Was a fantastic interview on local sports radio (610 FNZ) this morning with longtime Charlotte Observer staff writer (and occasional provocateur) Tom Sorenson this morning discussing the retirement. They didn't see this coming, so Tom was brought on to give his off the cuff assessment.

Basically he said that though Judy did a lot of good things in her (earlier) tenure, and he especially spent some time on the superb facilities, there just wasn't a commitment to the revenue sports in recent years in his opinion. He went on to say that the Charlotte market is ripe for the taking, and he thinks the program can do it with the right hires and mindset/support from the top. Tom isn't the type to carelessly lavish praise. I think what most impressed him was that like with Football, a lot of people in certain positions tried to tell the fanbase who and what it could be, and we didn't listen. We got football, and now we are moving on from Judy. he loves the self determination and, in his words, what is becoming more obvious / impossible to ignore potential on that campus. What a great day to be a Niner!

(01-04-2018 12:08 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  Happy for you guys this is what you wanted.

Hopefully you get a good one in. It is always a crap shoot on the next hire.

I honestly don’t think we could do worse than the one we had/have.
Between terrible marketing, terrible hires, inept communication, unwillingness to adapt to technology, and general malaise’, she pretty much checked the do not do list of “being a good AD in 2018”.

It might take a few years to see results on the field and court, but this is absolutely a positive step.

congratulations! we fired Cheryl Levick and her lame duck football coach, then never looked back. I also expect good things for Charlotte.

Power to the people.

How much is the retirement attributed to the pressure put on Judy from the Niner fans ? 100% ?

So happy for Charlotte. I imagine there is work ahead, but I know the true fans were dying for this. Best of luck and congrats!

(01-04-2018 11:17 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Judy is still there until July 1 and might even hire our new Men's Basketball Coach before she leaves.

Might.....You will need a HC in place before July 1st. Unless you keep Fancher for the 18-19 season as interim. Then comes the question on why he would stay there knowing he is never going to be full time HC.

(01-04-2018 12:28 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Power to the people.

How much is the retirement attributed to the pressure put on Judy from the Niner fans ? 100% ?

She was probably going to retire within the next 3 years but we couldn't afford to wait that long. I believe this 100% forced her hand.

(01-04-2018 12:39 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:17 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Judy is still there until July 1 and might even hire our new Men's Basketball Coach before she leaves.

Might.....You will need a HC in place before July 1st. Unless you keep Fancher for the 18-19 season as interim. Then comes the question on why he would stay there knowing he is never going to be full time HC.

Doesn't mean a replacement can't be in place working alongside her until she leaves. She's retiring, not fired, so I doubt this will be a clean out your office and get out scenario. She will likely hold the new hires hand for a bit and get them introduced to the people that matter (and then hopefully they'll expand beyond those people unlike she ever did).

(01-04-2018 01:06 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Doesn't mean a replacement can't be in place working alongside her until she leaves. She's retiring, not fired, so I doubt this will be a clean out your office and get out scenario. She will likely hold the new hires hand for a bit and get them introduced to the people that matter and explain to him/her that women's sports ALWAYS come before football and basketball and not to waste excess resources, money, and donations on such foolish things (and then hopefully they'll expand beyond those people unlike she ever did).

FIFY

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm happy for Charlotte today. I don't know much about the athletics department, but from what I've heard here, Rose needed to go. I hope you guys make a great hire, and I hope you can find a way to compete against the Panthers for attention in football.

Congrats. Good luck with your next hire.

(01-04-2018 02:13 PM)Ourland Wrote:  I'm happy for Charlotte today. I don't know much about the athletics department, but from what I've heard here, Rose needed to go. I hope you guys make a great hire, and I hope you can find a way to compete against the Panthers for attention in football.

We don't really compete with the Panthers anymore than we do with the Hornets in basketball. We just need to get our own alumni back on board and we'll be fine. Anything else is gravy.

I'll admit i'm new to the Charlotte family, Class of '16 but I'm thrilled by this news.

We have hope, that's more than I could say yesterday. The fan base is energized now, can't wait to see who is going lead us going forward.

(01-04-2018 01:06 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 12:39 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:17 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Judy is still there until July 1 and might even hire our new Men's Basketball Coach before she leaves.

Might.....You will need a HC in place before July 1st. Unless you keep Fancher for the 18-19 season as interim. Then comes the question on why he would stay there knowing he is never going to be full time HC.

Doesn't mean a replacement can't be in place working alongside her until she leaves. She's retiring, not fired, so I doubt this will be a clean out your office and get out scenario. She will likely hold the new hires hand for a bit and get them introduced to the people that matter (and then hopefully they'll expand beyond those people unlike she ever did).

Agreed. As a headhunter, I think there's a real case to be made for big money college athletic jobs like this to go temp-to-perm. Try before you buy.

I'd sure hate to see Charlotte steal Hamrick away from Marshall.

Wow huge! Congrats! Where’s CLT? I told him my signature was worth something!

(01-04-2018 05:44 PM)ODU2011 Wrote:  Wow huge! Congrats! Where’s CLT? I told him my signature was worth something!

clt says thanks buddy!