[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

True, but the BB programs have been a disaster and are the most need of a fix.

John DeGroat
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From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> The job of AD at Northwestern goes way beyond trying to build Basketball - NU
> has a tremendous athletic program going, with teams in serious contention for
> division and national championships in two of the tougher sports to build -
> Softball and Lacrosse.
> 
> However, the new AD's short term success will be measured by how well Fitz
> continues to grow Football, and how well the Basketball teams grow. The new
> offices and lockers will help - a few good wins at home will also.
> 
> rsl
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:45 PM
> > To: johnadeg at comcast.net
> > Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Hallelujah
> > 
> > > It's all academic now, but I would think that someone with NBA experience
> > and a NU alum on top of that would have a better chance of drawing higher
> > quality BB players than someone without it.
> > 
> > It isn't the AD's job to recruit players, that's the coach's job.
> > 
> > And it isn't like basketball is likely to become the most important
> > sport at Northwestern, either.  I see NBA experience as utterly useless
> > to NU.
> > --
> > Mike Nolan
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