(06-28-2020 03:31 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(06-28-2020 09:42 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I don’t want any of the current AD’s in that role and I also don’t want Jurich. I just think he is a shady character and we can do better than him too.

This is a prestigious gig. There should be plenty of qualified applicants from which to choose.

Radacovich, then Wildchek are probably the top two out of the current AD's. Then perhaps Corrigan.

Here's a tutorial for some of you. John Skipper, ESPN President until cocaine bit him, is a UNC grad from the 70's. More importantly he is from Lexington, NC. Swofford is from North Wilkesboro. When many of you talk about Tobacco Road and you focus on Duke and UNC-Ch, you need to look deeper and determine if they are from the Piedmont Triad, do the have ties to the old families and companies that ran their business and had business models akin to a parentalized mill. I'm talking R J Reynolds, Cone, Jefferson Pilot, etc. The business heart of NC in the 1950's was the Piedmont Triad - High Point, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro, not the Triangle or Charlotte.

The exclusive, clubbish mentality that many of seek to cast off, comes as much from the social system of Piedmont NC as it does the Universities in NC. My first question to Wildchek would be - how close are you to John Skipper? If he said, he's my bud, I'd say goodbye. From a NC Piedmont Triad social stratification standpoint, the only current AD that fits that bill is Corrigan, and Swarbrick.

My sense is that Duke and UNC are on the outside, looking in right now. Most importantly the Chairman of the UNC Board of Governors is for the first time, an NC State man and will be until June of 2022.

The business model standard of the Piedmont North Carolina was created by J. Spencer Love at Burlington Industries, not Cone Mills or RJ Reynolds. And what the heck does hiring a Commissioner for the conference have to do with John Skipper? I doubt that Skipper will be invited to join the search committee.
And for the record....Duke is always in the center of conference politics. Their partners have changed over the years, but the boys from Durham have been running the show from the very beginning.

Swofford did exactly what he was hired to do: manage. The question moving forward, how much freedom will the new hire have?