AD Finalists Announced

[grizindabox]

Personally not one of these candidates makes me think, that's the person to lead UM as athletic director. I think Kent H should be the last choice for the position. Reason is I think it would be in UM's best interest to find someone that has minimal to no ties to the current athletic department or university if at all possible.

With what has taken place a fresh start is needed.

I saw a homeless guy down at the river....he would be a great AD, he has absolutely no ties to UM (maybe MSU though)

 

[BWahlberg]

I am surprised that the finalists are from schools (other than WSU) smaller than U of M. I think the finalists before O'Day hire had higher profiles. I would have liked to seen more candidates from DI football schools so that their experiences at the higher level might have translated in bringing in new ideas for the U of M programs. My guess is the salary level precluded getting more glowing candidates.

Might've also been tough for other people from D1 football schools to consider coming to the UM when there's risk that Pat Williams might press Royce Engstrom enough to the point where Royce would bring you into his office one morning and fire you without any prior warning.

Tough to leave a higher up job when you see that happen.

IMO

 

[OrgonGriz]

Personally not one of these candidates makes me think, that's the person to lead UM as athletic director. I think Kent H should be the last choice for the position. Reason is I think it would be in UM's best interest to find someone that has minimal to no ties to the current athletic department or university if at all possible.

With what has taken place a fresh start is needed.

I saw a homeless guy down at the river....he would be a great AD, he has absolutely no ties to UM (maybe MSU though)

Your pulling for Kent H as it seems. Everyone is entitled to there opinion for sure. I am certain Kent is a great and upstanding man. However my opinion is UM should look outside of the people currently accosiated with UM athletics. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Griz1]

I would strongly favor Haslam. He is a proven commodity in my opinion.

With the exception of Johnson I do not know the other candidates or really anything more about them than has been in the press releases.

I was involved during the hiring of Bill Moos (whom I considered a good hire) and I can assure you that this is a very difficult position to fill with a person. There are many demanding aspects to the job and the successful candidate will need the total support of the University, the athletic department, the alumni and the community. We don't need a phony in this job or someone with a "big time" attitude. It takes a lot of courage to make the right decisions and charisma to appeal to the public.

If anyone has more information about the other candidates I would like to know more about them. I do think the inside vs outside candidates is ridiculous. I would argue we have no inside candidates in this group as Haslam has not been here that long either. The right man for the job is what we need regardless of who it is.

 

[grizindabox]

Personally not one of these candidates makes me think, that's the person to lead UM as athletic director. I think Kent H should be the last choice for the position. Reason is I think it would be in UM's best interest to find someone that has minimal to no ties to the current athletic department or university if at all possible.

With what has taken place a fresh start is needed.

I saw a homeless guy down at the river....he would be a great AD, he has absolutely no ties to UM (maybe MSU though)

Your pulling for Kent H as it seems. Everyone is entitled to there opinion for sure. I am certain Kent is a great and upstanding man. However my opinion is UM should look outside of the people currently accosiated with UM athletics. Just my 2 cents.

Actually I have no dog in this fight, but for you to discredit him just because he is an in-house candidate is wrong. I hope they hire the best person for the job. I did hope to see some candidates from more prolific programs, but you get what you pay for.

 

[argh!]

Personally not one of these candidates makes me think, that's the person to lead UM as athletic director. I think Kent H should be the last choice for the position. Reason is I think it would be in UM's best interest to find someone that has minimal to no ties to the current athletic department or university if at all possible.

With what has taken place a fresh start is needed.

I saw a homeless guy down at the river....he would be a great AD, he has absolutely no ties to UM (maybe MSU though)

i do too have ties to um. you are wrong, dude.

 

[mtgrizrule]

E-mail from Royce:

I am pleased to announce that four finalists have been invited to campus to interview for the Director of Athletics position. The finalists are Carl Clapp, Associate Athletics Director and Interim Athletics Director at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; John Johnson, Senior Associate Director of Athletics at Washington State University; Kent Haslam, Associate Athletic Director for Development with The University of Montana Foundation; and Chris King, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Texas-Pan American.

The candidates each will speak at an Open Forum where members of the campus and Missoula communities will have the opportunity to ask questions of the candidates and provide feedback to the search committee. Each forum will run from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in the University Center Theater. The schedule is as follows:

· Monday, August 27 – Carl Clapp
· Wednesday, August 29 – John Johnson
· Thursday, August 30 – Kent Haslam
· Friday August 31 – Chris King

These finalists are passionate about their work and exhibit the strong leadership skills needed to take Grizzly Athletics to an even higher level of excellence. I encourage you to actively participate in the forums and provide your feedback to the members of the search committee.

My process of elimination (with humor)
Clapp-Sorry, but other team's fans are bad enough without having someone by the last name of Clapp running the show.

John Johnson-Where is the creativity in this name?

Kent Haslam- In an effort to shut up the anti hire from within the good ole boys network. No go.

Chris King- What is to not like about the last name King, representing our athletic dept? (winner)

Back to reality, I am pulling for Haslam. :thumb:

 

[Hammer]

Haslam. hands down!

 

[argh!]

I am surprised that the finalists are from schools (other than WSU) smaller than U of M. I think the finalists before O'Day hire had higher profiles. I would have liked to seen more candidates from DI football schools so that their experiences at the higher level might have translated in bringing in new ideas for the U of M programs. My guess is the salary level precluded getting more glowing candidates.

Might've also been tough for other people from D1 football schools to consider coming to the UM when there's risk that Pat Williams might press Royce Engstrom enough to the point where Royce would bring you into his office one morning and fire you without any prior warning.

Tough to leave a higher up job when you see that happen.

IMO

if any of them doesn't query engstrom et al about what has gone on and why, that person should be automatically disqualified for the job.

 

[BWahlberg]

good point

 

[Spanky]

I would submit that one of the reasons why we don't have stronger candidates is the current turmoil at UM. Why the hurry to hire anyone before we know the results of the investigations? Many possible AD applicants possibly didn't apply due to concern about Engstrom and the manner in which Pflugrad and O'Day were terminated. Think about it....would you apply if you were a qualified candidate knowing full well that you could end up a victim of Engstrom's wrath?

 

[LakGriz]

I'm w/you, Grizindabox, check out them homeless guys (and gals -- Title 9) along the river. They have to be creative, innovators

 

[Ashamed]

Why didn't Gwen make the finalist list?

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

So 3 of them are wasting their time coming to Missoula.........this thing is already over.

 

[mtgrizrule]

So 3 of them are wasting their time coming to Missoula.........this thing is already over.

:thumb:

 

[grizbro]

Even though Kent's been here a few years, I think he's still kinda an outsider. Would be nice to have him with new vision plus with the connections he's made since he's started here. A good combination.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

I would submit that one of the reasons why we don't have stronger candidates is the current turmoil at UM. Why the hurry to hire anyone before we know the results of the investigations? Many possible AD applicants possibly didn't apply due to concern about Engstrom and the manner in which Pflugrad and O'Day were terminated. Think about it....would you apply if you were a qualified candidate knowing full well that you could end up a victim of Engstrom's wrath?

Of course you would apply. Its not everyday you get to work with a college president that has the balls to clean up the dirtiest thugfest since "The U".

Anyone qualified to be an AD would be able to see that ODay did a piss poor job of running this thing and they would welcome the challenge to help keep it cleaned up.

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[kemajic]

Why didn't Gwen make the finalist list?

She withdrew for fear of censorship.

 

[GrizNinja]

I am surprised that the finalists are from schools (other than WSU) smaller than U of M. I think the finalists before O'Day hire had higher profiles. I would have liked to seen more candidates from DI football schools so that their experiences at the higher level might have translated in bringing in new ideas for the U of M programs. My guess is the salary level precluded getting more glowing candidates.

Might've also been tough for other people from D1 football schools to consider coming to the UM when there's risk that Pat Williams might press Royce Engstrom enough to the point where Royce would bring you into his office one morning and fire you without any prior warning.

Tough to leave a higher up job when you see that happen.

IMO

Umm...pretty sure University of Hawaii is a D1 football school bigger than UM. Stadium capacity and enrollment are both around 50,000

 

[EverettGriz]

I am surprised that the finalists are from schools (other than WSU) smaller than U of M. I think the finalists before O'Day hire had higher profiles. I would have liked to seen more candidates from DI football schools so that their experiences at the higher level might have translated in bringing in new ideas for the U of M programs. My guess is the salary level precluded getting more glowing candidates.

To be fair, Hawaii is larger than UM. And King was the Associate AD at Alabama before taking the head job at UTPA. But I agree with your suggestion that salary may have precluded existing ADs at FBS schools from applying.