(10-22-2020 10:29 AM)dannyb73 Wrote: (10-22-2020 09:09 AM)anti-zip Wrote: Let me get this straight... We can't go to the games in person. So we have to watch/listen to them. Then they took our announcer away? Ain't that some s#!t? I'm sure whatever unpaid student they replace him with will know most of the players names by mid season at least.
This is the best post on this topic. Ty and David are guys I consider friends. And I have spoken to Ty. No doubt he is disappointed. Most of us are disappointed for him, because he is a great guy. But let's not put this all on Joel. 2020 has been funky. Tens of millions have lost their jobs. Joel was given the unenviable task of slashing a hell of a lot of money from the payroll because of COVID and the changing of the budget. Anyone who has owned a business or has P&L responsibilities at their job understands this predicament. It's not fun. Actually, it downright sucks. Joel took a paycut (as did several other coaches that I have read) and at 10% it may have been equivalent to what they were paying Ty. IDK the specifics. Regardless, it sucks and as I stated, I am disappointed.
That said, I cannot defend how it happened. But I cannot prosecute either. IDK. Ty didn't tell me much of anything as he is too classy to do so. I didn't pry. We spoke briefly on what's next and I just wanted him to know I was in his corner. If you are anti-Joel, that's fine, but I would be surprised if this was something that was on his radar before he was instructed to slash spending (and keep all these teams going).
2020 has been a long sh*tty year. Let's get to 2021 together as Flash fans and see what it will bring.
I agree. I understand layoffs.
I'm sure I would have lost my job, too, if I was still at Kent State.
And I would have understood. Difficult decisions need to be made.
The problem IS, like Danny said, the way it was done. And in that point, the blame lies solely with Joel. Ty gave most of his life to Kent State, and was treated like he was just another nameless face.
Even if Joel hated Ty, he could have at least wished him well.
Joel has never shown that he cares about anyone other than himself. In fact, I am certain that he doesn't care about anyone beyond himself, his family, and pleasing the president and the board... He has admitted as much in the presence of a Kent State head coach who tried to talk to him about the morale of the department.
At a school like Kent State that had budget issues before the current crisis, the athletic department needs to be a family that works together to fight the good fight and make more out of less.
Instead, Kent State is a place where everyone is told they are replaceable, and because of that, staff and coaches keep their heads down and try to avoid a boss they know does not care about them or the department.
If Ty was laid off by someone like Laing Kennedy, who clearly cared about him, he would continue to go out of his way to help his alma mater.
Instead, KSU has alienated another person who loved the place.
Kent State is willing to make the difficult decisions when it impacts the little people. I said the other day that Ty made about one-tenth of Joel's salary. Turns out, he made less than one tenth.
Ty gave more to Kent State every day he worked at that university than Joel has provided in his entire tenure as AD. But KSU won't make the difficult decision to get rid of him – a move that would have made a difference during the current financial crisis, and I have no doubt, would have made KSU Athletics function at a higher level.
Thanks Ty Linder 
