[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[Ivars Embrekts]

He's not the Sonics GM anymore either, he got relieved of that last year 
and is now a "consultant" to them.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-23-113/Goodbye-Bob-Hill-and--sort-of--Rick-Sund.html

The guy from USC (Steve Lopes) seemed more intriguing to me than the 
Sonics GM, especially if he was the day-to-day contact person for the 
football and basketball teams and coaches.

This is not a knock on Jim Phiilip. I support his hiring and wish good 
luck to him! Go Cats!

johnadeg at comcast.net wrote:
> 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.  I just hope that the new AD has a good, up to date rolodex to find a Carmody replacement.  I agree that being a fund raiser is a key part  of the job, but part of the job is to also to have a string of possible replacements for coaches since one never knows who might leave or need to be replaced.
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
>   
>>> NU probably didn't want to spring for whatever the Sonic's GM wanted.  You get 
>>>       
>> what you pay for.
>>     
>>> John DeGroat
>>>       
>> What reason do you have to believe that the Sonic's GM would be a better
>> choice?  It isn't like the Sonics have exactly set the NBA world on fire,
>> and the job of running a pro franchise is quite a bit different than the
>> job of running a college sports program.  (I think Murphy will do well
>> at the Packers, but there's no question in my mind that he will have 
>> to learn a lot of new skills, and quickly.)
>>
>> From what I see of his work history, he's a good fit for NU, he knows how 
>> to bring in large contributions and IMHO that is the chief job of the 
>> Athletic Director these days.  Yes, it all comes down to raising money, 
>> but that's been a fact of life at Northwestern for decades (and not just
>> in athletics.)
>> --
>> Mike Nolan
>>     
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