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St. John’s donor and alum Mike Repole blasts administration on radio

Alum and Vitamin Water CEO — and St. John’s donor — Mike Repole opened up the proverbial chopper on St. John’s administration [link] in a radio interview on WFAN with Mike Francesca.

To his credit, one can feel the passion that Repole has for the St. John’s program. But, now taking a step back from the program, Repole and Francesca open up with their grievances in what Repole calls “five years of bottled emotions”:

  • calls the school President (Bobby Gempashore), General Counsel (Joseph Oliva) and Chairman of the Board (Bill Collins) “incompetent, clueless leaders”; calls the Board of Directors “weak puppets”, says the school needs a new President and says the culture is “toxic”;
  • says he will personally pay for Oliva and Gempashore to go, that kids now go away and the brand of St.