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Still no word on a new AD

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InquiringMind

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Three major revenue producing positions are open with BU Athletics...

Director of Athletics
Director of Corporate Sales
Assistant Director of Marketing

With the chief internal officer running the department as the Interim AD, no one is doing her job internally.

We are three people down with less than 3 months before the start of basketball practice.

And we go into a 4th month with no word from Glasser...
 
Finally, someone who does not think that INTERIM is the almighty solution. The only thing that interim does is take status quo down a rung or two. It is truly pathetic that we cannot find a leader inside of 4 months. Sad.
 
InquiringMind said:
Finally, someone who does not think that INTERIM is the almighty solution. The only thing that interim does is take status quo down a rung or two. It is truly pathetic that we cannot find a leader inside of 4 months. Sad.
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That's what happens when you run a quality AD out of town with no plan whatsoever to replace him. It's a comedy of errors right now on the Hilltop, and unfortunately the paying fans and alumni are the ones who have to suffer the consequences.
 
Before we go further with attacking the admins, let me ask: is there any evidence that anyone is suffering because of the current situation? Or that the program is going downhill?
I am willing to wait to see what the plan is. And I think the athletic program is in capable hands right now with VHB.
 
BU had pretty good leadership under KK and everything up to this point can be contributed to that but as time goes by without proper guidance I'm afraid the price will be paid later on. Again I do not know enough of the current working conditions of the department I just know we do not have an AD in place. If VHB is the person, take the interim off her title. It is not doing anyone any good.
 
I'm with DaCoach on this one. I haven't seen any evidence of the fans of Bradley athletics suffering any consequences. I also don't understand what's wrong with someone having the "interim" title. Just not sure how much better/worse that person could do the job simply because a word is removed from the job title. :confused:
 
Aside from perhaps not winning enough, there was nothing wrong with the athletic department. Now the stability of a well-respected AD is gone with little reason as to why, and there are several key open positions. There appears to be no plan nor no urgency to name a new leader of the athletic department. Actions speak louder than words, and the actions I have seen have been a fiasco of a hiring for the baseball program, and an even bigger fiasco in running the AD out of town. When there are actions to make me think the best interests of the athletic department are on the President's mind, let me know.
 
shaunguth said:
I'm with DaCoach on this one. I haven't seen any evidence of the fans of Bradley athletics suffering any consequences. I also don't understand what's wrong with someone having the "interim" title. Just not sure how much better/worse that person could do the job simply because a word is removed from the job title. :confused:
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Shaunguth, Have you ever been in a job situation where you are not sure where you stand and further the staff is not sure what is going to happen. What if a new person comes in and want to clean house. Inaction like this with any staff in any business rarely ever increases productivity. Facts lie that it does the opposite. When was the last great company ran by a interim CEO? It just never happens because the stock price would plummet for good reason. Who is creating that needed vision for the future?
 
BradleyBrave said:
When there are actions to make me think the best interests of the athletic department are on the President's mind, let me know.
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From what I understand, she took a bigger stance on certain "off-court" situations than the AD she "ran out of town". I don't know or even pretend to know any of the people involved or the inner workings of the Bradley athletic department. Therefore, I would never make the claim that there is or isn't a "plan". I also don't believe there has to be a public "reason" as to someone applying for and getting a new job elsewhere.

SFP said:
Shaunguth, Have you ever been in a job situation where you are not sure where you stand and further the staff is not sure what is going to happen. What if a new person comes in and want to clean house. Inaction like this with any staff in any business rarely ever increases productivity. Facts lie that it does the opposite. When was the last great company ran by a interim CEO? It just never happens because the stock price would plummet for good reason. Who is creating that needed vision for the future?
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I can understand that point, but I would assume everyone in the department knows the "interim" AD is the one in charge, especially considering her time spent at Bradley. I guess I'm thinking of interim coaches where that person is in charge. I don't think the players come to play not knowing who the coach is, "interim" or not.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Aside from perhaps not winning enough, there was nothing wrong with the athletic department. Now the stability of a well-respected AD is gone with little reason as to why, and there are several key open positions. There appears to be no plan nor no urgency to name a new leader of the athletic department. Actions speak louder than words, and the actions I have seen have been a fiasco of a hiring for the baseball program, and an even bigger fiasco in running the AD out of town. When there are actions to make me think the best interests of the athletic department are on the President's mind, let me know.
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I agree with you BB:!: Let me add a couple things. When you lose great leadership and a long term leader like KK, the ship should / will run on course for a time and then unless another leader of equal qualities is hired, the ship will come upon stormy weather that will rock the whole ship:!:

Next, when you have a control freak at the top, they love to have all the power, be seen by all and themselfs as the person doing it all and have all eyes on them! I believe this could be a big part of the case with the three vacated and unfilled major revenue producing positions:eek: I still say, if I were a betting man, my money would be that there will be NO search for a AD but a appointment by no other than, Well you Know:evil:
 
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I think the frustrating part in all of this is that there's been no word from anyone in regards to the AD position from BU and the print and tv media. I'm not sure why there seems to be all this cloak and dagger. If Virnette is the new AD then announce it. School is just about to start. I would think you would want your full-time staff in place before it begins.
 
Add me to the list of generally half-glass-full guys very troubled by developments with the AD position. I don't claim to know anything in any detail, and if VHB is qualified and capable it's fine with me if she assumes the role... But the fact that she has not seems to indicate that she is not the long-term solution.
 
InquiringMind said:
Three major revenue producing positions are open with BU Athletics...

Director of Athletics
Director of Corporate Sales
Assistant Director of Marketing

With the chief internal officer running the department as the Interim AD, no one is doing her job internally.

We are three people down with less than 3 months before the start of basketball practice.

And we go into a 4th month with no word from Glasser...
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I would think that the corporate sales and marketing plans for the athletic department for the year have been in place for some time. At least I hope so........



tornado said:
I have heard word that it is hectic with the shortage of manpower...
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Given what was written by inquiringmind, this statement makes perfect sense. It sounds as if we are implementing the sales and marketing plans with a smaller than usual staff... Not a good thing.... IMO, the public may not notice these shortcomings until next year.



SFP said:
Shaunguth, Have you ever been in a job situation where you are not sure where you stand and further the staff is not sure what is going to happen. What if a new person comes in and want to clean house. Inaction like this with any staff in any business rarely ever increases productivity. Facts lie that it does the opposite. When was the last great company ran by a interim CEO? It just never happens because the stock price would plummet for good reason. Who is creating that needed vision for the future?
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Why yes I have.......:)

The main thing that troubles me here is that there has been no announcemement that we are at least starting the hiring process for a new AD! VHB may very well be the right person for the job. I really don't have an opinion either way on that matter. We should however at least take steps to see what talent out there is interested in the job. My biggest fear is that the new AD will be a puppet.
 
shaunguth said:
From what I understand, she took a bigger stance on certain "off-court" situations than the AD she "ran out of town". I don't know or even pretend to know any of the people involved or the inner workings of the Bradley athletic department. Therefore, I would never make the claim that there is or isn't a "plan". I also don't believe there has to be a public "reason" as to someone applying for and getting a new job elsewhere.
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Well, I look at the way other schools do things, and I look at the way BU does things, and most of the time it just makes me shake my head. I never thought I would shake my head more than the last basketball coach hiring, but that pales in comparison to what's been going on at the hand of the President since she took over. My neck is hurting, with no relief in sight.
 
Boy, I wish I could just take the last two quarters off in my sales job... which is exactly what BU Athletics has done. When you have no one selling, you come up short on money. That means cuts. That means doing more, with less - or at least being expected to. BU basketball is not a Valley contender, which means no hope of NCAA cash coming in to the coffers. Also, we are a Private School so no big State cash is coming down from Springfield anytime soon to save the day. Glasser has paralyzed this department, and no, VHB cannot do both her original job and KKs job and them well for an extended period of time. Glasser is killing this institution one day at a time, like lethal injection. Shaunguth is a pollyanna for thinking that this has no effect. If BU Athletics were a stock, we'd be akin to GM or Chrysler. We are not on the way up in either basketballs and baseball is in the toilet too. Only soccer and softball are representing. I am not satisfied with going to the third and fourth tier postseason.:mad:
 
Things were slowly taking form during the PAST basketball season in our Athletic Department. Even a poster from THIS SITE had time to seek a new position, go through the interview process and get hired before there was ever a peep about KK going to Florida. Many people knew what was going on as the Prez began to micromanage. If there was any sort of contingency plan, it could have been started then. It wasn't, and here we are. Indecision is really no decision, which easily becomes a bad decision, especially when you're talking about a leadership position. The funny thing is, the only result I have seen so far was a lower grade in my sports marketing class because our professor was smart enough to jump ship when he could, so our final project was graded by an outsider that was basically the equivalent of William Hung being a judge on American Idol!
 
This kind of reminds me of the baseball job hiring in that all of a sudden someone was hired with no names of any list being talked about in the papers or anywhere else. Bradley needs a strong athletics director in order to lead us into a better future .
 
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