Bryan Blair: New Syracuse AD

[bnoro]

I wonder if Carparelli turned us down, if the money wasn't right.
Or maybe his work with the bowls wasn't hands-on enough to run an athletic department. Or maybe he bombed that question on the interview.

Or maybe Blair was a stronger candidate with his background and fundraising and they hired the best guy

 

[Frozen]

Or maybe Blair was a stronger candidate with his background and fundraising and they hired the best guy

I think this is probably the answer. My only worry about BBB is will he pull a Coyle and leave SU if the South Carolina job becomes available. But that’s down the road.

 

[orange79]

I think this is probably the answer. My only worry about BBB is will he pull a Coyle and leave SU if the South Carolina job becomes available. But that’s down the road.

 

[Frozen]

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He’s from South Carolina. I’m just being realistic.

 

[Cusefan78]

He’s from South Carolina. I’m just being realistic.

Nobody in their right mind would turn down that job and stay in Syracuse

 

[AngryOtto]

I liked that Carparelli had the business experience. Seems a valuable asset in the current landscape. Blair seems more of a traditional AD. Hope it works out because a miss here may not be recoverable with nil and realignment.

 

[Bulldog04]

I think this is probably the answer. My only worry about BBB is will he pull a Coyle and leave SU if the South Carolina job becomes available. But that’s down the road.

I’m fine with it if we get Lanoris Sellers back lol

 

[Bulldog04]

Nobody in their right mind would turn down that job and stay in Syracuse

Sure the school has sec money but have you been to Columbia ? It makes Salina street look like Taj Mahal. Only good thing there is Halls

 

[DocFlanders]

Agreed. Likely any AD we would have chosen would leave for South Carolina (SEC) AD job. Least we forget we had a AD leave us for Minnesota.

Love how Cuse fans make a hire then immediately worry he’ll be poached

 

[Frozen]

Love how Cuse fans make a hire then immediately worry he’ll be poached

 

[bnoro]

I liked that Carparelli had the business experience. Seems a valuable asset in the current landscape. Blair seems more of a traditional AD. Hope it works out because a miss here may not be recoverable with nil and realignment.

Not sure how Bowl experience would help us when it comes to conference realignment. It might help a little with NIL but Blair's background is far more fundraising/NIL focused than Carparelli's was.

 

[OttosShoes]

Honestly I don't care if he leaves for SC or whatever in a year or five. We need an AD *now*. Get us back on the rails and I'm happy.

 

[llandz]

I think this is probably the answer. My only worry about BBB is will he pull a Coyle and leave SU if the South Carolina job becomes available. But that’s down the road.

The world of longevity is gone for the most part. No more gold watches for 50 years on the job. I feel this board lives in a Donna Reed world.

 

[CU44SE]

You hire the best person for the job. I don’t care if they are only here for 3-5 years. If they do something to move on to a better job that means they were successful here and put us in a better position to be successful.

 

[bigmike]

The world of longevity is gone for the most part. No more gold watches for 50 years on the job. I feel this board lives in a Donna Reed world.

Like for the Donna Reed reference. Also my grandfather got a gold watch when he retired.

 

[PhatOrange]

Meh. Syracuse needs to think outside the box.

This is a very in-the-box choice.

We’ll see. Toledo has not had a losing football season since 2010. It’s positioned well to win in the MAC no matter who the AD.

Men’s basketball has been on a downward trend since his hire. All the other stuff I couldn’t are less about.

Wasn't Wildhack an outside the box hire?

 

[Cusefan69]

Here’s the challenge Mr Blair.

 

[Cusefan69]

Not sure how Bowl experience would help us when it comes to conference realignment. It might help a little with NIL but Blair's background is far more fundraising/NIL focused than Carparelli's was.

So his job I would imagine would require building numerous and strong relationships with league Commissioners and ADs. Having those relationships I think would be very important come realignment.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Meh. Syracuse needs to think outside the box.

This is a very in-the-box choice.

We’ll see. Toledo has not had a losing football season since 2010. It’s positioned well to win in the MAC no matter who the AD.

Men’s basketball has been on a downward trend since his hire. All the other stuff I couldn’t are less about.

an AD has 5 jobs: 1. hire good coaches 2. manage finances - fund raise/manage NIL 3. set up an admin structure to support the student athletes 4. upgrade facilities for said student athletes 5. have a seat at the table when realignment talks happen

When people say "think outside the box" they are focusing only on #5 - realignment. If someone thinks having the right AD is going to make a single iota of difference when it comes to realignment talks I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them. Do we really think someone is going to say "well Syracuse doesn't bring the same tv impact as Maryland, but their AD was a swell guy so we should include them"?

I'll give you two examples of thinking out of the box - Daryl (mr 2 phones) Gross who turned out to be a sleazy sales guy like the dude selling monorails on the Simpsons and the mets hiring Brodie as their GM because they wanted to think outside the box and hire an agent so for the job so they could get better deals with players.

You could argue the Knicks hiring Leon Rose was thinking outside of the box that worked... but for years now under Rose the Knicks have missed out on the super star FAs because of Rose's agent ties and Kentucky ties.

Anyways I could care less who the AD of Syracuse is... if they get 1 through 4 on my list correct. Realignment will happen and the school will either have a seat or not, the university's financial commitment to sport will have way more say than the who the AD is and the chancellor and the board control that.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

He’s from South Carolina. I’m just being realistic.

His wife is from Ohio, I believe

 

[Frozen]

His wife is from Ohio, I believe

That’s his problem.

 

[Newhouser]

an AD has 5 jobs: 1. hire good coaches 2. manage finances - fund raise/manage NIL 3. set up an admin structure to support the student athletes 4. upgrade facilities for said student athletes 5. have a seat at the table when realignment talks happen

When people say "think outside the box" they are focusing only on #5 - realignment. If someone thinks having the right AD is going to make a single iota of difference when it comes to realignment talks I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them. Do we really think someone is going to say "well Syracuse doesn't bring the same tv impact as Maryland, but their AD was a swell guy so we should include them"?

I'll give you two examples of thinking out of the box - Daryl (mr 2 phones) Gross who turned out to be a sleazy sales guy like the dude selling monorails on the Simpsons and the mets hiring Brodie as their GM because they wanted to think outside the box and hire an agent so for the job so they could get better deals with players.

You could argue the Knicks hiring Leon Rose was thinking outside of the box that worked... but for years now under Rose the Knicks have missed out on the super star FAs because of Rose's agent ties and Kentucky ties.

Anyways I could care less who the AD of Syracuse is... if they get 1 through 4 on my list correct. Realignment will happen and the school will either have a seat or not, the university's financial commitment to sport will have way more say than the who the AD is and the chancellor and the board control that.

I think your 2 is really the main point of the job. If the money is there things will take care of themselves, especially in terms of where we sit after the next realignment. I'm on the record it doesn't matter who is in charge we can't withstand the arms race so I just want to be the SEC of the smaller table we end up at.

 

[CbusCuse]

His wife is from Ohio, I believe

That’s his problem.

Well Syracuse is much more like Ohio than South Carolina so I'd say that may be a good thing.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

A lot to like on paper. If he can get the ACC to split BC and Pitt it will be a home run.

 

[SU Mania]

Since Bryan Blair arrived in Toledo, basketball has had the same coach and records of:

22-23 27-8
23-24 20-12
24-25 18-15
25-26 17-14

While correlation is not causation, Toledo's apparent basketball decline has been overseen by Bryan Blair.

Things that make you say, "hmmm."