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Date Posted: 09:24:54 05/03/03 Sat
Author: Josh
Subject: Re: Eastern Michigan and Minn.-Duluth Athletic Programs
In reply to: Go Cats Go 's message, "Eastern Michigan and Minn.-Duluth Athletic Programs" on 04:23:49 05/03/03 Sat

>I decided that one of the better ways to judge these
>candidates is to look at the programs they run, and
>teams in them. So...

One area that needs to be considered in evaluating how succesful a program is under any AD's administration is the level of funding he or she is provided with. It's hard to be successful when you are underfunded and your competition has more scholarships, better paid coaches, etc. I'm not suggesting that this is the case here. Just something else to consider other than wins and losses.

Another factor to look at is how much money did the AD raise via development efforts, capital campaigns, marketing, promotions, etc.

Finally, how clean a program did he/she run? NCAA violations, personal comportment of coaching staff and athletes, etc.

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[> [> [> I totally agree... -- Go Cats Go, 12:29:23 05/03/03 Sat

Certainly, wins and losses is not the only way to measure the success of an AD. Fund-raising is very important, something that the BFP article implied Corran was very successful at at UMD.

I wish I had a record of coaching salaries at these schools. I'm sure this info is available somewhere (they're both public universities, so they're state employees). It would be interesting to see what coaches at these schools make in comparison to UVM, and what the ADs had to work with.

As far as running clean programs, from what I understand both EMU and UMD have nothing to worry about.

But, kinda what the original intent of my post was was to make the most tangible comparison to the two guys possible. There might be some external factors that may skew the comparison, but I still think Corran has the better record of success and sound decision-making.

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[> [> [> [> Re: I totally agree... -- Josh, 18:20:22 05/03/03 Sat

I agree with all of your points. As for salaries, my understanding is that UVM is at the bottom of the AE in virtually every category. Must be a lot cheaper to live in Burlington than on Long Island.

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