Coyle Receives Two-Year Contract Extension

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Yep! Hopefully they buy into the 10 year failure to growth deferred success plan

"God damn we must be growing a lot ... because look at all this failure ..."

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I'm a fan of Coyle as a person but the current nature of college athletics demands that an AD can command a room with an engaging personality while convincing boosters to support our programs with their hard-earned cash. I attended a Coyle speaking engagement not that long ago and he couldn't sell hamburgers at McDonald's.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

In all fairness, I think he’s pretty good. Far from perfect to be sure. Is a very good reputation nationally and it’s human nature for fans to shit on their AD when their revenue teams aren’t as good as they think they should be. He’s probably a top 30 -35 A.D. in the country in my opinion.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

I like Coyle. He screwed himself outta the Notre Dame job but I like him.

 

[Some guy]

LOL. I suppose he can be a role model for all folks who can’t put two cogent sentences together that there is hope for them, regardless.

I’m surprised you don’t like him then

 

[upnorthkid]

Coyle does a great job balancing the budget, not overextending, etc

He is not going to be a visionary growth kind of guy and some of those completely blow up. The U likes him because he’s safe, has kept the department net positive while not folding a ton of sports (I am aware there are some), and has not demanded excess dollars, etc from the BOR (his talks with them appear very ho-hum boring rather than trying to leverage on them).

my concerns are how much he outsources hiring (hockey) or cannot “convince” others of a way (or lacks the vision on what the way could be) that may be better and doesn’t seem to have the motivational speaking to convince the state to donate here in large numbers like more charismatic ADs, but he does overall the job they ask him to do which is to keep the department net positive as best as able.