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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 103234" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>But to reverse course from this (quite natural) digression on trolls back to the extension. I want to make a comment about MBob.</p><p></p><p>I remember when Petrino was hired at Louisville MBob was on for his weekly sports radio chat on whatever silly show with silly flapping gums on some kind of "flagship" Tech station. Anyway, they asked him "what do you think of the Petrino hire? Would you be willing to hire a coach with his track record?" MBob had been AD at Tech for not quite a year I think. So I understood when his initial response was to kind of hem and haw a tad where I sensed that he basically did not want to just call out a fellow ACC Athletic Director. So he said stte of "Well, that would be interesting and could be a tough call to make . . ." Then he trails off a second and basically drops the PC pseudo-professionalism (or collegiality amongst ADs speak) and says something like "You know what? No, there is no possible way I would ever consider hiring someone like that to run my football program." He implicitly called out the Louisville AD and that newest member of the ACC as having basically downgraded the conference in integrity. I loved it! </p><p></p><p>That was the moment when I first decided I liked this AD.</p><p></p><p>I know that results over the long-term counts most in how we remember a coach or an AD. But I really appreciate it when a coach or AD knows when to (a) just go ahead and tell it straight and (b) understands that he has an ethical duty to prioritize the welfare of his 18-22 year old student-athletes as part of a college's role as <em>in loco parentis</em>.</p><p></p><p>I think CPJ really truly "gets" both a and b as well. I hope they turn out to be a good match and work really well together to improve the program and get rewarded with some championships.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 103234, member: 231"] But to reverse course from this (quite natural) digression on trolls back to the extension. I want to make a comment about MBob. I remember when Petrino was hired at Louisville MBob was on for his weekly sports radio chat on whatever silly show with silly flapping gums on some kind of "flagship" Tech station. Anyway, they asked him "what do you think of the Petrino hire? Would you be willing to hire a coach with his track record?" MBob had been AD at Tech for not quite a year I think. So I understood when his initial response was to kind of hem and haw a tad where I sensed that he basically did not want to just call out a fellow ACC Athletic Director. So he said stte of "Well, that would be interesting and could be a tough call to make . . ." Then he trails off a second and basically drops the PC pseudo-professionalism (or collegiality amongst ADs speak) and says something like "You know what? No, there is no possible way I would ever consider hiring someone like that to run my football program." He implicitly called out the Louisville AD and that newest member of the ACC as having basically downgraded the conference in integrity. I loved it! That was the moment when I first decided I liked this AD. I know that results over the long-term counts most in how we remember a coach or an AD. But I really appreciate it when a coach or AD knows when to (a) just go ahead and tell it straight and (b) understands that he has an ethical duty to prioritize the welfare of his 18-22 year old student-athletes as part of a college's role as [I]in loco parentis[/I]. I think CPJ really truly "gets" both a and b as well. I hope they turn out to be a good match and work really well together to improve the program and get rewarded with some championships. [/QUOTE]
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