[NU Sports] RE: nwu-sports Digest, Vol 4, Issue 340

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

NU doesn't need any more Ivy League influence.  NU needs an AD who knows his way around big time sports.  Carmody is a perfect example of why to stay out of the Ivy League when it comes to sports.

John DeGroat
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From: "mlinhardt at netzero.net" <mlinhardt at netzero.net>
> Money?
> 
> If he were leaving for Michigan I would say it was money related.  
> 
> He is leaving for the highest job in sports management.  Other than a few 
> baseball presidiencies(Yankees) the NFL is the Numero Uno job.
> 
> It is unfortunate if he goes, but I don't think the university could have(or 
> should have) done anything if he was inclined in advancing his career.
> 
> To me this shows that Northwestern is not a dead end where your career goes to 
> die.  My wife has her best employees promoted away from her deparment.  Does she 
> disparage this?  No, because it shows that if you want to advance, work for her 
> and she will highlight your talent and help your career.
> 
> Any thoughts who an academic small school AD that might be looking for a buck 
> up?  How about a NBA executive with a Northwestern degree looking to come back 
> to chicago?
> 
> -- Ben Adler <whosonfirst81 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Or...maybe Murphy IS just leaving for the money.  Imagine that!  After all, if 
> players, coaches, trainers and even broadcasters (sorry, Musberger-haters) can 
> drop their educations or jobs at a moment's notice to turn pro, why can't 
> athletic directors?
> 
> We all love to speculate, and fit every little thing that happens into our own 
> personal world views -- in politics as well as sports, that's for sure -- but 
> there's absolutely no evidence that Murphy left in a dispute over the direction 
> of the Athletic Department with Henry Bienen, Patrick Ryan, Arthur Butz, the 
> Medill dean who thinks marketing is the new journalism, my third cousin once 
> removed's ex-girlfriend, or anyone else.
> 
> That said, I'm very sorry to see Murphy go as well.  A lot's been said about his 
> influence at NU, so I'll just speak to one area I know very well: WNUR.  While 
> the Athletic Department under Rick Taylor pushed the station away, Mark Murphy 
> embraced it.  Just one example: Anyone who listened to Lacrosse championship 
> broadcasts or Women's College World Series games the last few years (and there 
> were a TON of you, because you maxed out WNUR's web server) can thank Murphy for 
> his role in encouraging the cooperation that made those expensive broadcasts 
> possible.  Huge benefit to the university?  Maybe not.  The logical -- and 
> classy -- thing to do, for the players, their families and the student 
> broadcasters?  You bet.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "johnadeg at comcast.net" <johnadeg at comcast.net>
> To: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; MHRJGScott at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:44:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] RE: nwu-sports Digest, Vol 4, Issue 340
> 
> But NU's  left wing oriented faculty doesn't support NU sports.  MY guess is 
> that the reason that Murphy might or will leave is aside from money that he 
> probably has not been allowed to do what he thinks needs to be done  to have a 
> first class basketball and football programs.  Too bad, he will be a great loss 
> if he leave.  If he does leave his replacement will probably be another Ivy 
> Leaguer who has no clue about how to run a Big Ten program.
> 
> John DeGroat
> 
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