John Wildhack named new SU AD

[Millhouse]

The comment and the video were fantastic. I sang along, did you?

The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath!

 

[bevosu]

I contacted an all knowing friend in a major city in the midwest (the major city) right after I heard about the hire. He has Syracuse ties.

This gentleman that I know had many years working at ESPN at a high level. He is 100% behind this hire and thinks John Wildhack is a great guy and a great hire.

Personally I'll take Wildhack over Coyle in a NY minute. I feel much better than I did after the Coyle hire. I'm sure JB does too.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[longtimefan]

ESPN Radio Syracuse ‏@ESPNSYRACUSE 27m27 minutes ago
Interim AD Dan French says SU is "confident he (John Wildhack) has all the skill sets" to do the job.

Dan French says he doesn't see SU as a stepping stone job. Adds that Coyle's reason for leaving was not something SU could combat.

Rick Burton: The Chancellor's vision is that we act like a Stanford, Notre Dame and other high education/high athletic institutions

Rick Burton: there's a perception we don't go big time, we just went really big time.

Re: stepping stone--

I think concern about this very thing was one factor working in Wildhack's favor. The Coyle experience shows that bringing in a current AD can be a difficult proposition, if that person has personal connections elsewhere (and can be swayed by all of that Big State U. cash).

Bringing in an assistant AD from a P-5 school can be even iffier, because the new guy has to have, in the back of his mind, a triumphant return to his/her old school as the head honcho.

 

[OrangeDW]

Jalen & Jacoby

A question about which schools first contacted Jalen Rose as a high school recruit leads to him talking about John Wildhack, Jim Boeheim, Dave Bing, and Derrick Coleman a bit. Starts around the 1:12:35 mark. Thought it was interesting to randomly hear Wildhack brought up.

 

[sutomcat]

Jalen & Jacoby

A question about which schools first contacted Jalen Rose as a high school recruit leads to him talking about John Wildhack, Jim Boeheim, Dave Bing, and Derrick Coleman a bit. Starts around the 1:12:35 mark. Thought it was interesting to randomly hear Wildhack brought up.

That is a good show. I find both of them engaging and entertaining to listen to...

 

[jr4750]

Re: stepping stone--

I think concern about this very thing was one factor working in Wildhack's favor. The Coyle experience shows that bringing in a current AD can be a difficult proposition, if that person has personal connections elsewhere (and can be swayed by all of that Big State U. cash).

Bringing in an assistant AD from a P-5 school can be even iffier, because the new guy has to have, in the back of his mind, a triumphant return to his/her old school as the head honcho.

What about the Dino factor. Bringing in an AD or assistant AD for a lower P5 school, who has their own football staff in place and may want to make that move, and/or might not buy into the DB era as much. That might have made a mess of things as they stand now. A guy like Wildhack has no previous coaching connections and with the school having made a big investment in HCDB, I'm sure SU wants to see this through and have initial buy in. Nick Caperrelli might have made sense for that reason too, but lacked the TV experience. If you believe you have all the proper hires in place, then you need a guy who can run the ship and generate revenue. You don't need someone who has connections to coaches. John must be that guy.