawing the statement is perhaps the worst of the alternatives, as it appears to simply be an attempt to avoid accountability while continuing to be a member of the organization.

If you were managing a business, would you hire someone who blamed the despicable violent acts of a terrorist group on the victims?

I don’t think so.

Would you hire someone who was a member of a school club who issued a statement blaming lynchings by the KKK on their victims?

I don’t think so.

Would you want them to be an associate at your law firm?

Of course not.

It is not harassment to seek to understand the character of the candidates that you are considering for employment.

In fact, as CEO, it is your obligation to do so on behalf of all of the other employees in your company, the clients and customers it serves, and all of your other stakeholders.

I have heard that the above inquiry has made some members of the groups which put out the statement feel ‘unsafe,’ a word that is sadly overused in universities today.

Ask yourself how unsafe it would feel in Israel beginning Saturday early morning and how unsafe it feels now?

Ask yourself how unsafe your Jewish classmates feel when 32 clubs published a statement assigning sole responsibility for the heinous, deathly acts of terrorists to Israel and the Jews?

Experience is making mistakes and learning from them. If you have made a mistake, acknowledge it, and immediately correct your mistaken actions.

Public statements made by organizations of which you are a member can have a material negative impact on your reputation.

I have learned from experience that the best time to fix a mistake is now.

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Tucker Richardson had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists in Colgate's Patriot League Championship last night.

He became the first men's D-I player with a triple-double in a conference title game over the last 25 seasons.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

The Patriots are bringing back Alabama OC Bill O'Brien as their offensive coordinator, per @AdamSchefter and @ClowESPN

The former Texans head coach also worked with Mac Jones during his college career.

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

Whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper, junior double triple whopper

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Cam Spencer is as impactful as any transfer in the Big Ten.

Rutgers just broke Northwestern's heart in Evanston.

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@BarstoolBigCat Such a fun team - they should have beat Arizona in the tourney last year best game of the tourney

[Central Catholic @centralvikings]

Central Catholic High School is praying for the well being and swift recovery of Damar Hamlin, ‘16 (@BuffaloBills ). May the Lord be with him and his family during this most difficult time.

Hamlin collapsed during the Monday Night Football game against the @Bengals on 1-02-23.

[FanDuel @FanDuel]

Patriots fans watching Rhamondre fumble the ball:

[Adam Kaufman @AdamMKaufman]

Safe to say the coaching has A LOT to do with it.

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@BarstoolBigCat 47

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

Thank god we have a Nebraska-Rutgers palate cleanser tomorrow night.

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@SportsCenter @SCNext @PMTsportsbiz how wild?

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

This makes me think of one thing: Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe is the first AP National Player of the Year to return to college basketball since North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough in 2008-09.

[SLAM @SLAMonline]

Wise words. 🙏🏾

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@martymush https://t.co/XvpGU2MIgs - RedSox own the Yankees

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@BarstoolBigCat Oh absolutely

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

When the benches clear in the MLB:

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

Spieth ties the lead then immediately smokes a marshall with his tee shot. Gonna be a tremendous Sunday.

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

@Suzer_Salad We’ll see - I do think he will be better than Harden at his peak, but the minimal defense and ball dominant play style, which I think he needs, hasn’t seemed to work in the NBA since Kobe

[Colin McNeil @TheNamesMcNeil]

Luke absolutely IS a superstar, but This actually has some truth to it. I think his career path is going to be very similar to that of James Harden