[NU Sports] Tiller on the way out at Purdue?

Jeff Beamsley jeff.beamsley at hilgraeve.com
Wed Jan 9 09:42:27 CST 2008 

Let's not confuse the issues.

The issue of pay affect RETENTION of assistant coaches, not recruitment.  The
facts are that RW had the same problem.  He was able to recruit talented
assistants because they had the opportunity to use this job to display their
talents on the BT stage and if successful, move on to better paying jobs.  PF
will be able to do the same thing.  RW wanted to change assistant pay so that
he could keep the good people he was able to attract.  Once the new AD is in
place, I'm sure PF will resume that work.

As far as PC Police being a problem, I haven't seen anyone other than you
raise this as an issue.  Please put more facts behind this claim other than
the "everyone knows universities are dens of liberal iniquity" assertion.

Here's my fact.  One of my very close friends just retired from NU's
development department and said that Beinen in particular, and the
administration in general, believe that a successful athletic program is a
key component in NU's position as one of the top private universities in the
country.  As a result, they know they have to invest in improving the
program, not just maintaining it.  The success under Murphy is evidence that
they were willing to put money behind their words.  This was a huge change
from previous administrations. In the same way they are making investments in
growing the partnerships between private industry, venture capital, and
university research.  One example of that is the design institute partnership
between Kellog and Tech which is widely regarded as revolutionary. 

All of this is evidence that Beinen with the support of at least the board,
if not also the faculty, is quietly redefining what it means to be a
world-class institution.  The results suggest that he is firmly in control.

Jeff 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:57 AM
To: Jonathan Hodges
Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Tiller on the way out at Purdue?

So what if the assistant coaches get paid more than Fitzgerald.  His salary
will go up in time unless NU wants to lose him.  I've known several people in
the corporate world who had subordinates making more than their bosses from
time to time.  The real problem will be if Beinen doesn't stand up to the PC
police in the faculty and pays competitive salaries to the coaches.

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
> Regarding the AD position, it is clear that NU intends on conducting a 
> thorough search - hence the appointing of an interim AD to take care 
> of things for now.  For such a high level position this makes perfect 
> sense as the administration wants to make sure it gets the right 
> person for the job and not just to fill in the spot for the sake of 
> filling it in, and I would say that I agree with taking a good amount 
> of time to make the right call for that position.
> 
> For the OC and DC of the football team, I would expect to hear from 
> Fitz soon.  The fact is that there are still many assistant coaching 
> positions that are up in the air around the country right now and 
> therefore there is still a lot of movement left to do and I'm not too 
> worried about NU's standing at this juncture - especially since the 
> 2008 recruiting class is almost completed (one spot left, I believe, 
> although I do not follow recruiting closely).  It is important for 
> Fitz to get the right guys in place in both positions - and to get 
> guys with some experience but who will also stick around a little 
> while and provide some continuity to the program after a couple of years of
relative instability.
> 
> And from recent newspaper articles it is clear that what NU fans 
> thought for a long time is basically true - that NU assistants don't 
> get paid very well (at least relative to other BCS conference 
> schools), and that has been a factor in multiple assistants leaving.  
> Will this change right now?  Unless Fitz's pay is significantly less 
> than Walker's and the difference is going to pay for the new OC and DC 
> salaries (I don't think the difference would be that huge) I don't 
> think it's going to happen as NU's athletic budget is tight already 
> thanks to the size of the school and revenue issues.  BUT I don't 
> think this should hinder NU's chances of getting quality guys as 
> coordinators that have the ability - it just means Fitz will have to 
> scour the position coaches at this level and coordinators at lower 
> collegiate levels in order to find guys that fit NU and his system.  
> This is Fitz's chance to make an impact on the program and it's 
> important that he doesn't make a hasty decision or just hire a "name" guy
for the sake of it - and I think how he has handled it shows that he won't be
doing that.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On Jan 9, 2008 7:59 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Why hasn't NU been able to find an AD or offensive and defensive 
> > coordinators?  I fear that NU is once again going on the cheap which 
> > gave us the disasters preceding Barnett's arrival that kept us in the Big
Ten.
> >
> > John DeGroat
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > > Also kind of a slap in the face to Tiller and his assistants ... 
> > > if it
> > goes
> > > through, that should make for some interesting staff meetings next
year!
> > >
> > > Could be an interesting turnover of coaches in the coming years 
> > > ... Iowa
> > and
> > > Purdue have seemed ripe for change for awhile, the Zooker could be 
> > > gone
> > soon by
> > > bigger offers if his success continues or Neuheiseled out if 
> > > rumors
> > prove true,
> > > Indiana's in a tough spot (kind of like West Virginia this year or 
> > > Miami
> > with
> > > Coker) where they almost had to sign the assistant but that could 
> > > pan
> > out and,
> > > of course, there's always the question of when JoePa steps down.
> > Personally, I
> > > hope he waits Bobby out and then gets whatever he needs to make 
> > > sure
> > Bowden is
> > > not #1 in victories.
> > >
> > > I think Rodriguez will be good for Michigan after the initial
> > adjustment, and
> > > Dantonio could be dangerously good as MSU's coach. Tressel might 
> > > feel
> > some heat
> > > for a second straight title game loss, but he's still coach for as 
> > > long
> > as he
> > > wants it (plus, if their underclassment return, OSU could make it 
> > > back
> > for a
> > > third time next year ... either to be the "third time's a charm"
> > feel-good story
> > > or to become the Buffalo Bills of college football ... as much as 
> > > it's schadenfreude watching the Bucks self destruct despite how 
> > > bad it makes
> > the
> > > league look and inflates SEC egos, there would be something funny 
> > > about
> > it if
> > > Georgia defeated OSU in next year's BCS title game).
> > >
> > > Oh well ... it's that sad time of the season until spring football
> > begins. :)
> > >
> > > GO CATS!!!
> > > -SjT
> > >
> > > * * * * * * * * *
> > > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> > > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> > > GO CATS!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
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