Wildhack retiring July 1st

[OrangeBlood]

Someone leak this to prevent Lyle from getting job? Can’t hire her with this report.. new chancellor would be starting off with real controversy.

 

[721Comstock]

721Comstock how did your interview go?

The first rule of Cuse Club is…

 

[llandz]

Between this and the new Pitt lawsuit, there is no way SU should come close to making her our AD.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Someone leak this to prevent Lyle from getting job? Can’t hire her with this report.. new chancellor would be starting off with real controversy.

If it had been “leaked” earlier would she even be in consideration? Was it hidden?

 

[JRHEETER]

Once title 9 gets a hold of you in higher ed it’s only a matter of time until they find something to get rid of you and keep you out of higher ed.

Not surprised one bit by this.

Will be interesting to see if Kent can hook her up at Michigan

 

[Cusester]

You really have to wonder what Syverud was thinking when he brought her in. Good riddance to both of them!

 

[oldpinepoint]

You really have to wonder what Syverud was thinking when he brought her in. Good riddance to both of them!

Sounds like some conflict between chancellor and ADs office.

 

[Cusefan78]

If it had been “leaked” earlier would she even be in consideration? Was it hidden?

She has no shot at the job now. Someone clearly is trying to make a statement to the fans by “leaking” this to the do.

 

[llandz]

Well they (HR) felt there was something there even if not enough to fire her, and there was some credibility and witnesses to what happened. She had to be "set straight". Not how you want to get the job.

 

[007]

Well they (HR) felt there was something there even if not enough to fire her, and there was some credibility and witnesses to what happened. She had to be "set straight". Not how you want to get the job.

HR "found no evidence of a policy violation or interference in the process,” “We are confident the matter was handled with full objectivity and integrity.”

The fact that an HR complaint was filed at all hopefully is what matters, despite the ruling that there were no policy violations or interference from the Chancellor's office.

 

[Newhouser]

I don't rest easy or trust the leadership until it's officially announced she's not a candidate.

 

[orangepassion]

The first question at the chancellor PC tomorrow. Congrats, Mike. Any thoughts on the last night's DO article?
1st Follow up questions: How important is it to you to not have an environment of intimidation? Any concerns about an alleged history of tolerating abuse of players?

 

[SkyTopBus44]

From DO Article “….directed “employees to disregard instructions given by our department’s top leader” and overstepped “the appropriate boundaries of her role.”

“A staff member from the Office of Human Resources found that there appeared to be “some lack of clarity” about Lyke’s role and authority compared to current Director of Athletics John Wildhack, according to the documents.”

Based on this report it appears John Wildhack has lost control over the athletics department. It does seem strange that John would even agree to bring Lyle into the mix. I bet when Kent hired her it was the beginning of Wildhack’s thinking about retirement. Kent was thinking that Wildhack needed someone with Athletics administrative experience to guide him. Maybe Kent realized what a mess the department was under Hack, What a cluster.

At least we got nice new blue and orange seats and a new dome roof from Wildhack’s tenure? Other achievements under his leadership include a fluke 10 win McCord season from Fran Brown, Jim Boeheim’s son hot lucky shooting propelling us to the sweet 16, and gait making a weak run to the final four only to get embarrassed by Maryland. It has mostly been a failure of leadership and a lack of success since Wildhack has been AD.

I respect who ever leaked this story to Daily Orange. They do not want us to hire that moron, Lyle. I find it hard to believe that the D.O. reporters monitor the university human resource complaints from December 2025 and wait to report it in March right around the time we are interviewing to replace Hack. If the D.O. indeed has a ‘spotlight type’ investigative team my respect level for Funhouse journalism has been raised!

Thanks for letting me vent GO ORANGE!

 

[Newhouser]

From DO Article “….directed “employees to disregard instructions given by our department’s top leader” and overstepped “the appropriate boundaries of her role.”

“A staff member from the Office of Human Resources found that there appeared to be “some lack of clarity” about Lyke’s role and authority compared to current Director of Athletics John Wildhack, according to the documents.”

Based on this report it appears John Wildhack has lost control over the athletics department. It does seem strange that John would even agree to bring Lyle into the mix. I bet when Kent hired her it was the beginning of Wildhack’s thinking about retirement. Kent was thinking that Wildhack needed someone with Athletics administrative experience to guide him. Maybe Kent realized what a mess the department was under Hack, What a cluster.

At least we got nice new blue and orange seats and a new dome roof from Wildhack’s tenure? Other achievements under his leadership include a fluke 10 win McCord season from Fran Brown, Jim Boeheim’s son hot lucky shooting propelling us to the sweet 16, and gait making a weak run to the final four only to get embarrassed by Maryland. It has mostly been a failure of leadership and a lack of success since Wildhack has been AD.

I respect who ever leaked this story to Daily Orange. They do not want us to hire that moron, Lyle. I find it hard to believe that the D.O. reporters monitor the university human resource complaints from December 2025 and wait to report it in March right around the time we are interviewing to replace Hack. If the D.O. indeed has a ‘spotlight type’ investigative team my respect level for Funhouse journalism has been raised!

Thanks for letting me vent GO ORANGE!

I get your point that maybe Wildhack needed some assistance (I'm sure he leaked the info just think it was for more personal reasons and not for the good of Old SU). What I do not understand, and never will, is why that assistance had to come in the form of what may be the most infamous AD of the last 5 years.

 

[oldpinepoint]

I get your point that maybe Wildhack needed some assistance (I'm sure he leaked the info just think it was for more personal reasons and not for the good of Old SU). What I do not understand, and never will, is why that assistance had to come in the form of what may be the most infamous AD of the last 5 years.

Having someone monitor the athletic department who is not the AD and reports to the chancellor and undermines someone from doing their job is a recipe for disaster. If you don’t like the job he is doing fine, fire him. But that situation stinks.

 

[FasterCuse]

From DO Article “….directed “employees to disregard instructions given by our department’s top leader” and overstepped “the appropriate boundaries of her role.”

“A staff member from the Office of Human Resources found that there appeared to be “some lack of clarity” about Lyke’s role and authority compared to current Director of Athletics John Wildhack, according to the documents.”

Based on this report it appears John Wildhack has lost control over the athletics department. It does seem strange that John would even agree to bring Lyle into the mix. I bet when Kent hired her it was the beginning of Wildhack’s thinking about retirement. Kent was thinking that Wildhack needed someone with Athletics administrative experience to guide him. Maybe Kent realized what a mess the department was under Hack, What a cluster.

At least we got nice new blue and orange seats and a new dome roof from Wildhack’s tenure? Other achievements under his leadership include a fluke 10 win McCord season from Fran Brown, Jim Boeheim’s son hot lucky shooting propelling us to the sweet 16, and gait making a weak run to the final four only to get embarrassed by Maryland. It has mostly been a failure of leadership and a lack of success since Wildhack has been AD.

I respect who ever leaked this story to Daily Orange. They do not want us to hire that moron, Lyle. I find it hard to believe that the D.O. reporters monitor the university human resource complaints from December 2025 and wait to report it in March right around the time we are interviewing to replace Hack. If the D.O. indeed has a ‘spotlight type’ investigative team my respect level for Funhouse journalism has been raised!

Thanks for letting me vent GO ORANGE!

This wasn't about Wildhack's performance and more of a friend getting another friend a job even when that friend isn't remotely qualified. I'm hoping Haynie clears house at the executive level once Kent is gone.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Bayside44]

This wasn't about Wildhack's performance and more of a friend getting another friend a job even when that friend isn't remotely qualified. I'm hoping Haynie clears house at the executive level once Kent is gone.

That post was really something.

 

[Willy75]

Here's hoping that SU doesn't try to skate past this controversy by appointing her interim AD.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Carparelli and Andrew Goodrich

 

[rrlbees]

Carparelli and Andrew Goodrich

goodrich is a no.

 

[Widget24]

Sooooo...Carparelli it is?

 

[721Comstock]

Between this and the new Pitt lawsuit, there is no way SU should come close to making her our AD.

John Wildhack right after anybody who isn’t Scary Busey is named new Cuse AD next week -

 

[FrancoPizza]

I doubt this is a personal vendetta by JW. This lady leaves a trail of destruction everywhere she goes. Maybe she is the antichrist foretold in Revelation.

 

[Bill Orange]

I'm watching Cuse Sports Talk on YTTV. On the radio break, the kid with the blue hoodie (name escapes me) mentions to Steve and Mario that when Tim Leonard checked into his room at the WBB team hotel for the ACC Tourney, Heather Lyke's name was on the TV. Which leads me to believe that she might not be on site.

Hmmm.