March Madness 2024

[xubrew]

Was she going to threaten to kick Georgetown out of the league if they hired Cooley?

I guess the Big East presidents are upset with her for signing off on the move, and she will now be fired for doing so.

[xubrew]

You asked if there were any personnel decisions a commissioner had ever made. He made a personnel decision when he suspended Harbaugh during the season.

That's not a personnel decision. That's a disciplinary action as per the league bylaws. Pettiti didn't tell Michigan they had to get rid of him. If he had they would have laughed in his face. If Harbaugh still wanted to be at Michigan, he would be. Are you REALLY trying to suggest that is not the case?? He chose to leave because he had the opportunity to take an NFL job for nearly double the pay.

[Xville]

I guess the Big East presidents are upset with her for signing off on the move, and she will now be fired for doing so.

All will be decided by the tv agreement. Do you have much faith in her to maximize that agreement?

[Xville]

That's not a personnel decision. That's a disciplinary action as per the league bylaws. Pettiti didn't tell Michigan they had to get rid of him. If he had they would have laughed in his face. If Harbaugh still wanted to be at Michigan, he would be. Are you REALLY trying to suggest that is not the case?? He chose to leave because he had the opportunity to take an NFL job for nearly double the pay.

I never said anything about the commissioner telling Harbaugh to leave, you did.

If you want to argue semantics of disciplinary vs personnel decision to prove some kind of point, ok. However, in most definitions, disciplinary falls under personnel. The fact remains that the Commissioner made a decision on Harbaugh to suspend him.

[GoMuskies]

She did a pretty sweet job with the original deal. I can't think of a single complaint I have with the administration of this league since day 1. Got the name, MSG, sweet Fox deal, brought in UConn. All seems pretty great.

[GoMuskies]

I never said anything about the commissioner telling Harbaugh to leave, you did.

If you want to argue semantics of disciplinary vs personnel decision to prove some kind of point, ok. The fact remains that the Commissioner made a decision on Harbaugh to suspend him.

Really not sure what that has to do with the point you guys were talking about. Harbaugh broke Big Ten rules so he was suspended. What was Val supposed to do about Cooley going to Gtwon? Suspend him from coaching in league games?

[profson]

Spying on another team's practices is forbidden by league (maybe NCAA ) rules. Enforcement is squarely in the Commissioner's duties. There is no rule against a coach going from one team to another in conference. End of debate. She is not a dictator. She can't make up rules as she goes along just because she does not like something.

[Xville]

She did a pretty sweet job with the original deal. I can't think of a single complaint I have with the administration of this league since day 1. Got the name, MSG, sweet Fox deal, brought in UConn. All seems pretty great.

Pretty sure that was done before she became commissioner. There was already a financial deal in place.

Brought in UCONN? yeah that was tough.

I give her credit for the fox deal. That was very good at the time and brought some visibility to the conference. As I said, I think she mostly has done a good job, but in the same vein, I think the conference needs some new blood with some new ideas. It's a very different world than it was ten years ago.

[Xville]

Spying on another team's practices is forbidden by league (maybe NCAA ) rules. Enforcement is squarely in the Commissioner's duties. There is no rule against a coach going from one team to another in conference. End of debate. She is not a dictator. She can't make up rules as she goes along just because she does not like something.

Can someone point out in the last 20 or so years a coach in either football or basketball for a major conference that has changed head coaching jobs within the conference other than Cooley? Wonder why that is?

[GoMuskies]

The Washington State guy just took the Stanford job. A little bit on an unusual situation unfolding there, of course!

Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas many, many years ago. Wait, that was three years ago.