[Spiny_Norman]

Face the fact that Bernie is mediocrity personified. A glad-hand cypher. Take a close look at his administrative record. Anything jump out as distinguished? Any legacy achievement that will outlast him? What you're seeing is what you'll keep getting. You OK with that? You think this administrative cog will suddenly metamorphose into something more? Yet more evidence that  #MuirAndShawMustGo.

I agree Muir should be replaced, but for somewhat different reasons. I believe that all ADs are administrative cogs. That is what they are hired to be. Muir just isn't a good administrative cog. As BC and others have pointed out, the first major NCAA violations were on his watch. There was Varsity Blues. There was the sports cancellation followed by reversals. These administrative failures are enough to require replacement.
ADs generally hire very few coaches during their tenure. If you are replacing a coach frequently it is obvious you have problems. It is not a learn by doing activity. Many ADs hire search firms to find the coach when a replacement is required. In almost all cases the AD has to be collaborative with at least most of the stakeholders in hiring a new coach anyway and certainly gets lots of input. Obviously some ADs are better at hiring coaches than others, but seldom if ever is an AD hired principally because he "knows" how to hire good coaches. N is generally too small to really know how good a judge of coaches any AD really is, and frankly intangibles (and luck) that nobody really understands often modulate the outcomes. Fundraising, publicity, and day to day management competence is much more important to the powers that be.

Goose, let me expand on your job description. Day to day management competence includes financial management, an area in which Muir's results are mixed. We learned from the 11 Sports debacle last year that the Athletic Department has had a structural operating deficit for several years. It spends more than its revenues year after year. Did Muir create it? Is it a result of circumstances beyond his control? Likely a bit of both. I feel confident in saying that he inherited an organization on sound financial footing, though college athletics certainly have changed a lot since he became AD in 2012. While the AD under his watch has had success with capital campaigns to improve facilities and endow coaching positions, his efforts to increase operating revenues have largely been insufficient. His actions to reduce spending were poorly planned and executed and caused damage to the reputation of the school.

Muir won't be there forever. At some point there will be a new AD. They better be experienced at managing in tough times. I am not sure that a windfall new media contract will cure all of the financial problems at the AD.

[Spiny_Norman]

Face the fact that Bernie is mediocrity personified. A glad-hand cypher. Take a close look at his administrative record. Anything jump out as distinguished? Any legacy achievement that will outlast him? What you're seeing is what you'll keep getting. You OK with that? You think this administrative cog will suddenly metamorphose into something more? Yet more evidence that  #MuirAndShawMustGo.

I agree Muir should be replaced, but for somewhat different reasons. I believe that all ADs are administrative cogs. That is what they are hired to be. Muir just isn't a good administrative cog. As BC and others have pointed out, the first major NCAA violations were on his watch. There was Varsity Blues. There was the sports cancellation followed by reversals. These administrative failures are enough to require replacement.
ADs generally hire very few coaches during their tenure. If you are replacing a coach frequently it is obvious you have problems. It is not a learn by doing activity. Many ADs hire search firms to find the coach when a replacement is required. In almost all cases the AD has to be collaborative with at least most of the stakeholders in hiring a new coach anyway and certainly gets lots of input. Obviously some ADs are better at hiring coaches than others, but seldom if ever is an AD hired principally because he "knows" how to hire good coaches. N is generally too small to really know how good a judge of coaches any AD really is, and frankly intangibles (and luck) that nobody really understands often modulate the outcomes. Fundraising, publicity, and day to day management competence is much more important to the powers that be.

Goose, let me expand on your job description. Day to day management competence includes financial management, an area in which Muir's results are mixed. We learned from the 11 Sports debacle last year that the Athletic Department has had a structural operating deficit for several years. It spends more than its revenues year after year. Did Muir create it? Is it a result of circumstances beyond his control? Likely a bit of both. I feel confident in saying that he inherited an organization on sound financial footing, though college athletics certainly have changed a lot since he became AD in 2012. While the AD under his watch has had success with capital campaigns to improve facilities and endow coaching positions, his efforts to increase operating revenues have largely been insufficient. His actions to reduce spending were poorly planned and executed and caused damage to the reputation of the school.

Muir won't be there forever. At some point there will be a new AD. They better be experienced at managing in tough times. I am not sure that a windfall new media contract will cure all of the financial problems at the AD.