New Athletic Director Priorities

[hammb]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

It is mind numbing to me. Especially since you are at a large university….. you have an endless supply of bright minds at your disposal to carry the load of the work: you can easily parlay all of the sports management, marketing, hospitality management, etc majors into your “staff”, with just a little coordination and planning.

Coordination and Planning are 2 things that have been missing from the Athletics Dept for a VERY long time.

[BillyLP]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

It is mind numbing to me. Especially since you are at a large university….. you have an endless supply of bright minds at your disposal to carry the load of the work: you can easily parlay all of the sports management, marketing, hospitality management, etc majors into your “staff”, with just a little coordination and planning.

I was a sport management major during my time there and it seems like they did a much better job of that back in the 2000s.

[jpfalcon09]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

More difficult than you think. BG has a pretty piss poor reputation amongst athletic professionals. Incompetent hires and mismanagement of resources will do that. Firing your previous AD who was an alumnus and recently got an extension will also probably give some qualified candidates pause as to whether or not it's a place they want to be. Some P5 schools are paying more for Deputy AD roles than G5 schools are for the main AD role too. Which would you rather have?

[roguewarrior]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

More difficult than you think. BG has a pretty piss poor reputation amongst athletic professionals. Incompetent hires and mismanagement of resources will do that. Firing your previous AD who was an alumnus and recently got an extension will also probably give some qualified candidates pause as to whether or not it's a place they want to be. Some P5 schools are paying more for Deputy AD roles than G5 schools are for the main AD role too. Which would you rather have?

That’s why you build the process/machine from within for all of the things that will remain the same regime to regime: game days, concessions, home coming, parents weekend… across all sports. The AD and others can come and go…. The “little things” would always be covered. It might actually attract some talent, as they would not have a monumental task at arrival. Well, that’s what I would do at least…..

[jpfalcon09]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

More difficult than you think. BG has a pretty piss poor reputation amongst athletic professionals. Incompetent hires and mismanagement of resources will do that. Firing your previous AD who was an alumnus and recently got an extension will also probably give some qualified candidates pause as to whether or not it's a place they want to be. Some P5 schools are paying more for Deputy AD roles than G5 schools are for the main AD role too. Which would you rather have?

That’s why you build the process/machine from within for all of the things that will remain the same regime to regime: game days, concessions, home coming, parents weekend… across all sports. The AD and others can come and go…. The “little things” would always be covered. It might actually attract some talent, as they would not have a monumental task at arrival. Well, that’s what I would do at least…..

Certainly. Any good management system is built to withstand change. The faces will come and go but the core of the program will not be impacted. BGSU is lightyears away from that, and that improvement is going to take years. They better be willing to pay a fair salary for the amount of work that needs to be completed from an administration viewpoint alone.

[kdog27]

Sone actual accountability across the department staff.

[Flipper]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

More difficult than you think. BG has a pretty piss poor reputation amongst athletic professionals. Incompetent hires and mismanagement of resources will do that. Firing your previous AD who was an alumnus and recently got an extension will also probably give some qualified candidates pause as to whether or not it's a place they want to be. Some P5 schools are paying more for Deputy AD roles than G5 schools are for the main AD role too. Which would you rather have?

I was being a bit facetious there...it's going to be very hard to clean out the rot and create a culture that's more responsive to the paying customers . That's never been the mind set of the department during my decades of attending BGSU football and basketball games

[BillyLP]

How hard can it be to clean house, find quality replacements, redefine the mission and philosophy of the Department and for once create the impression that the people in the Department give a crap about something other than the resume they're polishing?

More difficult than you think. BG has a pretty piss poor reputation amongst athletic professionals. Incompetent hires and mismanagement of resources will do that. Firing your previous AD who was an alumnus and recently got an extension will also probably give some qualified candidates pause as to whether or not it's a place they want to be. Some P5 schools are paying more for Deputy AD roles than G5 schools are for the main AD role too. Which would you rather have?

I was being a bit facetious there...it's going to be very hard to clean out the rot and create a culture that's more responsive to the paying customers . That's never been the mind set of the department during my decades of attending BGSU football and basketball games

I'm about 5-7 years away from being qualified to be an AD, so if everyone can just sit tight until 2029, I'll come in with my orange and brown cape.

[Globetrotter]

1. How do you fold a football team and funnel the money into hockey and basketball
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[Schadenfreude]

1. How do you fold a football team and funnel the money into hockey and basketball
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Thankfully, President Rogers is committed to competing at the highest levels athletically, so this isn't going to happen.

If we are going to talk about eliminating sports, I have ideas. But perhaps it would be best to not go down that road.

[Globetrotter]

1. How do you fold a football team and funnel the money into hockey and basketball
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Thankfully, President Rogers is committed to competing at the highest levels athletically, so this isn't going to happen.

If we are going to talk about eliminating sports, I have ideas. But perhaps it would be best to not go down that road.

Then President Rogers isn't really committed to competing at the highest levels athletically.

[Schadenfreude]

1. How do you fold a football team and funnel the money into hockey and basketball
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Thankfully, President Rogers is committed to competing at the highest levels athletically, so this isn't going to happen.

If we are going to talk about eliminating sports, I have ideas. But perhaps it would be best to not go down that road.

Then President Rogers isn't really committed to competing at the highest levels athletically.

He's committed. You are not.

[guest44]

He might be committed. However, he hired a search firm to hire a football coach, then allowed Con Man Kit Hughes to hire a football coach. Words are words.

[Hammer]

1. How do you fold a football team and funnel the money into hockey and basketball
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Exactly this. The amount of resources it takes to field a competitive team today is much different than it was twenty years ago. Those days are long gone in the sport.

[guest44]

Rodney Rogers is so committed to football, he will be attending a Family Weekend Volleyball tailgate today while the football team plays Akron. Incompetence meets no standards.