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(03-28-2022 02:34 PM)Old Dom Swag Wrote:  

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(03-28-2022 01:19 PM)mac Wrote:  Your initial post is spot on. But you hear nothing from the athletic department. Just come out and say where things stand, geese.

How often do athletic departments announce they aren't firing anyone? It's pretty rare.

It definitely happens when there is an annoyance in the fanbase:

Georgetown: https://www.casualhoya.com/2022/3/2/2295...d-big-east

Northwestern: https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/...pXnvQFbecw

The AD hasn't felt the need to address the program or it's future either because the financial hit hasn't been big enough or the public outcry isn't loud enough. There is also no independent, legit coverage of the athletic department anymore once Miller left the Pilot and we are suffering from that.

Day 1 stuff would be to ask Wood about Jeff's current contract and why extending him with only two years left (because of recruiting) happened before but not now. What their expectations are for the program as it enters the new conference. What, if any, effects of the impending CUSA lawsuit has on Athletic Department operations. That doesn't even get into asking big donors their feelings and rattling some chains to see if anyone has been approached about covering his buyout or any potential candidates they would pursue.

All of that coverage happens even at the smallest P5 by multiple sources. This school gets off scot free because nobody is paid to cover them with an independent eye. Instead we get regurgitated press releases about the teams best player transferring with no quotes, no sourcing and nothing you couldn't get from scanning Twitter and looking up his stats.

The Georgetown stuff came out because they secretly extended Ewing. But, also they are one of the schools with the most resources in the country. We are a small, mid-major program. The notoriety and attention to this program is not at the level of a Georgetown. ODU doesn't have the demand for constant sports coverage.

If ODU secretly extended Jeff Jones, how would we know? Might be time to crack some knuckles and submit a FOIA.

If ODU doesn't have the demand for constant sports coverage from someone...anyone, then the phrase "media market" should never be used when discussing the school's value.

https://www.odu.edu/news/2019/4/jeff_jon...kIVJS2z1Bw

Here's the official report on his contract from 2019. Says through 23/24. They bumped it up to 5 years after the CUSA championship, not knowing that was the peak. I guess its possible they did do a secret extension, though I would think that would have to be public info.