My elation at the news has turned to horrified as people I (previously) consider(ed) intelligent keep name-dropping Petersen to be the replacement. I'm way more pro-Petersen than most here as a coach, and I still think he's one of the worst choices to be an AD in the current age. Philosophically he's about as anti-NIL as you can get, and experientially he has never even been an AD before. Get the fuck out of here with that.
This is a major inflection point for the AD. With Cohen's departure, our connection to the Decade of Shame is now fully severed. We can dramatically upgrade (or downgrade) the AD culture with this hire. Let KDB pick the next one, or at a minimum let him heavily vet and sign-off on candidates before putting offers in front of them.
Stadium renovation happened before she was in charge. Of course she was there, but remember Jim Lambright was still alive when that happened.
So her baseball hires have been iffy.
Mens Soccer has been top ten but that hire was pre Jen, and a lot of that seems to be due to the proximity of the Sounders.
Her home run hire was in track and field. She poached some assistant coaches from Oregon, and UW track is actually competitive. Kind of amazing really considering the track complex is smaller than most high schools. Not that track is a huge draw.
Womens softball - status quo.
Womens hoops - real bad
Womens Volleyball - Lost Keegan Cook. Hopefully Leslie keeps things going.
Womens Soccer - no clue / who cares?
Not real certain about the other sports, golf, rowing, beach volleyball.
Stadium renovation happened before she was in charge. Of course she was there, but remember Jim Lambright was still alive when that happened.
So her baseball hires have been iffy.
Mens Soccer has been top ten but that hire was pre Jen, and a lot of that seems to be due to the proximity of the Sounders.
Her home run hire was in track and field. She poached some assistant coaches from Oregon, and UW track is actually competitive. Kind of amazing really considering the track complex is smaller than most high schools. Not that track is a huge draw.
Womens softball - status quo.
Womens hoops - real bad
Womens Volleyball - Lost Keegan Cook. Hopefully Leslie keeps things going.
Womens Soccer - no clue / who cares?
Not real certain about the other sports, golf, rowing, beach volleyball.
I get what you're saying here but, at the end of the day, most good that comes to sports outside of football and men's basketball are sort of "moral victories" for an athletic department. Those other sports aren't moving the needle in any meaningful way.
My elation at the news has turned to horrified as people I (previously) consider(ed) intelligent keep name-dropping Petersen to be the replacement. I'm way more pro-Petersen than most here as a coach, and I still think he's one of the worst choices to be an AD in the current age. Philosophically he's about as anti-NIL as you can get, and experientially he has never even been an AD before. Get the fuck out of here with that.
This is a major inflection point for the AD. With Cohen's departure, our connection to the Decade of Shame is now fully severed. We can dramatically upgrade (or downgrade) the AD culture with this hire. Let KDB pick the next one, or at a minimum let him heavily vet and sign-off on candidates before putting offers in front of them.
Agree. Hell, KDB can kill two birds with one stone here. Promote to Cauce an AD candidate that was the former AD at Montana Tech. A real football guy, Chuck Morrell. Then KDB can go hire a real DC. Win, win.
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So her baseball hires have been iffy.
Mens Soccer has been top ten but that hire was pre Jen, and a lot of that seems to be due to the proximity of the Sounders.
Her home run hire was in track and field. She poached some assistant coaches from Oregon, and UW track is actually competitive. Kind of amazing really considering the track complex is smaller than most high schools. Not that track is a huge draw.
Womens softball - status quo.
Womens hoops - real bad
Womens Volleyball - Lost Keegan Cook. Hopefully Leslie keeps things going.
Womens Soccer - no clue / who cares?
Not real certain about the other sports, golf, rowing, beach volleyball.
First and right. Like usual.
You stick your head up your ass and let upper campus and the NCAA take turns fucking you.
Glad I had my door shut of half the office would’ve heard me laugh, snort, and fart all at once.
Might be time for the Trojan faithful to see Griswold's rave review of UT's Sark hire for the sake of reference