08-05-2023, 11:38 AM
(08-04-2023, 11:57 PM)old spanish trail Wrote: The Board of Trustees of all the moving schools met in a nano minute to determine the future. Anyone hear anything about our Board doing anything? Muir appears to be his passive self, and it's hard to see the Pres taking an interest given his future.
I don't know how many of our Board are active sports fans, i.e. not fair weather fans. I assume the boards at other schools where sports are a higher priority definitely have fans, and they collectively hit the panic button at first available offer.
Kliavkoff and Stanford were betting on their brands: Pac-12 and Stanford, respectively. I think some of us who have worked in the real world know that carrying the Stanford name sometimes means you have to work extra hard to overcome any biases or jealousy from others. Muir and other brand-protection admins probably don't know that. You can't just wait for stuff to come to you.
I remember when Kliavkoff stated that he wasn't worried about conference defections. It's hindsight, but geez, what hubris.