That is NOT what I said. He is told which people to visit with when he is travelling out of town. It is based on who is important to have a visit. He is not told what to do. That is not true at all.
Not so fast. She has powerful allies. Many name dropped in the puff piece. You know with this blind ambition She’s urged them to weigh in with Haynie.
So who’s her audience for this article? Is she just putting this out there to get another AD job? Why would or should the Syracuse community care if she knows she’s out of contention? Just very strange to me.
They were doing the article already. So she participated in an interview. If she hadn’t participated, they probably focus more on the issues at Pitt vs what she had been doing at Syracuse.
She walked in the Post Standard to defend herself. What bothers me is why Syracuse University helped her to do this. The paper was 100% correct in writing her story. I just hope (really hope) that this was just an attempt to help her save her career by the school rather than greasing any skids.
Sorry. I mis-remembered. But when I read it I thought it was consistent with what I'd otherwise heard about how he operated.
Good point!
Herm was planning to retire. The only issue was he wanted to retire July 1. He wasn't alowed to do that.
But it’s just HER SIDE of the story. Every ambiguity is resolved in her favor. They allowed her to take credit for the success of the minor sports. Rooster-sunrise. Apparently did not press on how she was fired. “Why do you think Pitt president lost confidence in your leadership?” “Why did you raise only 5% of the cost of your ambitious athletic facility? Why did you extend Capel at a premium? The female students said you heard the complaints against the coach; are they lying?
I will take the word of what has been reported the past couple of days. She may still have a position in the athletic department but it won’t be AD. Maybe Herm’s old position.
HR complaint alleges Heather Lyke contributed to ‘culture of intimidation’ at SU
Heather Lyke, special advisor to John Wildhack and a candidate to be SU’s next director of athletics, had a human resources complaint filed against her on Dec. 1, 2025, according to documents obtained by The Daily Orange.dailyorange.com
“A December human resources complaint alleged Heather Lyke, a high-ranking advisor and candidate for Syracuse University’s next director of athletics, directed “employees to disregard instructions given by our department’s top leader” and overstepped “the appropriate boundaries of her role.”
Let the games begin…
Is there a reason why you are even bringing this up? I thought all of our insiders had indicated Nick is the guy. Are you suddenly hearing different?
She’s an employee of SU? Was she fired? Should they not defend her.
I sure hope you are correct and that he doesn’t plan on hiring Lykes.
Look on the football board as well. Someone said Carlson and Mike I believe are pretty much saying it as well. I mean when enough insiders and reporters start saying it's Nick, you can probably start feeling confident.
Ive lost much respect for donna
As you note, the dysfunction is not just on the athletic side. I've shared some stories with people and they don't even believe they could be true (but they are). Look at how many provosts (chief academic officers) there have been in the past 10 years - that's not normal. That's why it's odd they elevate the #2 in a dysfunctional organization to #1. Hoping for the best, but concerned.
