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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1341025, member: 27"] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000]SU News[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://imgick.syracuse.com/home/syr-media/width620/img/orangesports_impact/photo/17296750-mmmain.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_alum_mike_tirico_on_new_athletic_director_make_football_program_best_in.html']Mike Tirico on New SU AD: Make Football Program the Best in the Northeast (PS; Mink)[/URL][/B] [I]Mike Tirico, a renowned ESPN broadcaster and Syracuse alum, mapped out his criteria for how the university should decide on its new athletic director. Tirico said one of the most important tenets of the new athletic director must be "becoming the best football program in the Northeast." "That's what Syracuse has to be to have a strong foothold in the ACC," Tirico said. He also said it was imperative to have a "strict" and "strong" leader who understands the chain of command and how to ensure total compliance with NCAA rules. Tirico was speaking earlier Wednesday afternoon on the local ESPN radio show "Upon Further Review" hours after Syracuse announced [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/index.ssf/2015/03/daryl_gross_says_it_was_his_decision_to_step_down_as_syracuses_athletic_director.html']Daryl Gross resigned[/URL] as athletic director and coach [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/jim_boeheim_will_step_aside_after_three_seasons.html#incart_m-rpt-1']Jim Boeheim intended to retire in three years[/URL]. Tirico has not been shy to share his opinions on the NCAA-Syracuse case. Earlier this month [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_basketball_mike_tirico_leaderless.html']he blasted the NCAA[/URL], calling it a "leaderless organization." Here are three more things from Tirico's interview on Wednesday: ...[/I] [IMG]http://imgick.syracuse.com/home/syr-media/width960/img/post-standard/photo/2014/12/13/-f040528d6b46850c.JPG[/IMG] [B][URL='http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_ad_search_the_6_biggest_questions_facing_daryl_gross_successor.html']SU AD Search: The 6 Biggest Issues Facing Daryl Gross' Successor (PS; Axe)[/URL][/B] [I]Syracuse University announced two major moves in the athletic department on Wednesday. We now know that[URL='http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2015/03/jim_boeheim_to_retire_in_three_years_the_news_weve_all_been_waiting_for.html'] Jim Boeheim will retire in three years[/URL] as head basketball coach. The other big move was that a new athletic director will take Syracuse into the future as [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/index.ssf/2015/03/daryl_gross_says_it_was_his_decision_to_step_down_as_syracuses_athletic_director.html']Daryl Gross has stepped aside to become a consultant and professor[/URL] at the school after 10 years as AD. Who replaces Gross will be grounds for speculation over the next several weeks until a successor is named. Whoever takes the open athletic director gig at Syracuse will have a full agenda taking over a "power-five conference" program with the rich athletic history Syracuse University has. Here are six key things the new athletic director will have to take on at Syracuse: [/I] [SIZE=5][B][I]6. Plan for a new or improved facility[/I][/B][/SIZE] [I]Gross oversaw the construction of the Carmelo K. Anthony center for basketball and the [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2015/01/syracuse_football_indoor_practice_facility_named_ensley_athletic_center_via_mult.html']Ensley Athletic Center for football[/URL]. The next big project on the docket for Syracuse athletics is the future of the Carrier Dome. Syracuse Chancellor Kent Syverud recently indicated that the best option may [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/dome_update_drawings_for_retractable_roof_by_end_of_semester.html']be simply replacing the roof on the Carrier Dome.[/URL] ...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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