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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 1768041"] [B]List one below are names of finalists for the SU AD position last year [B]****Please note there are expanded resumes of all of last years finalists on the next page:[/B][/B] [B]Martin Jarmond, Ohio State:[/B] Jarmond was reportedly a finalist for the Syracuse opening last year. Ironically, his name also came up as a possible candidate at Minnesota this spring. Jarmond, 36, was recently promoted into the No. 2 position in the Ohio State athletic department. He now has the title of deputy director of athletics and chief of staff. Many see him as the eventual successor to current Ohio State AD Gene Smith. [B]Danny White, Buffalo:[/B] White seemed like an ideal candidate for the Syracuse job last year. He was overseeing a Division I program just down the New York State Thruway from Syracuse. He also had the bloodlines for the job. His father is Duke athletic director Kevin White. But last November, White became the athletic director at Central Florida. Would he leave UCF for Syracuse? His stay in Orlando would be even shorter than Coyle's stay in Syracuse. [B]Jim Schaus, Ohio University:[/B] Schaus was reportedly among the final list of names that the search firm presented to SU's nine-member search committee last year. Schaus has been at Ohio since 2008. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Wichita State. While overseeing Ohio's many sports teams, Schaus has an extensive basketball background. He's a member of the NCAA tournament selection committee. He's also served on the rules committee. His father, the late Fred Schaus, was the basketball coach at Purdue and West Virginia and also coached the Los Angeles Lakers. [B]John Hardt, Bucknell:[/B] Hardt's name was part of SU's search last year and should be again this time around simply because he combines so many key facets to the job. He knows Syracuse. He was hired as SU's first-even compliance director in 1992. He spent five years at Syracuse. He knows the NCAA and compliance. Prior to coming to SU, Hardt worked for the NCAA as a compliance representative. He knows football on all scales. He's overseen Bucknell's football program for 15 years, but he also was the associate AD at Michigan State and played on Iowa's 1982 Rose Bowl team. [B]Marty Scarano, New Hampshire:[/B] Syracuse is about to begin the process of building a new stadium or renovating the Carrier Dome, so it would make sense to hire an athletic director with experience in that area. Scarano recently oversaw New Hampshire's campaign to raise funds to build a new $26 million football stadium. The facility is set to open this September. It might be hard to pry Scarano away from New Hampshire. He's been there for 16 years. As you can see, the first list exists of sitting school officials that have extensive experience in running athletics programs. That’s important for us. I believe you can’t hire someone based on popularity alone though everyone learns something new each day this is not a learn on the job position. They have to know what they’re doing and what’s expected of them going in. I only know what is reported here by Mike Waters of the Post Standard, and believe the strongest candidates are Jaramond, Hardt, Schaus, and a name from the second list, Joe Manhertz. [B]The second list is from Brent Axe’s results of a poll taken of your current candidates as of last weekend in no particular order: [/B] [B]Nick Carapelli[/B] [B]Jim Boeheim[/B] [B]John Hardt[/B] [B]Joe Manhertz[/B] [B]Pete Sala[/B] [B]Daryl Gross[/B] [B]Tom Coughlin[/B] [B]Dave Bing[/B] [B]Chris Gedney[/B] [B]Don McPherson[/B] [B]Tim Green[/B] There are some obvious fan favorites here and all with NY state in their resumes and being effective would not be beyond their understanding of the position. Age matters here. I have doubts about Bing and Boeheim though Jim would be a great asset in fund raising. I don’t know whether or not he wants to stay in the arena or could put up with the political mannerisms of those close to him in that office of the board of trustees. Dave is a great man but one who is staying in Detroit. John Hardt is mentioned in the previous list and would be a great candidate for obvious reasons as is Joe Manhertz. Everyone’s favorite is Carapelli. Climbed the ladder, knows sports has close SU ties as do all of the above, is smart and some media is saying this would be his dream job. I don’t think he’d be making what he is at UA but if he’s the one we’d be stupid not to offer him a very good package – and he’d be coming home - another thing I think is important here. Google research anyone? Opinions? [/QUOTE]

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