[NU Sports] Hallelujah

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Pat Ryan said we would be excited about the hire.

I am not excited about this hire.  His Chicagoland upbringing, UofIll degree and the fact that he worked at Notre Shame are not that impressive and NIU...

NIU underachieves even though it should have MAC dominance based on its geography.  NIU is the second largest state university in the largest state and it has no MAC competition in IL.  Look at all the Michigan and Ohio MAC schools and who they are competing against.  Michigan, tOSU, and even MSU are behemoths compared to UofIll and yet NIU is not gained a foothold in illinois.

Maybe I am being negative, but I believe this guy is not comparable to Murphy -- academic undergrad, law degree, pro football player, academic school ad, etc.

-- "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding the AD, someone on the Rivals board pointed this out:

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2008/02/27/sports/sports01.txt

Looks like NIU's Phillips will be headed to Evanston.  I am a little
surprised how quickly the process went, although he was identified as a
possibility early and if he impressed the NU administration I suppose that
is why they jumped on it.  Hopefully NIU will find someone to continue his
success.

Jonathan

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:21 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:

> Not much to brag about.  We still need AD and a basketball coach.
>  Thompson strikes me as the only tough guy on the squad who is willing to go
> after the ball.
>
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
> > It took a school record eight three-pointers by Moore (four in the first
> four
> > minutes) and a game from Peljusic that even he might not have thought he
> had in
> > him, but the Cats are no longer winless in Big Ten play.  Great to watch
> 'em
> > bounce back after blowing a 19-point lead to end the longest conference
> losing
> > streak of any team in the country.  So the men's and women's teams both
> have won
> > one in a row.  Go Cats!
> >
> > W. Weinbaum
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> >
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