Tortora: Wildhack headed to Chicago to discuss candidate options

[Frozen]

Mike Ditka confirmed to be the next SU football coach I guess.

 

[OburgOrange]

Pat Fitzgerald?

 

[FrancoPizza]

What’s in Chicago????

 

[Libero2]

Why go to Chicago? Even if it’s a new candidate… why wouldn’t they come to the university to evaluate facilities etc?

this seems like an odd development

 

[SUforme]

Ummm what?

 

[TheHaze315]

I don’t understand why they’d go to Chicago?

 

[DPCuse]

Could be central location for brass and donors. Chicago easy place to fly in to. Common to meet at airports. You save time getting in/out.

 

[Ernj]

They hired a firm to assist with coach search. They located in Chicago?

 

[OrlandoCuse]

He has a lunch meeting with Abe Froman

 

[DPCuse]

Could be central location for brass and donors. Chicago easy place to fly in to. Common to meet at airports. You save time getting in/out.

And it says to discuss candidates. Doesn’t mean they are interviewing candidates. Presumably, that’s already happened. Or perhaps they zoom with them today.

 

[Scooch]

This is incorrect.

SU brass are *listening* to Chicago.

Pretty sure it’s a Spotify playlist. 25 or 6 to 4, followed by Hard for Me to Say I’m Sorry.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Could be central location for brass and donors. Chicago easy place to fly in to. Common to meet at airports. You save time getting in/out.

They haven’t heard of Zoom?

 

[Frozen]

I don’t understand why they’d go to Chicago?

They like deep dish.

 

[DMDMD]

I would assume this is to get the AD, Board and the money all on the same page and make a formal offer

 

[Libero2]

They haven’t heard of Zoom?

I mean some things are better done in person.

one could argue hiring a guy for 5+ million dollars per year (no matter the candidate) would be one of those things, if indeed it is a meeting of as many high level donors/boosters/decision makers as possible.

side note: somebody check on the Wheels Up plane and see when it leaves/lands and when it’s coming back

 

[orangenauburn]

What's Don McPherson doing in Chicago?

 

[richmondcuse03]

Also possible this is completely wrong and made up. Not a reliable source.

 

[orangenauburn]

I mean some things are better done in person.

one could argue hiring a guy for 5+ million dollars per year (no matter the candidate) would be one of those things, if indeed it is a meeting of as many high level donors/boosters/decision makers as possible.

side note: somebody check on the Wheels Up plane and see when it leaves/lands and when it’s coming back

Understood but these people can't make it back to Syracuse for this important decision?

 

[orangenauburn]

Also possible this is completely wrong and made up. Not a reliable source.

I'd go with this

It'd be hilarious if Wildhack made an appearance this morning in Syracuse

 

[Libero2]

I would assume this is to get the AD, Board and the money all on the same page and make a formal offer

This makes sense, or potentially rather identify the “best and final” offer, or possibly, we made our best offer, BUT we got countered at some small percentage over our best offer that is potentially reachable… can we reach it?

 

[tbonezone]

going to chicago ?

have a fun trip !

 

[richmondcuse03]

The only reason to go to Chicago is to interview Golden in the vicinity. But more likely he’d come to us.

 

[690West]

Tortora is just excited for wildhack to return so he can ask the hard hitting Tortora classic:

“John, talk a little bit about how impressed you were with Chicago?”

 

[Qbobby]

I would assume this is to get the AD, Board and the money all on the same page and make a formal offer

This is the only thing that makes sense to me... final meeting to agree to terms and ratify an agreement.

 

[bballbeadle]

I would assume this is to get the AD, Board and the money all on the same page and make a formal offer

Shouldn’t one of us be represented as well?