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Pitfalls for next Notre Dame AD
How much authority does a Notre Dame athletic director wield? How maddening are Notre Dame's various idiosyncrasies? Is the outsized pressure any different? "You have an alumni base that covers the whole country -- the world, for that matter," said LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri, the Irish coach from 1995-2006. "You have a very strong-willed board of trustees. It's a Catholic university, so you have that influence. You have a very high level of academic standards. Then you're dealing with the student-athletes and coaches who want to have a chance to be successful on the field. "I can imagine every day the different groups that [an athletic director] has to try to satisfy could be an overwhelming task. There's just no way to make everyone happy." On the one hand, the new athletic director will reap the benefits of various infrastructure improvements. The school's 2007 annual report pegged the 2006-07 athletic budget at $44.5 million, according to a university spokesman. Not exorbitant, not penurious. Regardless, in the area that drives the budget -- football -- no Notre Dame athletic director needs a crowbar to pry open wallets. Ultimately, though, money may be less a concern than authority within the chain of command. "The most important thing is to find out how that's going to work," said Gene Corrigan, Notre Dame's athletic director from 1981-87. "That's the first thing you ask: Who do I report to? How does this work?"
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You must report to the pope. :-)
DawgsRule
Lagrange , GA
Total Comments (7)
the pope.....new AD.
Vaughn9
Total Comments (4414)
Simple: If the football team wins then the job is a piece of cake. If the football team loses then the job is a nightmare (until you get fired in 2 months). Either way, the AD will be a rich man...so cry me a river!
Trainwreck
Suwanee , GA
Total Comments (426)
This is a joke, the Chicago Tribune has nothing better to do. I thought Chicago was a Big city????
They're looking more like the Det. Free Press everyday.
Sexton
Total Comments (809)
not to mention that you always have to be on guard for the football coach mistking the new AD for a rather large TWINKIE
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (4005)
Such a tough job with the meager resources and profile that Notre Dame has.... cry me a **** river!!! You really have to try hard to suck as bad as they did last year. Nice job fatty!
Sir Robin (again)
Fan Nation, HQ
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Such a tough job with the meager resources and profile that Notre Dame has.... cry me a **** river!!! You really have to try hard to suck as bad as they did last year. Nice job fatty!
Sir Robin (as himself)
Oh great. Now you've done it Robin...All of the ND fans are going to wake up and start their ND IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL crapola as usual.
I can just picture them all hyped out and drooling over their keyboards.
By the way? FATTY...always funny, especially about this tub o' lard
Spiny Norman
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can some one give the man a CHEESEBURGER!
just look at Chuck, he is shrinking by the minute
LF
Orange County, CA
Total Comments (628)
can some one give the man a CHEESEBURGER!
just look at Chuck, he is shrinking by the minute
LF
yeah right...shrinking. The guy has more chins than the Flushing yellow pages
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (4005)
the pope.....new AD.
vaughn9 |
They'll need him as coach after the "Charley-is-hungry" era. Direct pipeline to TD Jesus.
George W. Watson
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Hammered_everynight...you must be Hammered_everyday as well with comments like that.
Gariboy
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See pic of Coach Charlie "Smedley" Wise below
http://www.chillywillyfan.com/videopics/holdrock.jpg
Epitome of Poise
Katzmandu, NY
Total Comments (1801)
I can see there being some pitfalls.
1) You have a 30 year 150 billion dollar contract tied to SlightlyLessFat Tuna
2) In spite of that, you will have to win more than 3 games
3)And win with talent that is a little step above what you would find at Northwestern
Wake up THOS EHCOES ****!
The TRUTH
Someplacein, OH
Total Comments (14438)
at Northwestern
Wake up THOS EHCOES ****!
THE TRUTH
EAT LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (4005)
Boy you guys can't come up with anything new.... It's the same old same old.
As for Hammered, well all I can say is you need some help!
The rest of the ND haters, try & think of some new jokes. Oh, & don't worry about the QB that wants to jump on board with VT, he's only making a better choice.
P.L.A.C.T.!! GO IRISH!
Sexton
Total Comments (809)
It's called the Ivy League
MrMiyagiJr
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