frankfortillini
- Frankfort, IL
Maybe if we let this drag on for a couple more years the timing will be right to snag George!!!
Not sure this has anything to do with potential candidates, but the attached table shows an overview of Illinois athletics over the last three years (Big Ten finishes for 12-13, 13-14, and 14-15). I color coded each sport from bad (red) to good (green) based on BIG finish and national performance. Please correct my characterizations if you think any of these sports are better or worse than listed.
Kind of shows some baseline metrics on what the new AD will be working with when he/she comes in. Honestly, I feel like we are a little worse off than I would have guessed before putting this together – I didn’t realize how low many of our women’s team have finished.
To paraphrase Churchill, this is not the end.
Not sure this has anything to do with potential candidates, but the attached table shows an overview of Illinois athletics over the last three years (Big Ten finishes for 12-13, 13-14, and 14-15). I color coded each sport from bad (red) to good (green) based on BIG finish and national performance. Please correct my characterizations if you think any of these sports are better or worse than listed.
Kind of shows some baseline metrics on what the new AD will be working with when he/she comes in. Honestly, I feel like we are a little worse off than I would have guessed before putting this together – I didn’t realize how low many of our women’s team have finished.
Why are we even allowing applicants? We should have some targets in mind and go after them. Not the other way around.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but as a Public University, I believe we are required by State law to post the job and accept applications.
If Father in Law reads it on the crapper, he's an insider :thumb:
Perhaps our targets ran like heck when they heard Illinois had put targets on their backs.
So, how long has it been since MT was fired? Three months? To say that UI is now an athletic laughingstock is an understatement. May as well take the interim tag away and keep our current AD.
Top 10 recruiting classes seems like a stretch. They've had two really really good years since 2010, but the rest is inconsistent. Recruiting Rankings for Memphis (Illinois in parentheses)
2010: 2nd (11th)
2011: NR (13th)
2012: NR (NR)
2013: 5th (20th)
2014: NR (NR)
2015:18th (19th)
2016: NR (NR)
Here's more from Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-illinois-athletic-director-candidates-20160202-story.html
If this is accurate, I think we should be expecting resolution soon, possibly the end of this week or next.
Interesting. Is this the first time that Heeke and Chun have been mentioned as candidates?
Heeke spent 18 years at Oregon and Chun spent 15 years at Ohio St. Those are some pretty good programs to learn from.
Here's more from Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...letic-director-candidates-20160202-story.html
If this is accurate, I think we should be expecting resolution soon, possibly the end of this week or next.
The Illini are still pitching the job to Colorado athletic director Rick George, who played football at Illinois until 1982 and has previously publicly stated that he planned to remain at Colorado. The Illini also targeted Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips, who declined, a source said.
Illinois interim chancellor Barbara Wilson and the school’s search committee met Tuesday and will meet again Wednesday, the source said, with Northern Illinois athletic director Sean Frazier, Washington University (St. Louis) athletic director Josh Whitman, Eastern Illinois athletic director Tom Michael, Central Michigan athletic director Dave Heeke, Florida Atlantic athletic director Patrick Chun, Maryland deputy athletic director Kelly Mehrtens and CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley, who was a former tennis coach at Illinois.
Northern Illinois athletic director Sean Frazier, Washington University (St. Louis) athletic director Josh Whitman, Eastern Illinois athletic director Tom Michael, Central Michigan athletic director Dave Heeke, Florida Atlantic athletic director Patrick Chun, Maryland deputy athletic director Kelly Mehrtens and CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley, who was a former tennis coach at Illinois.
So are those all of the candidates at this point? Are they meeting each of these candidates separately or together? I would have to think separately. That's 7 candidates that were listed. Each gets a 1 hour interview? Any longer seems like too much - anything less seems non-meaningful.
The Illini are still pitching the job to Colorado athletic director Rick George, who played football at Illinois until 1982 and has previously publicly stated that he planned to remain at Colorado. The Illini also targeted Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips, who declined, a source said.
Illinois interim chancellor Barbara Wilson and the school’s search committee met Tuesday and will meet again Wednesday, the source said, with Northern Illinois athletic director Sean Frazier, Washington University (St. Louis) athletic director Josh Whitman, Eastern Illinois athletic director Tom Michael, Central Michigan athletic director Dave Heeke, Florida Atlantic athletic director Patrick Chun, Maryland deputy athletic director Kelly Mehrtens and CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley, who was a former tennis coach at Illinois.
According to a source, Illinois’ search committee will spend the bulk of the time interviewing candidates, while Wilson is allotting only 30 minutes with each candidate.