I actually came up with the idea independently of Sports Illustrated. The SI article I quoted is dated the same day as my initial post, but I don't know what time it came online. I didn't find the article until yesterday.


Does anybody think I should write an email to Father Garanzini about Robinson, or do you figure the word got out via Ramblermania?

Swella - In the absence of an official search committee that is accepting nominations, I think it's worthwhile to put forward this name in whatever way you can. I wouldn't assume that posting on Ramblermania is enough to make someone consider it.

Brot - I think being the brother of the first lady is relevant. Not for political connections that swella mentioned, but for the big-time notoriety that comes along with it. If he stays in athletics, whatever job Robinson gets next will be national sports news. That's valuable for us in terms of media (short and long term), and also to the extent that the AD can be involved in basketball recruiting.

As for his failing and being fired at Oregon State, that doesn't bother me at all. All of us learn from failure. I don't see it as something that should disqualify him given all the other parts of his background that are intriguing. I see him as a worthy candidate.

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I completely disagree. Even if in appearance only, it would raise the profile of the position and the University. Who you are is just about everything today. Look no further than the massive amount of coverage Loyola received from the Sheryl Swoopes hire. There was no guarantee she'd be good at the job as she had no previous experience, but at the very least it was newsworthy. Being located in city of Chicago, you can't tell me it's useless to be the brother-in-law of the POTUS. While it is no indicator of whether or not he can do the job, it is absolutely relevant.

That's true, but usually when you've been burned in the recent past, you don't go for a similar guy.

We already have someone on staff that has proven himself to have continually failed. But he took a lesser job and claims to have "learned" and that he has become a "better coach." Three years in, I'm still waiting to see that better coach.

Sorry, but I'm once bitten, twice shy when it comes to Robinson. I'm not sold that he's the right person for the job.

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I'm not sold either, but I do think he's an interesting candidate.

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OK Guys--I like Swella's--Political connections " better. Michelle no doubt is popular in Chicago BUT is also controversial --We need someone who can get the job done without a 'crutch"-- I do like his written about qualifications--Those are what really count. BUT he is just one of many--I hope.

BTW here in Akron we are going through almost the same thing--JIM Tressel--he of a checkered past at OSU is trying for the Presidency of AKRON U--I wager he does not make it--BUT then , I do not always win my bets--in fact I have an extremely bad record !!!!

As for LUC--we do not need controversy---"Political connections " will do nicely

Agreed. Too bad we have zero information about the search.

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I'm not sold on Robinson one way or another, but let's at least get one thing straight--- the job that's open is AD, not head men's basketball coach. I would HOPE that whomever we get for AD is not going to be expected, encouraged or allowed to micro-manage the men's basketball program over the shoulder of the coach. So won-loss record as a head basketball coach should not really be a consideration. The AD job is an administrative job that requires knowledge and experience in a Division I athletic program. So in the case of Craig Robinson, I'd be more concerned about his graduation rate, budgetary record, and hiring background than his won-loss record at Oregon State. Even his corporate experience would tell me more about his ability to lead the athletic department than where he finished as a coach in the Pac 12.

63 you make very good points. My hopes for the next AD:

1. Raise $
2. Gets hoops. Help fosters a winning environment.
3. Don't do a hatchet job on the rest of the department like was previously done. Sidenote, one of the two remaining coaches from the old regime just brought home a nat'l title.

Amen to all three, 08, with the exception that the new AD can use a scalpel on Betsi Boop and Carol Karaoke.