[NU Sports] Mark Murphy

[Eric West]

At 01:59 PM 12/3/2007, szeller at comcast.net wrote:
>I don't. I'd like Murphy to stay, but because NU makes it worth his while 
>and he decides he'd like to stay. I think it would be pretty bad for us if 
>he accepts the Green Bay job but the Packers board votes him down, so he 
>comes back to Northwestern. He'd seem like Barnett in his last year, 
>clearly ready to move on and waiting for the right offer.

Can't agree with this notion at all, and not just because the Barnett 
analogy fails on several levels. President of the Green Bay Packers is 
hardly just any old job. In fact, I would question the judgment of anyone 
who *wouldn't* accept that kind of position if offered. If Murphy were 
interviewing for another college's AD spot, I could understand. But this 
just isn't the same thing; not even close.

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Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu