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[Briancuse]

Same thing has Hopkins she knows people she needs to know

If she knows so many people how come she couldn't get nil money at pitt?

 

[RedtheGOB]

Typical academic hire, “pass the trash”

I don’t know a lot about Heather Lyke but the episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where Larry David was foisted by Jimmy Kimmel comes to mind.

 

[phil77]

If she knows so many people how come she couldn't get nil money at pitt?

We are talking about knowing people at Syracuse to get the Syracuse job. Not if she is good at her job or getting money for PITT etc...

 

[sufan59]

We are talking about knowing people at Syracuse to get the Syracuse job. Not if she is good at her job or getting money for PITT etc...

The way that it’s starting to look like she successfully politicked her way into this job after how Pitt went down is lykey impressive.

 

[sufan59]

 

[Briancuse]

The way that it’s starting to look like she successfully politicked her way into this job after how Pitt went down is lykey impressive.

About the only time she's been successful at anything.

 

[TommyA13]

If we hire Lykes as AD and Hop as HC I’m done being a Syracuse fan

Okay, I was over-exaggerating a little bit with this. Will I always love Syracuse and Syracuse athletics? Of course, this is right where I grew up (I grew up and still live 15 mins away from the dome so I say I’m from Syracuse), and I’ll always love this city and its athletics teams. However, if Lyke and Hop are both hired, I don’t think I’d have it in me to support the way I have been my entire life and keep track of everything going on. And this is me saying this, I’m not a season ticket holder or someone who spends a ton of money that goes back into the program. I hope that the BOT realizes that if they go the Lyke/Hop route (I realize BH is the favorite at this point), they’re going to lose a ton of fans and support.

 

[TommyA13]

Lyke and Hopkins what a dynamic duo what can go wrong

What can’t go wrong*

 

[RedtheGOB]

The way that it’s starting to look like she successfully politicked her way into this job after how Pitt went down is lykey impressive.

You can believe Google or not but her comp at Pitt was reported as 1.6mil.

Her comp at Syracuse as a special advisor is between 600-900k estimated.

I know that’s a lot of money to most but imagine you got canned from your last job and took more than a 50% pay cut.

Maybe I’m not so mad if we really lowballed her last year but we all should be if we double her pay this year to be an AD

 

[sufan59]

You can believe Google or not but her comp at Pitt was reported as 1.6mil.

Her comp at Syracuse as a special advisor is between 600-900k estimated.

I know that’s a lot of money to most but imagine you got canned from your last job and took more than a 50% pay cut.

Maybe I’m not so mad if we really lowballed her last year but we all should be if we double her pay this year to be an AD

Well you will be mad because there is no way this is coming without a substantial raise

 

[Briancuse]

You can believe Google or not but her comp at Pitt was reported as 1.6mil.

Her comp at Syracuse as a special advisor is between 600-900k estimated.

I know that’s a lot of money to most but imagine you got canned from your last job and took more than a 50% pay cut.

Maybe I’m not so mad if we really lowballed her last year but we all should be if we double her pay this year to be an AD

After what she did at pitt she is lucky to get anything above unemployment benefits.

 

[sufan59]

Maybe we end up lyking out?

 

[sufan59]

The crash out on twitter if/when this goes public is going to be cinema.

 

[crales44]

Lyke and Hopkins would be just great

I want to both dislike (or dislyke if you prefer) and disHopkins this post.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Likes gets the job, brings back red, we start the syracusefan revolution of 2026.

The revolution would be squashed like a bug.

 

[TommyA13]

The crash out on twitter if/when this goes public is going to be cinema.

Syracuse will ignore this though lol

 

[Bulldog04]

The crash out on twitter if/when this goes public is going to be cinema.

At some point some negative press has to come out. This isn’t like picking the next club volleyball coach. This is the AD position. People should know the actual background of her

 

[M2MPrinciples]

I think coaches should have to wear full uniforms like baseball managers.

 

[sufan59]

At some point some negative press has to come out. This isn’t like picking the next club volleyball coach. This is the AD position. People should know the actual background of her

Also, I wouldn’t underestimate local media who are mostly playing sideline on this possibility. Just saying she is a candidate, atleast I haven’t seen full backstories of her profile. You don’t see columns or strong voices about her even being involved is problematic for Syracuse University with the reporting from Pittsburgh media. They probably are waiting to pounce the negative press to the public if/when they actually hire her. University has to be ready combat that. It’s not going to be one with any initial excitement from a positive energy standpoint.

 

[23Zone]

I do not Like anything to do with Lyke. Not even sure how she has a job here

 

[Franz69]

"Lyke was fired in September 2024. And she left quite the mess behind.
Today, Pitt’s athletic department is in shambles. The football team is losing some of its top players in the transfer portal. The men’s basketball team is unwatchable. The women’s team is equally bad and is allegedly an even a bigger issue off the court. And some non-revenue sports might not be around much longer.

What went wrong​

Lyke had a noted desire for “comprehensive excellence,” treating every Pitt athletic team with equal importance. While in theory this was a fair stance, in reality, that’s simply not how the world of college athletics works.
Two sports matter above all else: football and men’s basketball. If those two programs do well, there is more money for all. Lyke’s inability to appropriately allocate resources toward what actually mattered has brought Pitt to where it is now.
Her most notable misstep was the Victory Heights initiative, an ambitious multi-sport facility that would serve as a replacement to the aging Fitzgerald Field House."

“For far too long, a significant percentage of our student-athletes have been forced to compete in facilities that do not reflect the lofty standards and aspirations of the University of Pittsburgh,” Lyke said in a university issued press release in 2023. “Today’s announcement is the first step in transforming that liability into a game-changing asset in our quest for comprehensive excellence.”
Lyke’s heart was in the right place. She wasn’t wrong to believe Pitt’s current athletic facility for those sports was outdated. But she ignored one key component that makes or breaks every major decision made in today’s world of college athletics: money.
Lyke signed up for a $240 million project with little to no funding secured beforehand. She hoped her big swing would inspire alumni to donate more. It did not. And to make things worse, that facility, whenever it is finished, will add no legitimate revenue moving forward.
Lyke also wasted money on her numerous coaching hires and firings. She gained notoriety in town for canning nine head coaches in her first two years in Oakland. Some coaches were dismissed with remaining years on their contract, meaning Pitt was paying two head-coach salaries for one non-revenue sport — again, meaning that the additional money spent wasn’t ever going to be recuperated.
Her final major sin pertains to NIL, the biggest determining factor of success in today’s college sports. Some athletic directors immediately embraced the concept when it was legalized in 2021. Lyke, instead, pushed back.
When seeking donation money from alumni, the Victory Heights project or other athletic facility upgrades took priority over laying the foundation of a productive and competitive NIL collective. Rather than learning innovative ways for Pitt to compete in the NIL space, Lyke was known to speak against the concept as a whole, at times even encouraging other ACC athletic directors to do the same, per multiple sources.
Even when things seemed great during Lyke’s tenure, time would eventually prove those days to be nothing more than a house of cards. Pitt athletics fell way behind the times under her leadership, and by the time the university acted, it was already too late."

Noah Hiles: This year won't be a fun one for Allen Greene, Pitt athletics

In the summer of 2023, I crafted an extensive profile on then-Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke. At that time, she could do no wrong. The football program...

www.post-gazette.com

 

[richmondcuse03]

"Lyke was fired in September 2024. And she left quite the mess behind.
Today, Pitt’s athletic department is in shambles. The football team is losing some of its top players in the transfer portal. The men’s basketball team is unwatchable. The women’s team is equally bad and is allegedly an even a bigger issue off the court. And some non-revenue sports might not be around much longer.

What went wrong​

Lyke had a noted desire for “comprehensive excellence,” treating every Pitt athletic team with equal importance. While in theory this was a fair stance, in reality, that’s simply not how the world of college athletics works.
Two sports matter above all else: football and men’s basketball. If those two programs do well, there is more money for all. Lyke’s inability to appropriately allocate resources toward what actually mattered has brought Pitt to where it is now.
Her most notable misstep was the Victory Heights initiative, an ambitious multi-sport facility that would serve as a replacement to the aging Fitzgerald Field House."

“For far too long, a significant percentage of our student-athletes have been forced to compete in facilities that do not reflect the lofty standards and aspirations of the University of Pittsburgh,” Lyke said in a university issued press release in 2023. “Today’s announcement is the first step in transforming that liability into a game-changing asset in our quest for comprehensive excellence.”
Lyke’s heart was in the right place. She wasn’t wrong to believe Pitt’s current athletic facility for those sports was outdated. But she ignored one key component that makes or breaks every major decision made in today’s world of college athletics: money.
Lyke signed up for a $240 million project with little to no funding secured beforehand. She hoped her big swing would inspire alumni to donate more. It did not. And to make things worse, that facility, whenever it is finished, will add no legitimate revenue moving forward.
Lyke also wasted money on her numerous coaching hires and firings. She gained notoriety in town for canning nine head coaches in her first two years in Oakland. Some coaches were dismissed with remaining years on their contract, meaning Pitt was paying two head-coach salaries for one non-revenue sport — again, meaning that the additional money spent wasn’t ever going to be recuperated.
Her final major sin pertains to NIL, the biggest determining factor of success in today’s college sports. Some athletic directors immediately embraced the concept when it was legalized in 2021. Lyke, instead, pushed back.
When seeking donation money from alumni, the Victory Heights project or other athletic facility upgrades took priority over laying the foundation of a productive and competitive NIL collective. Rather than learning innovative ways for Pitt to compete in the NIL space, Lyke was known to speak against the concept as a whole, at times even encouraging other ACC athletic directors to do the same, per multiple sources.
Even when things seemed great during Lyke’s tenure, time would eventually prove those days to be nothing more than a house of cards. Pitt athletics fell way behind the times under her leadership, and by the time the university acted, it was already too late."

Noah Hiles: This year won't be a fun one for Allen Greene, Pitt athletics

In the summer of 2023, I crafted an extensive profile on then-Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke. At that time, she could do no wrong. The football program...

www.post-gazette.com

Basically dr gross 2.0.

 

[phil77]

Basically dr gross 2.0.

We are going to turn Dr. Gross and Red into Lyke and Hopkins. We are super smart.

 

[Cusefan69]

At some point some negative press has to come out. This isn’t like picking the next club volleyball coach. This is the AD position. People should know the actual background of her

Which the committee is there for? I mean one hundred percent that comes up in the review and selection process. I mean there's no way a new Chancellor and a BoT committee would just gloss over a person's experience. Especially with all the back channel discussions that would happen in this situation. Guarantee a guy like Lally or Tirico has a call off the record with someone at Pitt to get the full picture.

 

[djorange1989]

"Lyke was fired in September 2024. And she left quite the mess behind.
Today, Pitt’s athletic department is in shambles. The football team is losing some of its top players in the transfer portal. The men’s basketball team is unwatchable. The women’s team is equally bad and is allegedly an even a bigger issue off the court. And some non-revenue sports might not be around much longer.

What went wrong​

Lyke had a noted desire for “comprehensive excellence,” treating every Pitt athletic team with equal importance. While in theory this was a fair stance, in reality, that’s simply not how the world of college athletics works.
Two sports matter above all else: football and men’s basketball. If those two programs do well, there is more money for all. Lyke’s inability to appropriately allocate resources toward what actually mattered has brought Pitt to where it is now.
Her most notable misstep was the Victory Heights initiative, an ambitious multi-sport facility that would serve as a replacement to the aging Fitzgerald Field House."

“For far too long, a significant percentage of our student-athletes have been forced to compete in facilities that do not reflect the lofty standards and aspirations of the University of Pittsburgh,” Lyke said in a university issued press release in 2023. “Today’s announcement is the first step in transforming that liability into a game-changing asset in our quest for comprehensive excellence.”
Lyke’s heart was in the right place. She wasn’t wrong to believe Pitt’s current athletic facility for those sports was outdated. But she ignored one key component that makes or breaks every major decision made in today’s world of college athletics: money.
Lyke signed up for a $240 million project with little to no funding secured beforehand. She hoped her big swing would inspire alumni to donate more. It did not. And to make things worse, that facility, whenever it is finished, will add no legitimate revenue moving forward.
Lyke also wasted money on her numerous coaching hires and firings. She gained notoriety in town for canning nine head coaches in her first two years in Oakland. Some coaches were dismissed with remaining years on their contract, meaning Pitt was paying two head-coach salaries for one non-revenue sport — again, meaning that the additional money spent wasn’t ever going to be recuperated.
Her final major sin pertains to NIL, the biggest determining factor of success in today’s college sports. Some athletic directors immediately embraced the concept when it was legalized in 2021. Lyke, instead, pushed back.
When seeking donation money from alumni, the Victory Heights project or other athletic facility upgrades took priority over laying the foundation of a productive and competitive NIL collective. Rather than learning innovative ways for Pitt to compete in the NIL space, Lyke was known to speak against the concept as a whole, at times even encouraging other ACC athletic directors to do the same, per multiple sources.
Even when things seemed great during Lyke’s tenure, time would eventually prove those days to be nothing more than a house of cards. Pitt athletics fell way behind the times under her leadership, and by the time the university acted, it was already too late."

Noah Hiles: This year won't be a fun one for Allen Greene, Pitt athletics

In the summer of 2023, I crafted an extensive profile on then-Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke. At that time, she could do no wrong. The football program...

www.post-gazette.com

I am having flashbacks to the Cantor/Gross years…