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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 8, 2019 6:47:08 GMT -5
Have heard that one potential candidate for the job is Kit Hughes—senior associate AD at Bowling Green. Has a pretty impressive resume from his time at NC State and BG, including playing and coaching experience in football and lacrosse and some marketing expertise. There has been no posting of the position on the HC job vacancies page. The position was posted when FADDR was sent on his way. It may be that they are relying on NP's Rolodex for a candidate list.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 8, 2019 10:35:42 GMT -5
It's not a big issue with me, but don't you find it strange that the PL site has still not included his departure in the league news section. Every other major/minor sports personnel story is posted as soon as it occurs.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 8, 2019 11:55:39 GMT -5
Perhaps they are waiting until he actually leaves later this month, as he is still at HC as of now.
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Post by rf1 on Jan 8, 2019 12:05:28 GMT -5
Do the A-10 schools make $$ from basketball game broadcasts? How about CAA? Are conference broadcast windfalls limited to the Power-5?
A-10 schools only get about 400K/year each from what I can recall. It is far off from the 4M/year that the Big East schools currently get. The AAC tv deal which includes both FBS football and basketball distributes an estimated 1.7M/year to each full member. MAC schools get about 670K/year for each member for both FBS football and basketball. I cannot imagine CAA schools getting much if any tv money. The Power 5 conferences get nearly all of the entire tv rights payout pie. FBS Football (particularly at P5 high level) far and away generates more tv revenue for schools than other sports.
It will be very interesting to see what the Big East gets next time their rights are up. They hit the jackpot with FS1 just starting up and needing content when it was formed and negotiated its present deal. They also wisely signed a very long term 12 year deal back in 2013 (500M). The league's games have not had particularly strong ratings and the same favorable dynamics will not be at play in 2025 as FS1 now has agreements with others such as the mega conferences Big Ten and Pac-12.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 8, 2019 14:49:48 GMT -5
Each Big Ten school stands to rake in $52 million in broadcast revenue in this (2019) year.
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Post by Ignutz on Jan 11, 2019 20:14:41 GMT -5
Anyone hear if FADNP has officially left campus? Press release said sometime in January. Today was his last day.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 11, 2019 21:11:04 GMT -5
Today was not his last day.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 12, 2019 0:36:53 GMT -5
Today was not his last day. He was at the hockey game tonight...
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Post by Xmassader on Jan 12, 2019 13:43:02 GMT -5
Fr. Boroughs sent a message to Trustees that there was an informal farewell party for Nate and his wife yesterday and that the school would be proceeding to select an internal AD search committee and an external search firm. He indicated that he anticipated that the new AD would be selected by the end of the current semester. Apparently, he has already received 3-4 resumes.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 12, 2019 20:55:24 GMT -5
XMass, Fr. B was interviewed at halftime of the women's bb game by our classmate "Pete Royce" (his stage name!). Since I was in the Hart, I did not listen to Emmauel radio but saw him doing the interview. No tape of the interview. I asked him how that went and he said Fr. B told him they had the farewell party for Nate last night. I asked, since many of us were curious, when Nate's last day was. Since the interview was literally done on the fly and arranged hastily a few moments before the actual interview, Pete might not have been as prepared as he might have otherwise been and said that he never asked when final day for NP was. If my memory is correct believe Pete also said Fr. B indicated they were in "no hurry" to fill the position which would seem to match your prior post. I believe he expressed that Brendan Sullivan has things under control which gives them the luxury of time. I know that at least one poster thinks Brendan will be Nate's successor and if Fr. B is leaning that way, that would also take a lot of pressure off naming anyone soon.
Nate and Steph were there for most of the game and it appeared he and Steph were making their final goodbyes to a lot of people including Coach Carmody's wife at the end of the men's game.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 12, 2019 21:46:45 GMT -5
The underlying question is why any non Power Five school chooses to spend and lose as much on sports as they do. From the NCAA revenue and expenses report for 2016-17. FCSÂ Schools Football
3 schools where generated revenues exceeded expenses by $244,000Â (median value) Â 120 schools where expenses exceeded generated revenue by $2.4 million (median value) Median value of total expenses for 123 schools was $3.6MÂ (HC was $6.1 million) Men's hoops
3 schools where generated revenue exceeded expenses by $4.0M (median value) 120 schools where expenses exceeded generated revenue by $1.0 million (median value) Median value of total expenses for 123 schools was $1.5MÂ Â (HC was $2.1 million)Â Div I no football Men's hoops
5 schools where generated revenue exceeded expenses by $1.7M (median value) 90 schools where expenses exceeded generated revenue by  $1.6 million (median value) Median value of total expenses for 95 schools was $2.2M M's ice hockey (median values)
9 schools Generated revenue $1.1M Expenses $2.9M W's ice hockey (median values)
5 schools (would include BU, Northeastern, Providence) Generated revenue $26,000 Expenses $1.9M
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 12, 2019 21:49:37 GMT -5
If the median football expenses for all FCS schools is $3.6 million and HC spends $6.1 million, why aren't we in the playoffs most years?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 12, 2019 22:25:33 GMT -5
Remember: our scholarships cost more than other schools with lower tuition
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 12, 2019 23:23:04 GMT -5
Good point. I didn't factor that. In-state tuition at a state school is much less.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 13, 2019 16:22:04 GMT -5
Remember: our scholarships cost more than other schools with lower tuition One of my favorite illustrative comparisons is athletically related fin aid at U of Texas Austin for 2016-17 @ $11.6 million. For Colgate, the total was $12.7 million. The difference in the cost of attendance at a public versus a private university is such that for a private university to compete financially in a conference where most of the conference schools are public universities, football needs to be a big revenue generator. Which rules out the FCS.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 14, 2019 10:39:11 GMT -5
If my memory is correct believe Pete also said Fr. B indicated they were in "no hurry" to fill the position which would seem to match your prior post. Of course not, because being in a "hurry" would mean Fr. B would have to wake up from the nap he's been taking for the last 3-4 years. I guess he can only show urgency when he needs to shut down classes for an SJW convention, but doesn't quite have the same energy for executing a timely search for an Athletic Director.
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Post by gks on Jan 14, 2019 10:42:46 GMT -5
It would be nice to have a President that gave a crap about the athletic department. This has been a big problem through many regimes.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 14, 2019 10:47:23 GMT -5
Didn’t the 95mm for the Luth have to be approved by the President ?
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 14, 2019 10:59:44 GMT -5
I disagree with a lot of stuff that Fr. B has done. However, caring about the athletic department is something that I truly believe is important to him. As the above post stated, he was very supportive of the LAC. That had been in the planning before he came to the presidency but everything else seemed to bump it to a lower priority until he came to Mt. St. James and got money-raiser NP into the AD position. He has stated that he believes athletics is an excellent way to get out the HC "brand."
I think Brendan Sullivan has the inside track to replace Nate and that would reduce the urgency of naming a new permanent AD.
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Post by gks on Jan 14, 2019 11:01:24 GMT -5
Sure he approved the money for Luth. What was he going to do turn it down? What message would that have sent to any future donor? Sorry but you can't persuade me that the HC President is an advocate for HC athletics. A big, if not the biggest, reason why HC athletics has been the way it has.
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Post by lou on Jan 14, 2019 11:07:35 GMT -5
Sure he approved the money for Luth. What was he going to do turn it down? What message would that have sent to any future donor? Sorry but you can't persuade me that the HC President is an advocate for HC athletics. A big, if not the biggest, reason why HC athletics has been the way it has. Pretty sure Frank Vellacio could persuade you
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 14, 2019 11:57:25 GMT -5
I disagree with a lot of stuff that Fr. B has done. However, caring about the athletic department is something that I truly believe is important to him. As the above post stated, he was very supportive of the LAC. That had been in the planning before he came to the presidency but everything else seemed to bump it to a lower priority until he came to Mt. St. James and got money-raiser NP into the AD position. He has stated that he believes athletics is an excellent way to get out the HC "brand."IMO, that's far more him just saying what alums want to hear, rather than truly believing it. If he actually did mean it, based on the lousy performance of the athletic program across the board, he's done a very poor job of actually executing.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 14, 2019 14:00:48 GMT -5
However, caring about the athletic department is something that I truly believe is important to him. What are some concrete examples that demonstrate Father B's commitment to a strong athletic program, other than just empty words?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jan 14, 2019 14:07:49 GMT -5
Here's a tag along question: is it fair to question if a lay president would place a greater emphasis on athletics than a Jesuit? Fr. K, please don't request lightning bolts to be thrown down at me!
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 14, 2019 16:08:00 GMT -5
With respect to commitment to athletics, enough of the generalities bordering on banalities. Let's get to specifics.
Spending on athletics per undergraduate 2016-17, selected Jesuit institutions (in thousands of dollars)
Fordham 3800 Santa Clara 4150 Marquette 4375 Gonzaga 5200 Georgetown 6500 BC 7900 HC 11850
HC has beat out lowly Wofford @ 11765,.Furman @ 10370, and Rice @10250 and now trails Tulsa @ 13050 and Wake @ 13675 for the title of King of the Hill when it comes to athletics spending in Div I
FAILURE!
Clearly, Fr. B. and TPTB must do better. Time to scrap a few faculty, maybe the entire Religious Studies department, and reach for that brass ring.
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