Wow. Lyke fired as ad
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The biggest difference is that most SEC schools (boosters and alums) are first and foremost going to spend whatever it takes to sign high level talent. The ones serious about football make that a constant.
Thanks for the clarification for those of us who aren't plugged into these issues.
When she was a finalist for that job my thought (and I'm pretty sure I said this here) and given the length of time left on her contract, I thought we were going to get an announcement of a contract extension within a day or two. And when that didn't happen, it seemed clear that something was going on.
I know. I was just calling him out. Every time I do that with these clowns, they never have a coherent response.
I was there late 80s into the early 90s and the food in the caf was pretty grim. Got food poisoning from their baked scrod one time. At a certain point they opened up a dedicated burger and fries lane, and that was a welcome alternative to almost anything else they had cooking.
I think a year or two after I left they got a new caterer. I remember a friend who was still there telling that the freshmen still compiained about the food, but they had no idea what it was like before. Now of course it's fairly mindblowing the choices they have. I wonder a little if the resort-ification of colleges is a good thing, though.
At least Pitt hasn't gone the way of High Point University, which basically is a resort where you can take some classes too.
Fun Fact: Scrod is not a specie of fish. Most areas of the country wouldn't have any idea what "Scrod" was.
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She is well connected and well liked in the industry.
The way her dismissal was handled is likely to make finding a suitable replacement that much more difficult.
This is a good gig for her. She is a talented individual. But as a former non-revenue athlete, she isnt really suited to manage a pro football and basketball team.
Lol. Her qualifications have zero to do with the sport she played. Chris DelConte was a track and field athlete. I’d tell you to stop being dopey but it wouldn’t do any good.
I meant that she values non-revenue sports too much, probably because she played one. She views those athletes as equals. They arent. Pitt has 100 pro athletes and 200 or whatever students who get free tuition to play an ACC sport. You need to take care of the pro teams and pro athletes.
One can make a decent argument that all non revenue sports should be at the intramural level. But who is more responsible for investing $400 million into non revenue sports? Lyke? Gallagher? The BoT?
I somewhat disagree in that there is no good way to get fired if the employee is not willing to make it seem amicable. AD's have to know going in that there is always the chance you get replaced, no real difference than the Coaching situation, HL fired coaches, she found replacements, etc.
Quite similar to the candidate pool after they forced Dixon out. Who wants to work for the boss that fired HL the way that it went down on the week that it went down?
I'm sure plenty of candidates who are football minded would welcome the opportunity.
Tbh, no candidate is really going to care how the last person was dismissed.
Jamie was allowed to walk on his own terms after 5 years of decline, constantly fielding teams that were a non-factor in post-season, and were .500 in conference play. Most HC's with that record are going to be booted. You honestly don't think Dan Hurley could have been hired from Rhode Island in 2016?
Yep. It's still a Power-4 job. Pitt won't get the same candidates the blue bloods would get, but they'll still get some good ones.
People that care about their career, care about who their boss will be. It's wasn't a great look.
It is also one of very few opportunities to be an AD at a big-time college program. The fact that Pitt isn't a football power will limit the applicant pool more than Lyke being fired.
Talent can pick and choose where they go. Pitt has a lot of issues that make the AD job difficult. Not that Pitt can't get someone talented, but I don't think what went down will make it easier on Pitt. It just added more reasons for someone to be hesitant.
Will be interesting to see what happens. Historical precedent suggests that people should set low expectations and just enjoy whatever success Pitt is having now.
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I can see Fisher leaving. Vidovich will retire here. He's an old-school dude and nobody really values soccer enough to come in and give him a big pay bump to leave. Remember, he was hired by Scott Barnes.
