Hunter or the next "rising star"

[ZachTheZip]

Of course he would be named the interrim AD. He was second-in-command and that's usually how that works.Think of the next week or two as a trial run. What he does in the next few weeks will determine if the university will go on a national search or stick with Hunter. His fate is entirely in his hands.

[akronad]

My experiences with interim anything is they don't last. What I mean is the odds are stacked against Hunter being named the permanent AD and if he were named to the position the odds are even longer that he succeeds. I have nothing against Hunter and if becomes the man, then great. I would only hope that he would bring some stability to that position and bring in someone that really knows something about marketing.

[Dr Z]

My experiences with interim anything is they don't last.

Seemed to work for former Bowling Green coach Dan Bylsma. Went from Interim to Stanley Cup Champ in a half a season!?!?

[Captain Kangaroo]

What he does in the next few weeks will determine if the university will go on a national search or stick with Hunter. His fate is entirely in his hands.

UA officials have worked with Hunter for 3 years. If they base their search decision solely on what the guy does from June 23rd to July 15th 2009, they're using the most bizarre evaluation strategy know to man. What can he possibly accomplish in 3 weeks as an interim AD? Schedule a home-home with Ohio State? Hire Pete Carrol away from USC?UA pretty much already knows what they have in Hunter. Hopefully they bring in 3-4 other candidates to compare his "vision" of the next 3 years of UA athletics to some outside ideas.I will be interested to learn if Hunter can bring to the table something other than the most overused, Hunter-descriptive term on the board -- stability. What if Proenza was all about "stability," and not vision? We'd still be a slightly bigger version of YSU.

[ZachTheZip]

Maybe Hunter had ideas that Mack wouldn't let him act on. Now's his chance to show that he can handle it and that he has his own vision.I agree that "stability" is not what the athletics department needs. Stability = stagnation.As for what Hunter can do in a short time, he just sold UA out for some cash to play Virginia Tech with no return game. Expect a few more visible moves in the near future.

[MaxZIP]

Maybe Hunter had ideas that Mack wouldn't let him act on. Now's his chance to show that he can handle it and that he has his own vision.I agree that "stability" is not what the athletics department needs. Stability = stagnation.As for what Hunter can do in a short time, he just sold UA out for some cash to play Virginia Tech with no return game. Expect a few more visible moves in the near future.

A return game would have been nice. Even a 2 for 1 would have been better than pimping our team out like that. don't worry we will lock up Morgan state each year for the next decade to make up for it. We need a BCS team at home each year enough said. Our regional profile will be raised by bringing in big teams. think about when Wisconson came to Can't. People still talk about taht game in a crappy stadium against a crappy team. Indiana and Kentucky are nice but VA Tech and other big name exotic ACC and Big-12 schools are a good change to syracuse.