Hopefully that means Korn Ferry is earning their keep in this.
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Hopefully that means Korn Ferry is earning their keep in this.
Korn Ferry needs to take some of the money we pay them and hire a public relations firm to change their name. :thumb:
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Well, the list of candidates would count as a leak.
If it were reliable and correct.
As someone who doesn't follow tennis, can you elaborate on how Tiley turned the Australian Open into a premier tennis event? Wasn't it always a Grand Slam event? Has it somehow passed Wimbledon, the French or the US Open in stature?
Again, not a tennis guy at all, but I always felt like Wimbledon was the biggest tennis event in the world, and the other three slams probably depend on what part of the world you live in. Or am I way off?
This is true and I took it as a very bad sign that the University was even conducting interviews. That indicates to me a need to conduct interviews. Ugh.
And if you can get George or Tiley, there is no reason to hire a search firm unless it gives you a third party who can operate behind the scenes a little easier.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
My understanding is that a search firm can do their thing in private whereas the UI cannot due to the FIA.
Or just turn the K around.
TMC999
- Not Iowa
I think the question is, is he ready to take over the job based on his skillset. He is absolutely the inverse of your description above, and is absolutely a man of character & integrity. I can't speak for your interactions with him, but comparing him with Tim Doyle (who Kendall Gill should have finished off) could not be farther from reality.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Leaks don't need to be either of those things.
Check out this article that I found on Tiley. I read it and more than ever I want him as the AD.
http://intheblack.com/articles/2014/12/01/game-on
Tiley is CEO of Tennis Australia and runs the Australian Open. It was always a premier event in terms of Grand Slam, but he has turned it around in terms of marketing and income it produces. It appears from the article he is branching the Australian brand out into Asia and understands what leadership is and appears to continually look to the future. Again, I really hope we can pull him in as the AD.
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Neither do rumors.
In that case, I'm hearing Ron Guenther for AD!
So when your people finally realize that George isn't coming do you just disappear, pretend it never happened, what's the protocol here?
The Australian Open was on the verge of losing it's place as a Grand Slam in the Tennis world. There had been open discussions about replacing it with something else, likely a rotating location.
Since Tiley took over, it has grown to the richest purse, not only for winners, but the early round exits as well. The sponsorship has grown exponentially over the last ten years as well. It is now, probably, the most popular event not named Wimbledon.
Shane Walsh
aka "Captain Oblivious"
- Cynthiana, Kentucky
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Great article, I'd recommend reading the whole thing. This excerpt stood out as very applicable to UI Athletics:
I just mean as far as informal conversations. To the extent that public documents would be created, I am sure FOIA would still apply and the process would be open.
Great article, thanks! Impressive stuff!
IlliniOX08
- Bucktown, Chicago
There's no way our administration is competent enough to hire this guy. Hope I'm wrong but everything they've done over the past 5-6, even 10 years suggests otherwise.
I've noticed that as well and I've wondered if there are semantics at issue here - that maybe Tiley is not calling it an interview, but the board sees it as such. I mean Cation admitted there has been contact between the parties and he also didn't deny interest, nor has Tiley denied interest.
My guess is that negotiations are happening either with Tiley's representative over what it will take to land Tiley or among the Illinois decision makers as to next steps with the candidates and Tiley wants to protect his current job until something definitive happens.
The fact that Tiley has not issued a denial and Shannon hasn't updated her story are positives for me at this time. Also, that Cation said later that he hoped Tiley would land the job (or something to that effect) is a plus.
Who knows, though.
FOIA in Illinois does not apply to personnel issues. The search committee can look at resumes, make a candidate list and conduct interviews in private. Minutes of those meetings can be sealed virtually forever. This part of FOIA is obviously to protect applicants. If a vote to hire actually came out of this committee, it would have to be done so publicly. This committee doesn't have to vote. Wilson could just listen to the committee discuss the applicants. She doesn't have to take their recommendation.
Tupper out with an article claiming George is still in play...
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