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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 1, 2021 16:01:24 GMT -5
"Transom" a word I never heard until I went to Holy Cross and probably haven't heard twice since. Well, 3 times now that LS has just used it. So I'm guessing that you're not hearing clerestory very often either....
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 1, 2021 16:28:05 GMT -5
Now you're just showing off, KY! I never heard or saw that term, not even at Holy Cross.
For anyone else that is similarly deficient in window architecture:
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 4, 2021 7:53:55 GMT -5
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Post by alum on Dec 4, 2021 8:36:30 GMT -5
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 4, 2021 9:11:09 GMT -5
I like his background with oversight of football and basketball programs - he went to Bowdoin so maybe he’s from this area and wants to relocate. I wonder if Terry Malone (HC grad on their football staff) likes him
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Post by Xmassader on Dec 4, 2021 9:30:42 GMT -5
Hughes appears to have an excellent AD administrative background… not so much on head coaching himself or identifying and hiring successful/very successful head coaches. His profile is exactly the kind of profile that comes from a search firm and is typically impressive to an HC Trustee Selection Committee that seems to be more focused on an AD with fund raising/marketing/administrative skills than on the second point of the recently-promulgated strategic plan for athletics (i.e. achieve and sustain competitive excellence—win some games). If he is the ultimate choice, let’s hope that he can demonstrate a skill in quality head coaching identification and selection that his immediate predecessors have lacked.
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Post by HC92 on Dec 4, 2021 9:44:49 GMT -5
I like his background with oversight of football and basketball programs - he went to Bowdoin so maybe he’s from this area and wants to relocate. I wonder if Terry Malone (HC grad on their football staff) likes him He’s from Lexington, MA.
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Post by CHC8485 on Dec 4, 2021 10:07:20 GMT -5
Was Kit Hughes in the mix when FADMB was hired? I remember seeing his pic and bio before.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 4, 2021 10:25:04 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by HC92 on Dec 4, 2021 11:21:31 GMT -5
Was Kit Hughes in the mix when FADMB was hired? I remember seeing his pic and bio before. Blossom didn’t really move the needle on wins and losses so hopefully we made a big mistake the first time and Hughes isn’t actually second fiddle to Blossom. Looking forward to getting the right candidate on board.
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Post by aaa8316 on Dec 4, 2021 11:50:27 GMT -5
I hope Kit, or whoever they hire, knows what they are getting into.
HC Athletics, minus football currently, is on a downward performance spiral like I've never seen or heard before. If that Blossom-designed strategic plan has any merit to it (sarcasm intended), success is an expectation for at least the market-driven varsity programs at HC.
But hey, we've got a 99% graduation success rate in Athletics. Yawn...
Maybe we save the money on the next Moses of athletic directors and just stay the course to ensure our graduation success rate is tops in the country.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 4, 2021 12:05:40 GMT -5
It is already there. What else do you want the new AD to do?
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 4, 2021 13:03:30 GMT -5
HC is one of the best positioned turn around stories in the country at any level for a new AD. And if you maintain the current overall suckitude you can still move up like our last two ADs. So I hope we don't give away the store so some Assoc AD can get his/her couple of years of AD experience and OJT at our expense before moving up.
Consider an AD who has turned around an Athletic Dept at a lower profile school and knows how to do it.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 4, 2021 13:10:24 GMT -5
A high graduation rate at Holy Cross is "a given" and 98%-99% is probably considered a floor. The AI situation cannot be changed by whoever the new AD is. That's the PL and my sense is the BoT and Vince are happy with the PL as much as some on Crossports aren't.
Chesney has shown that Holy Cross can be successful at our own level despite the AI. Ralph showed that as well. It can be done with the right coaches. The trick, of course, is finding "the right coach" and provide him/her with the resources necessary to succeed. Resources means both facilities and money. Some of our facilities are top of the line - Luth as an example. I know that MB on his way out strategic plan called for upgrading some of the non-revenue sports fields. Outside of softball and hockey, I thought the fields on top of the hill looked pretty good but I guess they aren't. It may all come down to getting the money to pay those "Olympic sports" (trying to avoid using "minor sports") coaches higher and more attractive salaries to get better coaches.
Unless and until we do that, we'll wallow in the "participation" level of competition.
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Post by aaa8316 on Dec 4, 2021 13:18:39 GMT -5
A high graduation rate at Holy Cross is "a given" and 98%-99% is probably considered a floor. The AI situation cannot be changed by whoever the new AD is. That's the PL and my sense is the BoT and Vince are happy with the PL as much as some on Crossports aren't. Chesney has shown that Holy Cross can be successful at our own level despite the AI. Ralph showed that as well. It can be done with the right coaches. The trick, of course, is finding "the right coach" and provide him/her with the resources necessary to succeed. Resources means both facilities and money. Some of our facilities are top of the line - Luth as an example. I know that MB on his way out strategic plan called for upgrading some of the non-revenue sports fields. Outside of softball and hockey, I thought the fields on top of the hill looked pretty good but I guess they aren't. It may all come down to getting the money to pay those "Olympic sports" (trying to avoid using "minor sports") coaches higher and more attractive salaries to get better coaches. Unless and until we do that, we'll wallow in the "participation" level of competition. Couldn't agree more with you...with one exception: Pearl and Gibbons should be included in the coaches that have proven to be successful at HC despite all the challenges.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 4, 2021 13:27:13 GMT -5
Agree. Wasn't putting a lot of thought into the successful coaches, just a couple of examples. Your two are also good examples. For many, many years Bill Gibbons succeeded longer than any other HC coach.
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Post by aaa8316 on Dec 4, 2021 13:37:50 GMT -5
Agree. Wasn't putting a lot of thought into the successful coaches, just a couple of examples. Your two are also good examples. For many, many years Bill Gibbons succeeded longer than any other HC coach. Sadly, not much thought is needed to construct that list in the last many years/decades.
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Post by spenser on Dec 5, 2021 16:51:33 GMT -5
An inexpensive, but decent nine holes. I imagine it provides recreational opportunities for those in the campus community that choose to access it. I would think D-1 varsity Golf requires an 18 hole course, but not sure. "Decent" is being kind. Fine for a bunch of college kids to get some swings in. A horrible place for a D-I program to use as a practice facility. My most recent information is that HC practices at Blackstone National, a public course down the road in Sutton, MA I’ve played Pakachoag. It’s probably the worst designed course I’ve ever seen. Basically an open field. Blackstone is a Rees Jones designed course and is excellent and challenging (ok, one silly downhill hole). If the team had access to Worcester CC, that’s a Donald Ross classic.
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Post by Tom on Dec 5, 2021 17:31:57 GMT -5
As mentioned earlier in the thread, Worcester used to be the home course. Perhaps the new AD can strike a new deal with them.
A place like Blackstone has more stability. The owners basically stay the same. As a member owned private club, the "committee" would have to vote to let HC use it for a home course. The committee turns over every 2 or 3 years. The new members might not have the same opinion of a bunch of college kids who are not members playing every day as their predecessors who voted HC in. I'm not sure if HC switching from Worcester to Blackstone was HC's idea or Worcester's. If it was Worcester's idea to get rid of HC, they might change their mind and let HC back. No guarantee they won't change their mind a few years from now.
Blackstone is a nice track. Hardly a priority for the new AD to go shopping for a new practice course for the golf team
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 5, 2021 18:00:53 GMT -5
As mentioned earlier in the thread, Worcester used to be the home course. Perhaps the new AD can strike a new deal with them. A place like Blackstone has more stability. The owners basically stay the same. As a member owned private club, the "committee" would have to vote to let HC use it for a home course. The committee turns over every 2 or 3 years. The new members might not have the same opinion of a bunch of college kids who are not members playing every day as their predecessors who voted HC in. I'm not sure if HC switching from Worcester to Blackstone was HC's idea or Worcester's. If it was Worcester's idea to get rid of HC, they might change their mind and let HC back. No guarantee they won't change their mind a few years from now. Blackstone is a nice track. Hardly a priority for the new AD to go shopping for a new practice course for the golf team There are plenty of good enough college level courses in the general area for HC to practice at.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 5, 2021 18:15:17 GMT -5
j.mp/3xVaAxMWhat's happening with Pleasant Valley CC? It was for sale for a reasonable price in 2019 but I can't recall what the resolution was.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 5, 2021 18:26:46 GMT -5
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Post by hc17 on Dec 6, 2021 12:01:06 GMT -5
Other than Kit Hughes, any other potential candidates? Generally speaking, what are people looking for in this hire that would get you excited?
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Post by dharry13 on Dec 6, 2021 12:21:00 GMT -5
It's my understanding the AD will be announced soon - today, tomorrow, during this week. Interviews have been conducted and have concluded. No clue on a name.
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Post by coachnelson123 on Dec 6, 2021 12:30:31 GMT -5
Kit was just announced to the student-athletes via email:
"Dear Holy Cross Student Athletes,
I wanted you to hear from me before we announced to the general public that Christopher “Kit” Hughes, who is currently deputy director of athletics at Bowling Green State University, has been named director of intercollegiate athletics at Holy Cross. He will join the College in January.
Throughout our national search process, it was apparent that Kit understood and embraced our Jesuit mission and the significant role athletics has, and will continue to play, at Holy Cross. As a former student-athlete, coach and administrator, he understands and values the unique challenges you face as scholar-athletes at a top liberal arts institution. His principled leadership, commitment to academic excellence and integrity, and deep experience in creating the strategic vision and structures that enable success stood out to the search committee, and make him an outstanding fit for the College.
You can read more about Kit’s background and experience here.
We will introduce Kit to the campus community at a press event at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 9 in the Doran Auditorium in the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex. I invite you to watch via live webstream on the College’s YouTube channel. It will be archived for later viewing.
I am grateful to the Athletics Director Search Committee for their work. Former ice hockey player Doug Baker, Jr. ’81, trustee and chair of the athletics committee of the board of trustees; and chairman and former CEO of Ecolab Inc., chaired the committee. Members included:
Erin Bengston '22, student athlete, Softball Amber Hupp, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department Chair Paul Irish, Associate Dean of Students Brian Kelley ’83, Former member of the Board of Trustees, Football alumnus Cornell LeSane, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Chase Maitland ’22, student athlete, Men’s Lacrosse Payton Shubrick ’15, Women’s Track and Field alumna
The committee was assisted by Parker Executive Search of Atlanta.
Please join me in welcoming Kit and his family to Holy Cross, as we work with him to build a bright future for Crusader athletics.
Sincerely,
Vincent D. Rougeau President"
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