Lmao so true in Illinois
The Illinois AD Search
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Lmao so true in Illinois
I could cry
Well if the process is king I'm going to need a primer on why in emergency circumstances its inappropriate for an interim AD to lead a search for a new football coach, but in the absence of any time pressure it remains sensible for an interim Chancellor to lead the search for a new AD. King Process is going to have to explain that one to me.
DaChief4ever
- Urbana
I guess this is " moving forward". Where's the Basketball connection, and football? Head of search is WHO? ( the guy who spends his time inside a horse's A**). The only thing we need now is the badmitton coach on the committee.
peace davids
- Colorado
Nobody in the basketball program has time to be on this committee. They are in season, putting in countless hours in recruiting, scouting, travelling, etc.
edit: understood that you probably meant a former basketball affiliate.
Would have been nice to have a former player and current DIA employee on the committee (this should have Dee's name all over it).
IlliniOX08
- Bucktown, Chicago
I don't think you're dreaming big enough. The real question is: What is the process for removing a BOT member?
Whatever the answer is, do that. Then repeat for all of them. Then replace them with people who actually have what it takes to run a successful major state university without looking like a complete bunch of idiots.
Y'know a move like that would cause more than a few eyerolls and might present some risk of being a distraction in the process, but at the same time, winning a news cycle might not be the worst idea for this University for once in our lives.
MadtownIllin
- Madison, WI
Yeah, he may actually be very qualified if you compare how the DIA is is run and a fast food business is run--in particular they have a similar image. Besides, hiring him may kill 2 birds with 1 stone--you get a new AD and he brings in the "king" as our new mascot...(I kid, I kid)...
BZuppke
- Plainfield
I would think people interested in the job and people who want certain people to be considered (Rick George and others), will make sure their resumes are in play with the committee, Kileen et al. As much as this is the official process, I imagine there will be an unofficial process as well. For example, those close to Rick George persuade him to throw his hat in the ring. He agrees to do so, and he meets unofficially with Kileen/Wilson, whoever. They tell him, he's the guy and he then submits his resume through the official process. I don't know that this will happen, but it could.
Gang, the George thing is over. There's no one standing on the grassy knoll here. Khan reached out, offered the money to make it worth his while, George thought it over and politely declined.
I don't think there's a chance either. But in our case, if he said he was never contacted, he probably was never contacted.
He was contacted on Illinois' behalf. He was not contacted by Illinois. That's how this works.
Does this mean we are leaving the B1G and taking our talents to the SEC?
Yep, and we have no heavy hitters on our committee that can do that. Nobody that carries any weight.
And, we're so dumb we actually put a coach on the committee even though she was named in one of the lawsuits. Does anybody at Illinois understand public relations, or even know what it is?
Here's Jeremy Werner on Michigan's AD search committee:
So Michigan has Jim Hackett - the guy who hired Jim Harbaugh - leading their committee. We have an animal science professor. Yep, that's pretty similar.
Seriously - how is Dee not on the committee? Like you said, even if it's not a prominent role, it looks good in the press, and I wonder if anyone out there bleeds orange and blue like Dee does. I would actually love to get his opinion of potential AD candidates and see what he thinks of their vision for Illini sports.
Of course, maybe he's not on the committee because he's a candidate??
Wish they would have taken a route similar to what the Bears did with Ernie Accorsi. Get a well known, well respected guy who isnt looking to jump back into a full time job. Have him vet people, because he knows what it takes to get the job done.
Or we can just have someone from the women's softball team and a cow doctor pick the AD for us
Or we can just have someone from the women's softball team and a cow doctor pick the AD for us
It's bad enough that we have to suffer through Shannon Ryan's coverage as beat writer. Now we have to listen to her snide tweets about the search committee. What she doesn't know about the UI would fill the State Farm Center.
As the Eeyore of sports writers, she should stick to writing more maudlin op ed pieces about her poor, poor put-upon son for the Trib, and leave the rest of us alone.
Crazy Joe Davola
Sic Semper Tyrannis!
What is snide about reporting facts?
Disbelief and anger at Chicago coverage of the Illini that isn't deferential and fawning: the mating call of the Guentherite.
Possibly the lack of any attempt to contextualize. Everyone on this committee has relevant experience with and connection to the athletic department. These aren't just randomly selected buffoons or bumpkins with their heads "inside a horses's A**."
Did the facts she tweeted include this:
He is not some guy they pulled out of the ivory tower who has no clue what a football is. He's actually a pretty appropriate choice.
Like the salmon of Capistrano.
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