I will not give Christopher credit for hiring Bergeron . If Christopher had his way, hockey would have been gone and their would have been no need for Bergeron. That said, I am very glad that Bergeron is here and I hope he is here for a long time. I was not a fan of Kingston at all, but Christopher was not any better. Christopher had little time for anyone except big donors.MarkL wrote:Christopher hired Clawson and Bergeron. That's ok in my book. Those two hires turned around both programs. Had Christopher been around in 2013, I expect Elko would have been hired as HC and the Clawson influence would be strong to this day. Christopher also hired Orr. Orr didn't make the program any worse but he also didn't advance it one bit in all his years. And Christopher oversaw the Sebo Center and Stroh Center projects and the encompassing major donations.
Kingston bled orange and brown while he was here. He was far more connected and visible to the community than Christopher. He hired Dino Babers, who took the football program to new heights. He hired Jans, who probably would have won a MAC championship by now if it weren't for the situation. So there's some good. But his last two big hires utterly sank both the men's basketball and the football programs. So Kingston is a mixed bag. And then he bailed exactly as the writing was on the wall with the Jinks hire. I'm a believer in living with your choices, not running from them like a self-serving coward.
All in all I put Christopher above Kingston. I can't speak for anyone before Krebs.
Clawson deserves much more credit than Babers for our success. Babers left the cupboard bare for Jinks.
