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sounds like Jen Cohen will be the new AD

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,304 Founders Club
they're working out details on a long term deal.

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
  • CokeGreaterThanPepsi
    CokeGreaterThanPepsi Member Posts: 7,646

    If she truly loves football and will do right by our program then great.

    If we still see the same old approach as Woodward and Turner then it will be very disappointing.

    I feel the same way. I know she really cares about football and gets that it is most important.

    What I am worried about is that she won't make the changes necessary to improve athletics (Marketing, engagement with fan base, understanding the fan base, etc.)

    She would have to prove some stuff right away and show a difference from what we've seen for 20+ years. I think she has what it takes to be a good AD, I just don't know if she'll do what is necessary.
  • Dawgtona
    Dawgtona Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 707 Founders Club
  • Alexis
    Alexis Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,385 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    Lazy hire IMO

    TL,DR.

    YES!, I've always wanted to do that. but, I agree.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    Alexis said:

    Tequilla said:

    Lazy hire IMO

    TL,DR.

    YES!, I've always wanted to do that. but, I agree.
    I can, and I'm sure will, give the TL, DR version at some point when it becomes official
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    If she truly loves football and will do right by our program then great.

    If we still see the same old approach as Woodward and Turner then it will be very disappointing.

    I feel the same way. I know she really cares about football and gets that it is most important.

    What I am worried about is that she won't make the changes necessary to improve athletics (Marketing, engagement with fan base, understanding the fan base, etc.)

    She would have to prove some stuff right away and show a difference from what we've seen for 20+ years. I think she has what it takes to be a good AD, I just don't know if she'll do what is necessary.
    I'd feel much better about the hire if she had direct experience as an AD with some kind of track record. She doesn't have that.

    I do get the impression that the AD is trying to solve some of the problems. I question whether or not they currently have the right brain power in place to actually execute a strategy to mitigate.

    By all accounts she cares and I think that as a result is that she's going to work harder in the role than perhaps some others that we've had. The biggest concern that I have is that she will be in a position where she's learning on the job. She'll make mistakes and the big question to me is whether or not she'll be in over her head long-term or whether she'll rise to the occasion by learning on the job.
  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,922 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited February 2016
    I only like this move if we can then ship her off to USC as a plant, and then truly fuck over their football team with an increased focus on Woman's Softball.
  • TommySQC
    TommySQC Member Posts: 5,813

    If she truly loves football and will do right by our program then great.

    If we still see the same old approach as Woodward and Turner then it will be very disappointing.

    I feel the same way. I know she really cares about football and gets that it is most important.

    What I am worried about is that she won't make the changes necessary to improve athletics (Marketing, engagement with fan base, understanding the fan base, etc.) winning

    She would have to prove some stuff right away and show a difference from what we've seen for 20+ years. I think she has what it takes to be a good AD, I just don't know if she'll do what is necessary.
    YWIA
  • section_332
    section_332 Member Posts: 2,403
    UW is a volleyball school. Always has been
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    image

    Lisa says female ads arent so bad
  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622
    Well, she has such a long and distinguished track record of hiring successful coaches, it's easy to understand the choice.

    Our motto: "We don't care if your resume checks all the boxes. Come to UW and learn on the job!"

    What a joke.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    So having a vagina disqualifies you from being an AD? I didn't realize I was on a bored full of neanderthals.

    We can pay her .67 on the dollar. Ever think about that?

    Unfortunately that's probably what is happening here