Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
And he is the like the hot girl in accountling, finding you in the street, taking you home and helping you to recover from the night before?
The references these LAD posters use are quite imaginative!
And he is the like the hot girl in accountling, finding you in the street, taking you home and helping you to recover from the night before?
What would folks think if we hired Sean Frazier from NIU as our new AD? Good? Bad? Mediocre?
Thoughts?
I would have no problem with him if he is selected. "Home run hire" might be a bit strong. He's more like the obvious, low risk, high floor, nobody-would-criticize-it choice. He's already been identified as a finalist in previous searches at Syracuse, Pitt, Boston College, and Rutgers, and interviewed for that last one, so I would imagine he'd be interested in the job here. Not an "Ilini" guy if that matters to you, but knows the B1G, Midwest. Coming from Wisconsin he has some grasp of the challenges our inflated academic standards present. And he would be considered a minority hire which will please some segments of the university. The reason I say not home run is that he doesn't have a proven track record of rebuilding a broken program (yet) and doesn't have a home run hire of his own on his resume yet either. From that standpoint, MT was a stronger hire on paper. And we'd just be plucking the top guy from the area lower division group of schools, which is nobody's idea of out-of-the-box. Pretty much the standard blueprint for AD hires, actually.If they can't get Rick George then Sean Frazier is on the same level as Craig Tiley for me. Would be a home run hire. Given his playing days at Alabama, his experience at Wisconsin, and his Chicago ties now with NIU he is someone who should be able to come in, steady the ship and start to turn us around.
If they can't get Rick George then Sean Frazier is on the same level as Craig Tiley for me. Would be a home run hire. Given his playing days at Alabama, his experience at Wisconsin, and his Chicago ties now with NIU he is someone who should be able to come in, steady the ship and start to turn us around.
I would have no problem with him if he is selected. "Home run hire" might be a bit strong. He's more like the obvious, low risk, high floor, nobody-would-criticize-it choice. He's already been identified as a finalist in previous searches at Syracuse, Pitt, Boston College, and Rutgers, and interviewed for that last one, so I would imagine he'd be interested in the job here. Not an "Ilini" guy if that matters to you, but knows the B1G, Midwest. Coming from Wisconsin he has some grasp of the challenges our inflated academic standards present. And he would be considered a minority hire which will please some segments of the university. The reason I say not home run is that he doesn't have a proven track record of rebuilding a broken program (yet) and doesn't have a home run hire of his own on his resume yet either. From that standpoint, MT was a stronger hire on paper. And we'd just be plucking the top guy from the area lower division group of schools, which is nobody's idea of out-of-the-box. Pretty much the standard blueprint for AD hires, actually.
Of course, one way of looking at a potential Frazier hire would be to compare it to a guy who spends months miserably walking a mile to work in the ice and snow all winter long while researching and test driving dozens of cars trying to find the one special model that's his perfect fit, only to turn around a pay sticker price on a Toyota Camry on the first warm day of spring. Nothing wrong with the Camry per se, but the dealer had thirty of them sitting in the lot three months ago.
I would have no problem with him if he is selected. "Home run hire" might be a bit strong. He's more like the obvious, low risk, high floor, nobody-would-criticize-it choice.
News should be dropping shortly.
I also heard something today that made me very, very optimistic.
I also heard something today that made me very, very optimistic.
Optimistic in who they hire? Or that this fiasco is going to come to a close?
I spoke with someone in the administration who said there are two finalists. George is one of them.
Josh Whitman?
from the rumor I heard...all i gotta say is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1LMIUOOAI
Do we have a name on the second finalist? Are we even sure Rick George would come if offered? Remind me again why he's our number 1 choice? Is it his ties to the program/area? I admit that I think an Illinois guy is probably a good bet at this point, but what about his experience? Colorado isn't exactly a powerhouse in the Pac 12...