Based on what I’m hearing and what I admit is a bit of
speculation, here’s what I think we can expect in the coming weeks:
A.D. Hire
I can’t think of a more secretive process in Columbia history
other than this search process for a new Athletic Director. The usual leaks and
sources of info have either decided to shut up or we have a completely new set
of people in the loop.
Either way, I do expect us to hire a new A.D. the week of
January 5th.
Coaching Hire
I think the new A.D. will be able to quickly pick up the
search process for the new football head coach. And since I don’t expect him or
her to be starting truly from scratch, I would expect our new head coach to be
hired the week of January 26th.
So, just focusing on football for the moment, that gives us about
six-and-a-half weeks to wait before we name the new head coach.
I think that could be a very good thing. Despite some
headlines and stories that suggest the contrary, the longer we wait on this
decision, (within reason), more good candidates will become available than the
number of possible applicants who will go off the table.
I realize there have been some media reports indicating some
of our favorite possible candidates are off the table, but they are not
necessarily what they seem.
So, the next 45 days are likely to be more interesting and
will definitely be more rewarding than the entire 2014 season surely was.
After what we’ve been through the last year, Columbia fans
deserve to spend these coming six weeks or so daydreaming like people who have
just bought a $500 million Powerball ticket.
As long as we’re not disappointed right off the bat with a
bad A.D. hire, this should be a fun period with at least the chance for all of
us to be pleasantly surprised maybe more than once.
4 comments:
I am disappointed to not have the authority to at least talk to Jeff Tedord before he leaps to the wasteland of the CFL. He couldn't possibly be going there for the money. He just wants to coach. Who views the CFL as relevant? The players are 2nd and third tier in college. I bet he would have at least listened if Columbia showed interest. I also bet 500K would have been fine for him at this point.
Jake and others, just what changes were made at Dartmouth which caused the turnaround. They were arguably worse than us as recently as the Wilson years, and now they are an upper tier team. Clearly it wasn't a change in the HC position, so just what did they do?
The Darmouth football study by Rick Taylor, as reported by the Dartmouth AD is on line.
They also brought in a new President who make it clear he wanted Dartmouth to have successful sports teams.
I am guessing that helped a little bit, too
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