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[QUOTE="Zcuse, post: 1410882, member: 3001"]
It would not be a difficult "sell."  If you polled every Athletic Director in the country, I would guess 99.9 % of them would say the Syracuse AD job is a better role than the Bucknell role.  SU is Power 5, better facilities, higher revenue from gate and conference contracts, more sports, more nationally known, higher profile coaches..; I get tired typing all of the ways the 'Cuse AD role would be considered a "better role" in the AD community.

In any job search, you want to recruit an employee who is happy with their current role/city, etc . In the AD employee category that means they have built something it will be hard to walk away from, including admin  team developed, coaches hired, inroads built to fundraising;  and that they have made familial connections in their community. But there is no scenario where the SU AD role is a "tough sell" to the AD of a program at Bucknell's level, IF that AD wants to move up a level. There can be scenarios where that AD does not accept the role (family considerations, promised a role with a Power 5 school in their optimal region in a few years, etc).  But the roles, on their own merit, are equivalent to  major league versus top notch AAA. Everything bigger at Major league level, including the challenges.

Btw, schools changing ADs almost always have challenges (unless the AD retired while all sports and athlete academics are at zenith), since that is what usually prompts the change.
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