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Post by phearthephoenix on Apr 23, 2012 9:49:49 GMT -6
Rick Costello resigns as AD at uwm Now hiring at uwm: athletic director, mens soccer coach, womens basketball coach, plus a mens basketball coach that interviews for every single job opening in D1 basketball. This is pretty fun to watch ;D
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Post by shooting the J on Apr 23, 2012 10:16:45 GMT -6
The sad thing is there is just no reason to have any confidence in their ability to make a quality hire. Their athletics department has always been devoid of organization and oversight.
Despite a large budget, their MBB team looks to be one of the worst in the conference next year, with very little young talent. They also have an ugly off-the-court history. Their WBB team needs a total rebuild. It's sad for a school that size to struggle so much in its only 2 revenue sports.
As much as I poke fun at them, this conference needs its 2 largest schools, UWM and UIC, to take advantage of the large budgets at their disposal.
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Post by greenflyingmachine on Apr 23, 2012 12:45:01 GMT -6
I love it. Here, we're discussing whether we even need to fill our last scholarship opening with a newcomer. UW-M has 3 or 4 scholarship openings, an assistant coach opening, and have yet to complete their schedule, yet they're not even able to discuss any of those things because of bigger problems. Stay hot Panthers!
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Apr 24, 2012 6:03:47 GMT -6
I would have to say it is pretty interesting to watch this unfold. Obviously there is something wrong with either the way they hire or from a level higher than the Athletic Department. Whoever they hire is walking into a mess and one that I am not sure is easily fixed. Almost seems like a no win position.
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Post by can opener man on Apr 24, 2012 15:54:14 GMT -6
uwgbphoenix phan said: "plus a mens basketball coach that interviews for every single job opening in D1 basketball. "
I have noticed that as well, it is interesting that Jeter seems to want out of Milwaukee. He is not showing much loyalty there. Is their Atheltic Department situation that bad, that the higher budget they get compared to the rest of the conference, that he wouldn't want to stay longer ?
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Post by PantherU on Apr 25, 2012 18:47:17 GMT -6
Part of Jeter's interviewing with other jobs has been because the leadership in the department. There were certain things done under George Koonce and now Rick Costello (different things) that would make just about any coach consider leaving. The "Climate study" that I've been talking about on my website for over a month now is basically a top-down stripping of the entire department to figure out exactly what's wrong with it. It's like we have a 1990 Chevy Camaro that's been beat to shit in the past few years and we need to take it all apart and rebuild it. It's not going to be fun, but it's necessary. The study itself is almost done, but the decisions based off the study will play out over the next couple months. What will result is a streamlined athletic department that has (hopefully) all the right people in place, or at least eliminates the wrong ones from their positions. Several problems have been created over the past two decades since we made the jump in 1990. I'll give you guys a brief rundown of the issues up to today. I'm also including a couple good things to tie up any loose ends in the story. www.brewcityball.com/forums/content.php?322-Timeline-of-Turmoil
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Post by fightphoe93 on Apr 26, 2012 6:04:08 GMT -6
BlackpantherMKE, nice job on the article. I always wondered what the deal was there.
As a side note, I actually was a UWM student for 1 semester in 1990. That was right when they first went to D1. They really weren't too bad for a fledgling D1 school.
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Post by gbbrl97 on Apr 26, 2012 17:54:26 GMT -6
Great articles blackpanthermke.....It too bad that the athletic department has deteriorated the way it has. With competent leadership and the resources available, there's no reason that UWM should be a top 3 men's basketball program year in and year out. If BU decides to bolt for the A-10, UWM should be in a position to move into that top dog spot, but with the current state of flux in the AD's office, that won't happen.
It makes us fortunate that UWGB has stability in the AD's office. We have a mid-major power in women's BB, a consistent winner in swimming and diving, and hopefully a men's BB program back on the upswing.
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Post by fansincebuss on Apr 26, 2012 18:22:53 GMT -6
Thaks for the link Blackpanthermle, a lot of good information.
From the article: "2006. Following a second straight year with victories in the NCAA Tournament, Milwaukee is in danger of losing a coach again. Jeter is interviewed by Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard, a friend from Madison. Pollard's offer ($400k) is matched by Bud Haidet, and Jeter stays. Each year until he retires (07, 08, 09), Haidet signs Jeter to a one-year extension, so his contract expires in 2016."
There was a lot of talk back in 2006 that there was no actual offer from Iowa State. The conjecture was that Jeter and his Madison buddy conspired to use the supposed offer to extort more money from Haidet. If true, it certainly worked to perfection.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 27, 2012 11:23:58 GMT -6
Great articles blackpanthermke.....It too bad that the athletic department has deteriorated the way it has. With competent leadership and the resources available, there's no reason that UWM should be a top 3 men's basketball program year in and year out. If BU decides to bolt for the A-10, UWM should be in a position to move into that top dog spot, but with the current state of flux in the AD's office, that won't happen. It makes us fortunate that UWGB has stability in the AD's office. We have a mid-major power in women's BB, a consistent winner in swimming and diving, and hopefully a men's BB program back on the upswing. That's the thing that really sticks a craw in our collective ass haha - that you have a budget that is one of the largest in the conference, yet we still haven't gotten back to the tournament since that senior class of guys recruited by Bo and Bruce cycled out in 2006. Most of that's due to our own team in the past three seasons being good but not good enough, although I think the 2011 team probably could have won a game in the NCAA Tournament had they not been de-pantsed by the national runner-up at home in the title game. And that large budget just comes from the fact that you're talking about a Big Ten-sized public research university that keeps getting bigger. Milwaukee's endowment is getting bigger every year due to increases in donations and money made off of patents (the research is beginning to pay off). The enrollment is hovering around 30,000, but beginning this fall they're going to require every traditional freshman to live on campus. The footprint keeps getting bigger and newer (existing buildings are being razed and rebuilt). The academic reputation is getting better - more slowly then I'd hope, but it's starting to show. Our film school is now one of the tops in the world, architecture continues to hold serve in the top 20, business is really picking up steam, the fine arts program has always been really high up, and education and nursing are still vital to the future of the area and state. So the school is there, it's just a dogged fight to get everyone in the university believing in the program moving forward. I like to say it like this: in 1990 the athletic department became D-I, but the rest of the university remained in a D-III mentality. And that lack of passion for a D-I program lived on for over a decade, so when the program finally started to boom, the growth in attendance and interest in the program didn't meet the level it should have for the type and size university it is.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 27, 2012 11:26:44 GMT -6
Thaks for the link Blackpanthermle, a lot of good information. From the article: "2006. Following a second straight year with victories in the NCAA Tournament, Milwaukee is in danger of losing a coach again. Jeter is interviewed by Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard, a friend from Madison. Pollard's offer ($400k) is matched by Bud Haidet, and Jeter stays. Each year until he retires (07, 08, 09), Haidet signs Jeter to a one-year extension, so his contract expires in 2016." There was a lot of talk back in 2006 that there was no actual offer from Iowa State. The conjecture was that Jeter and his Madison buddy conspired to use the supposed offer to extort more money from Haidet. If true, it certainly worked to perfection. That's certainly an interesting idea, but it was never actually reported that Pollard had the offer out. Privately I had heard from both parties, and not just Jeter and Pollard, that the offer had been there. The other thing about it is that it wasn't until Jeter signed the extension that Pollard pursued Greg McDermott.
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Post by can opener man on Apr 28, 2012 17:51:07 GMT -6
remember the time jeter got mad at fletcher during a game, then during the next time out jeter ran towards fletcher and chest bumped him like an idiot. jeter is too funny.
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Post by shooting the J on Apr 29, 2012 17:30:54 GMT -6
remember the time jeter got mad at fletcher during a game, then during the next time out jeter ran towards fletcher and chest bumped him like an idiot. jeter is too funny. Yes I do, that was a very ugly incident. Typical of the lack of discipline that is the trademark of Jeter's program. That lack of discipline is constantly on display with their short-cut style recruiting. Jeter's lack of patience in developing 4 year players has left them with a low ceiling roster, and has lead to many off the court incidents.
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Post by gbbrl97 on Apr 30, 2012 7:52:48 GMT -6
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Post by stillaphoenixphan on Apr 30, 2012 7:58:56 GMT -6
Yes there is a very good article. One of the things it talks about is calling it U of M, Just like we should be U of GB. Madison is UW not us. We're GB and should be proud of it!
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