Biggest Fear

[RUMBA-JK]

Greatest concern is not that Flood will not be dismissed -
No, it is that, after much dithering and back & forth, Flood's departure will happen in about the worst way possible & suddenly, as the result of some random factor or ultimate on-or-off-field embarrassment that pushes things over the tipping point ... and the University will stand there slack-jawed & bewildered as to what the process moving forward should be.

Very concerned that it will play out with:
- no prior public relations plan - so no effort to shape the narrative - just let the media do it ...
- little to no preparation, no structured game plan for securing a carefully selected successor - no pre-existing 'short list'... no carefully thought out list of desired attributes, no list of phone numbers to call ... no prior 'back channel' discussions / interest inquiries with any prospects.
- no clarity as to who exactly will be the 'point person' for expediting this whole process
- no preparatory work done to pave the way through the Rutgers administrative bureaucracy
.... so... time would be required to move through search approval 'formalities'
..... and no prior work to neutralize potential obstructionists.
- wretched timing relative to the coaching candidate market & the recruiting process
- budget for coordinators & assistants entirely unresolved & unavailable for presentation to potential HCs
- a University President comprehensively incapable of articulating anything other than nebulous double speak about the University's commitment to the pursuit of championship caliber sports teams.

 

[scarletbergen]

Yes, this is exactly what is going to happen. Our AD is incompetent. She needs to go first, and now!

 

[biazza38]

Those are scary thoughts and very believable at the same time

 

[RUBand]

Other universities deal with a situation, big or small, in a timely manner.

Rutgers will:
Launch an internal investigation (a reporter covering the B1G wrote that someone needs to whisper to the RU powers when you do this, "internal investigation is synonymous with cover up"
Form a committee to investigate the situation.
Take two weeks (or more) to accomplish what other universities will in 72 hours.

 

[RUbacker]

Greatest concern is not that Flood will not be dismissed -
No, it is that, after much dithering and back & forth, Flood's departure will happen in about the worst way possible & suddenly, as the result of some random factor or ultimate on-or-off-field embarrassment that pushes things over the tipping point ... and the University will stand there slack-jawed & bewildered as to what the process moving forward should be.

Very concerned that it will play out with:
- no prior public relations plan - so no effort to shape the narrative - just let the media do it ...
- little to no preparation, no structured game plan for securing a carefully selected successor - no pre-existing 'short list'... no carefully thought out list of desired attributes, no list of phone numbers to call ... no prior 'back channel' discussions / interest inquiries with any prospects.
- no clarity as to who exactly will be the 'point person' for expediting this whole process
- no preparatory work done to pave the way through the Rutgers administrative bureaucracy
.... so... time would be required to move through search approval 'formalities'
..... and no prior work to neutralize potential obstructionists.
- wretched timing relative to the coaching candidate market & the recruiting process
- budget for coordinators & assistants entirely unresolved & unavailable for presentation to potential HCs
- a University President comprehensively incapable of articulating anything other than nebulous double speak about the University's commitment to the pursuit of championship caliber sports teams.

Both have to goat same time.

 

[ru66]

the silence or any meaningful words from the head of our athletic department is astounding--not even a word like we are evaluating or we support--either way we have a problem

 

[bac2therac]

Lol Julie worked at a real school. She knows how searches are conducted. She knows football has been a shitfestvand is keeping a shortlist. Stop trying using Floods incompetence to push anti Julie agendas

 

[S.B. Crumb]

OP, you are so on point.

GS
Rice
Waters
Hill Jr.
Bannon

Who was the last major coach we parted ways with cleanly and we did our due diligence in conducting a thorough coaching search.

Shea?

 

[bac2therac]

the silence or any meaningful words from the head of our athletic department is astounding--not even a word like we are evaluating or we support--either way we have a problem

are you really this naïve? ADs do not really comment publically on a coach who is a failure DURING the season. What is she going to say...I know Kyle is sucking and is not qualified and I am working on it.

The people who need to know that change might be coming...THE DONORS...she is communicating with. She does not need to trash Flood in public..I thought you were smarter than that.

Any statement of support which she has already given this year means nothing actually so why do you want another one

Work is done beyond the scenes with the people that matter not commenting on a crapfest to a newspaper

 

[RUtix4me]

My biggest fear has been waking up and having a final that i dont know where it is.

 

[MidwestKnights]

OP, you are so on point.

GS
Rice
Waters
Hill Jr.
Bannon

Who was the last major coach we parted ways with cleanly and we did our due diligence in conducting a thorough coaching search.

Shea?

And when was the last time we had a real AD, who had worked in a real athletic department under a top AD?

All those hirings and firings happened on the watch of a professional AD, right?

 

[ru66]

so I guess a donor that gives over $20000 a year and his friends that give much more than that should have heard something/anything from her--guess what, the silence is deafening --now bac if you've heard from her please let us know

 

[lighty]

so I guess a donor that gives over $20000 a year and his friends that give much more than that should have heard something/anything from her--guess what, the silence is deafening --now bac if you've heard from her please let us know

I would imagine at most big time schools, that amount doesn't get you much access at all. Maybe Julie is trying to bring Rutgers up to speed with the rest of the p5 schools and focusing on people with an extra zero at the end.

 

[bac2therac]

the silence or any meaningful words from the head of our athletic department is astounding--not even a word like we are evaluating or we support--either way we have a problem

so I guess a donor that gives over $20000 a year and his friends that give much more than that should have heard something/anything from her--guess what, the silence is deafening --now bac if you've heard from her please let us know

Lol....how about donor friend contact Julie and then get back to us. The people who need to know are the ones she may or may not be talking too. Sorry if your friend isnt one of them.

 

[RUMBA-JK]

Lol Julie worked at a real school. She knows how searches are conducted. She knows football has been a shitfestvand is keeping a shortlist. Stop trying using Floods incompetence to push anti Julie agendas

not focused on Julie in particular (in fact. she is likely somewhat getting jerked around in this process) - more of a sweeping indictment of the prevailing RU culture that seems to rule the day when it comes to things of this nature.
Frankly, it would be entirely reasonable to think that Julie 'knows the drill' that she should know the buttons to push - - however it just seems that the tide at RU has been strongly running in the direction of riding this out for just a bit more - let things slide for one more year & then consider a move ... (Julie is smart enough to read the situation - so she works with it .... and the best contingency planning she could do in this circumstance would be largely covert)
- - and then in classic RU fashion, it will suddenly become imperative that action be taken and the suddenly motivated key decision makers will want instant brilliant action - and will be oblivious to the fact that they strongly discouraged any preparation for action.

 

[zappaa]

so I guess a donor that gives over $20000 a year and his friends that give much more than that should have heard something/anything from her--guess what, the silence is deafening --now bac if you've heard from her please let us know

I guarantee you she would take your call.
As a matter of fact, I would say by you not calling Julie, you are the one that is doing nothing.
"not including you generous donation"

 

[RUMBA-JK]

My biggest fear has been waking up and having a final that i dont know where it is.

doesn't that nightmare also include finding yourself in the middle of campus - trying to find the exam - then discovering you have no pants!

 

[Caliknight]

Julie certainly has a lot to prove. Her background frankly doesn't warrant the position she is in. If not for other factors, she wouldn't be in this position. Like Flood, I can't think of one other school that would have hired her for the role she has at Rutgers.

I am not saying she can't do it, but she never has. That is a fact when you look at her duties at Louisville, and more specifically, what her duties didn't entail (touching football/basketball). She has a lot prove, and based on the start to her tenure, anyone who has blind faith in her ability to get it done is at best case, naïve.

 

[bac2therac]

More qualifed at touching rutgers football than any other AD we have hired

 

[mdh2003]

More qualifed at touching rutgers football than any other AD we have hired

Pretty sure that's not the point that Cali was making. And his is a very good point.

 

[Leonard23]

Lol Julie worked at a real school. She knows how searches are conducted. She knows football has been a shitfestvand is keeping a shortlist. Stop trying using Floods incompetence to push anti Julie agendas

Maybe, maybe not. Just look at how the 2013 down low search was mishandled.

 

[ru66]

whoever said that I have never spoken to her or have been solicited often--some on here just wear dumb blinders when it comes to ANY reasonable questioning of her abilities----shyt she runs that department--and if you really are absolutely confident that she can or will hire a tremendous fb hire when she has NO previous experience hiring a major sport's coach you are just wearing those blinders

 

[RUtix4me]

doesn't that nightmare also include finding yourself in the middle of campus - trying to find the exam - then discovering you have no pants!

Jesus you have the same dream...freaking scares the crap out of me.

 

[Caliknight]

More qualifed at touching rutgers football than any other AD we have hired

It wasn't a post about former AD's. It is about her and her qualifications and experience to do that which has to be done.

 

[JQRU91]

I can definitely see what the OP is saying happening. Same, old Rutgers.

 

[bac2therac]

It wasn't a post about former AD's. It is about her and her qualifications and experience to do that which has to be done.

She will have to make big hire eventually...I guess you are worried she will become menopausal while interviewing candidates

 

[mdh2003]

She will have to make big hire eventually...I guess you are worried she will become menopausal while interviewing candidates

More like mentalpausal.