Chip Scoggins: Gang of 16 interviewers clogging search for Gophers AD

[BleedGopher]

per Chip:

The University of Minnesota’s marathon process of finding a new athletic director apparently is close to entering the next phase.

Don’t worry, folks. They’re almost halfway done.

The outside search firm Turnkey has conducted a series of phone and in-person interviews the past few weeks and will submit a list of candidates for formal interviews with university President Eric Kaler and his 900-member internal search committee.

The actual number on Kaler’s hand-picked committee is 16, but it might as well be 900 because the size of that group served as a stop sign for some potential candidates.

How many? I don’t know, but people privately have shared their concerns.

http://www.startribune.com/gang-of-16-interviewers-clogging-search-for-gophers-ad/377891441/

Go Gophers!!

 

[ruppertflywheel]

It's absurdity at the highest level. And you wonder why the number one revenue sport has been in the dark ages for almost 60 years.

 

[jovs]

per Chip:

The University of Minnesota’s marathon process of finding a new athletic director apparently is close to entering the next phase.

Don’t worry, folks. They’re almost halfway done.

The outside search firm Turnkey has conducted a series of phone and in-person interviews the past few weeks and will submit a list of candidates for formal interviews with university President Eric Kaler and his 900-member internal search committee.

The actual number on Kaler’s hand-picked committee is 16, but it might as well be 900 because the size of that group served as a stop sign for some potential candidates.

How many? I don’t know, but people privately have shared their concerns.

http://www.startribune.com/gang-of-16-interviewers-clogging-search-for-gophers-ad/377891441/

Go Gophers!!

When did the difficulty of the interviewing process ever deter anyone from a job they really wanted, if it ever happens that person isn't right for the job, this article is a bunch of crap.

 

[MadtownGopher]

When did the difficulty of the interviewing process ever deter anyone from a job they really wanted, if it ever happens that person isn't right for the job, this article is a bunch of crap.

The fact we have 16 people present for a job interview, a good number of which who have zero experience with athletics, is probably a clue that you might not want the job.

 

[adchester]

How the heck do they plan on balancing 16 inputs anyways? No way you come to a conclusion on one candidate that pleases all 16 people. Committee should be no more than 5-6.

 

[dpodoll68]

The fact we have 16 people present for a job interview, a good number of which who have zero experience with athletics, is probably a clue that you might not want the job.

Considering that zero experience with athletics is apparently the number one consideration for a lot of posters here, the same trait on the interviewing committee should be seen as a benefit.

 

[scools12]

As was pointed out in t article a smaller committee was used last time. This 16 member committee is the overcorrection.