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Bobinski = Bizarro Morgan Burke

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Saw the new AD last night up here and was impressed. This quote was very refreshing as published in today's Times.

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He said he's felt the football frustration from a lot of alums, but he's happy former Boilermakers are engaged, even if from a negative point of view.

"It shows that you care," he told the crowd.

"We've accepted less than excellence. That sells us way short."
 
Considering Burke made comments that totally threw the JPC and current staff in a recent article under the bus..I'd say it was fair.

ah I found it.
must have blocked that out aleady.
maybe my original comment/thoughts are reversed.

as a "university vice president" , is he technically a superior over mb2 ?
some of these public comments make me wonder how smooth the transition has been behind closed doors.

so far impressed with bobinski and brohm, happy to have them on team purdue
 
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Morgan's party will be THE event of the year. I'm hearing he may not be the only farewell this summer either.
 
I really don't think Burke believed PU had the athletic management staff or commitment from the administration to provide the resources for PU athletics to be anything better than middle of the pack and really good periodically. There was no desire to be great. The goal was to be fiscally responsible and do OK on the field/court because that would help him keep his job.
 
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I really don't think Burke believed PU had the athletic management staff or commitment from the administration to provide the resources for PU athletics to be anything better than middle of the pack and really good periodically. There was no desire to be great. The goal was to be fiscally responsible and do OK on the field/court because that would help him keep his job.

And that falls directly on the AD himself. It is his job, as the head of the department, to sell to those above him the immense benefit would come from having an incredibly successful football program and basketball program. This was clearly evident after Butler's run of success to back to back Final Four appearances and their applications for enrollment. You can also see a multitude of other example but the fact a clear cut example of what should happen occurred less than an hour away from our campus simply shows that Morgan was more concerned about his own legacy and collecting a paycheck rather than taking chances and sticking his own neck out.

Tiny Butler’s NCAA tournament success provided a bounce beyond basketball
 
And that falls directly on the AD himself. It is his job, as the head of the department, to sell to those above him the immense benefit would come from having an incredibly successful football program and basketball program. This was clearly evident after Butler's run of success to back to back Final Four appearances and their applications for enrollment. You can also see a multitude of other example but the fact a clear cut example of what should happen occurred less than an hour away from our campus simply shows that Morgan was more concerned about his own legacy and collecting a paycheck rather than taking chances and sticking his own neck out.

Tiny Butler’s NCAA tournament success provided a bounce beyond basketball

I agree but that's my point. Morgan himself either didn't want to risk anything if he knew he could keep his job for a long time by not taking big risks and just keep the admin happy or he didn't believe Purdue would be able to sustain success so why try? . And then, when he finally did take a big risk on Hazell, it blew up on him.
He made 4 big hiring decisions during his 20+ years and 3 of them were considered very low risk/safe: Tiller, Painter, and Hope.
Hazell was his big swing and miss, not because he was a big name but because the admin finally ponied up some money.
 
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I agree but that's my point. Morgan himself either didn't want to risk anything if he knew he could keep his job for a long time by not taking big risks and just keep the admin happy or he didn't believe Purdue would be able to sustain success so why try? . And then, when he finally did take a big risk on Hazell, it blew up on him.
He made 4 big hiring decisions during his 20+ years and 3 of them were considered very low risk/safe: Tiller, Painter, and Hope.
Hazell was his big swing and miss, not because he was a big name but because the admin finally ponied up some money.
I wouldn't classify Hazell as a big swing and miss. His timing was horrible and he bumbled his search. He could have easily fired Hope the previous year and grabbed Mike Leach (who is doing good things at Wazzou but I am guessing would have been attracted to Purdue much easier) or he should have given Hope one more year and with the schedule in front of him would have more than likely failed to get to a bowl game. He could easily have said the program isn't taking the direction he wants to see and hired a much better candidate. Either way, those are decisions that are light years ahead of what he actually did....he had a history of miffing hirings and either lucking in to good ones (Painter and Tiller), horrific hirings (Hope and Hazell), or crapping the entire process like he did with Paul Chryst.

Burke was a horrible leader and appeared to many to be some one who wanted to sit in his box seats and away from regular fans rather than taking suggestions from those around him who were knowledgeable. I have spoken to many former athletes at Purdue who went on to athletic or business success and Morgan tuned them out to the point they stopped reaching out to the department to offer help or advice.
 
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I wouldn't classify Hazell as a big swing and miss. His timing was horrible and he bumbled his search. He could have easily fired Hope the previous year and grabbed Mike Leach (who is doing good things at Wazzou but I am guessing would have been attracted to Purdue much easier) or he should have given Hope one more year and with the schedule in front of him would have more than likely failed to get to a bowl game. He could easily have said the program isn't taking the direction he wants to see and hired a much better candidate. Either way, those are decisions that are light years ahead of what he actually did....he had a history of miffing hirings and either lucking in to good ones (Painter and Tiller), horrific hirings (Hope and Hazell), or crapping the entire process like he did with Paul Chryst.

Burke was a horrible leader and appeared to many to be some one who wanted to sit in his box seats and away from regular fans rather than taking suggestions from those around him who were knowledgeable. I have spoken to many former athletes at Purdue who went on to athletic or business success and Morgan tuned them out to the point they stopped reaching out to the department to offer help or advice.
IMHO the problem with Burke was that he considered all sports to be more or less equal. He often stated that his objective was to have all Purdue sports in the top 25 and that is a laudable goal, but I don't believe that he understood that football revenue is the 900-lb gorilla and it drives everything else. That's why he was such a cheapskate with football coaches salaries.

Burke couldn't bring himself to pay a football coach $5 million while the tennis coach was making peanuts. That's why we ended up this Hope and Haze.
 
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Anyone know how much basketball brings in a year?
PROFIT/LOSS

Wisconsin $12,974,303

Indiana $11,197,539

Ohio State $10,317,263

Maryland $9,521,988

Illinois $9,350,410

Michigan $7,856,268

Michigan State $7,206,987

Northwestern $6,771,619*

Penn State $5,422,567

Minnesota $4,442,335

Purdue $3,132,031

Nebraska $3,111,881

Iowa $1,879,444

Rutgers -$669,118

Link to Article: Purdue Rankings in Conference
 
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PROFIT/LOSS

Wisconsin $12,974,303

Indiana $11,197,539

Ohio State $10,317,263

Maryland $9,521,988

Illinois $9,350,410

Michigan $7,856,268

Michigan State $7,206,987

Northwestern $6,771,619*

Penn State $5,422,567

Minnesota $4,442,335

Purdue $3,132,031

Nebraska $3,111,881

Iowa $1,879,444

Rutgers -$669,118

Link to Article: Purdue Rankings in Conference
Are these numbers apples to apples? Hard to understand how Illinois makes 300% more BB income than Purdue, and Nebraska the same income. And those Penn State and NW BB income figures?!?
 
Are these numbers apples to apples? Hard to understand how Illinois makes 300% more BB income than Purdue, and Nebraska the same income. And those Penn State and NW BB income figures?!?
Burke took the money for the swimming program.
 
Are these numbers apples to apples? Hard to understand how Illinois makes 300% more BB income than Purdue, and Nebraska the same income. And those Penn State and NW BB income figures?!?

I had the same question at first, but according to the article it has to do with Purdue lumping all their media rights together while many others split them out according to sport.

"If Purdue separated its media rights from an accounting standpoint, the football program would show more revenue than $18.7 million, which ranks last in the Big Ten."
 
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