[NU Sports] Murphy close to leaving

[Jonathan Hodges]

I don't think Murphy leaving had anything to do with NU - I believe that he
was most likely paid well for a guy at this level and had the freedom to do
much of what he wanted, given the financial and academic restrictions at
Northwestern (given that he came from Colgate he had more freedom here at
NU).

I am sure there are 2 reasons:

1. Money: its an NFL position - professional sports have much deeper pockets
than a college program.  And money talks, even to loyal and dedicated guys.
2. Position: an NFL head position is basically the highest level he can
attain in sports administration (well besides something at commissioner
level) and you know what, congrats to him for showing that he has the
ability to succeed and should be given a chance at the next level.

Obviously NU will have tough shoes to fill and they must find someone who
can continue his success while also improving something that has needed it
for a long time: basketball.

Jonathan


On Nov 28, 2007 11:52 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:

> What a loss!  My guess is that Bienen and faculty wouldn't let Murphy do
> what he wanted to do.
> that plus the act that the Packers can pay him better.  NU could pay him
> more but the faculty would all start to squawk about that sort of like when
> the Harvard faculty squawked about paying the guy running the endowment fund
>  what he could get elsewhere which ended up with his leaving to run his own
> fund.
>
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Arthur Miller" <artmiller1 at hotmail.com>
> > Per the Green Bay newspaper, Mark Murphy is now in negotiations with the
> > Green Bay Packers as their #1 choice.
> >
> > What a month.we could really use some good news around here, for a
> change.
> >
> >
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