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The only thing I'd be worried about w.r.t. AL's tenure is his ability to navigate the boosters and handle all the different egos.  But other than that, what are the experienced people in the athletic department going to tell him to do?  That the status quo is okay?  I feel like each sport's coaches can make their own case for what resources they need for their respective teams to win.  Hopefully AL relies on the numbers folks to tell him the long- and short-term forecasts for the department's numbers.

But my immediate take on DAPER opinions is of course they're not going to like Andrew coming in and proposing change.  It's going to be up to them to make the case to Luck that things need to be a certain way.  If they don't make a good enough case, then I expect Andrew will not go their way.  DAPER has to be (institutionally) in favor of minimal change, and Andrew probably sees the need for change in a few places if not more.

I'm not saying that AL will be making immediate and brilliant decisions, but I am saying that we need to consider the risk-averse nature of DAPER and their interest in minimizing change as we listen to what comes out.  This also tells us that DAPER is not ready to "disagree and commit" with Luck, which is not great if they're planning to drag their feet and sabotage efforts to change (dramatic, I know).

Where the hell was DAPER when the world was burning down years ago???

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The only thing I'd be worried about w.r.t. AL's tenure is his ability to navigate the boosters and handle all the different egos.  But other than that, what are the experienced people in the athletic department going to tell him to do?  That the status quo is okay?  I feel like each sport's coaches can make their own case for what resources they need for their respective teams to win.  Hopefully AL relies on the numbers folks to tell him the long- and short-term forecasts for the department's numbers.

But my immediate take on DAPER opinions is of course they're not going to like Andrew coming in and proposing change.  It's going to be up to them to make the case to Luck that things need to be a certain way.  If they don't make a good enough case, then I expect Andrew will not go their way.  DAPER has to be (institutionally) in favor of minimal change, and Andrew probably sees the need for change in a few places if not more.

I'm not saying that AL will be making immediate and brilliant decisions, but I am saying that we need to consider the risk-averse nature of DAPER and their interest in minimizing change as we listen to what comes out.  This also tells us that DAPER is not ready to "disagree and commit" with Luck, which is not great if they're planning to drag their feet and sabotage efforts to change (dramatic, I know).

Where the hell was DAPER when the world was burning down years ago???