I agree that we haven't seen much to indicate Schulz has vision (in particular, at a level that Floyd did), and we have his "handling" of the SCB situation providing a bad example of his leadership. I think it's too early to say he doesn't have any vision, though. I understand he's said that he wants to get WSU to the level of a top 25 university nationwide, which is a pretty ambitious goal and reflects some vision on his part if he's serious about it.
And I will totally agree that goal (top level academic standards, research capabilities, quality of teaching/education) is, and should be, his FIRST priority. But, as Dr Floyd often said, the athletic department is the window to the university for the world. As much as I love WSU athletics, the university as a whole is the important thing. I just want BOTH to be vibrant and healthy!
So far I haven't been very impressed with Schultz. And I did say my opinion/judgement of him may be a bit hasty. Perhaps because practically the first words out of his mouth after arriving on the job were
something to the effect that "you guys have made a mess of finances in your athletic building projects and that STOPS NOW". I thought THAT was a bit hasty because without the deficit spending (which was based in part of projections of promised revenue fromP12 that failed to manifest) we would have been so far behind the eight ball in the P12, facility-wise, that we couldn't have dreamed of making up the gap.
But I understood why he said what he said, even if I thought it was a bit ill conceived at the time, given the circumstances. The media was making a big fuss over athletic dept deficits of over 13 million. Interestingly, the UW later announced deficits in THEIR athletic department of around 15 million dollars and the media wasn't after them like vampires at the blood bank......and their president didn't come out with bombastic statements about "this stops now"....
Anyway, he's our University President and does deserve a little time to truly make his mark before being accurately judged.
But I'm also saying he has a few marks against him already, with the ham fisted "THIS STOPS NOW" statement regarding further athletic facilities (reasonable in principle, not in execution), with his over the top criticism of Leach's support for Trump (which was admonished by the state's atty general's office - agree with Leach on that or not, he had the right to act as a private citizen) and his lack of leadership in the Student Disciplinary Board fiasco.
The ball's in his court. I hope he's the right man for the job. I'm willing to give him time enough to tell if that's true, or not.