HRE Otto IV
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No. Its based on over 40 years of running a significant corporation. When you have over 50 years of success achieved by Danforth and JB. 50 years of relationships. 50 years of students, coaches, administrators, HS relationships, donors, and 50 plus years of players that love the program you transition the CEO position to an insider. The only time any successful organization should even consider burning down and 50 years of unprecedented success is if the organization is being acquired or merged.
Going outside is extremely dangerous. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that another coach from outside the organization will have success. Zero, none. The fact is that at a bare minimum by going outside 50 years of foundation will be seriously altered. With a strong chance destroyed.
I have followed this plan for over 40 years and had excellent success.
SU should 100% stay in house. The only decision is between the 3 candidates.
That is all fine and dandy if we had 50 years of success. It is more like 40 years of success with 10 years of being a dying company. So why hire internally when the internal hires were not here during the successful era and were a big part of the decline? You conveniently keep ignoring that last 8 seasons. Do you think it is still 2014?\
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Also you analogy doesn't hold water.
What we have is like a private company where the CEO father built the company, and it has declined in his old age. His three sons aren't really qualified to take over. His oldest son (Hop) at one time looked promising but when he was in charge while daddy was sick, the company took a downturn. When he went off to run a company on his own (Washington), he failed. So why bring that son back? His youngest son (GMac) has a celebrity public persona but only has a job because of daddy. He couldn't get hired by another company. The middle son (Red) at this point has the best resume but even daddy seems to prefer the other 2 sons. Middle son syndrome.
Now a public company with an aging CEO would not have his sons right underneath him. That nepotism wouldn't ever be allowed. The internal candidates would be there because they are the most qualified not because they are related to the CEO. That is not the case at SU. In any case the company has been in a downturn the last decade and the shareholders (fans) would not be happy hiring internally when an obvious change is needed.
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