Sid Hartman: Goetz the favorite in search for Gophers athletic director

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per Sid:

A visit with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler revealed that the university is seeking out a local external search firm, which he hopes to have selected and hired in the next few weeks, to find a permanent athletic director.

However, I am sure interim athletic director Beth Goetz will get the permanent job, as sure as I was that Adrian Peterson would return to the Vikings after his suspension.

While the president would not commit himself to Goetz, my conversation with him convinced me Goetz will get the nod unless a candidate surfaces who is employed by a big-time school and is having problems with the administration there, like how Tubby Smith was displeased with the athletic director at Kentucky when he took the Gophers men's basketball coaching job in 2007.

http://www.startribune.com/beth-goe...arch-for-gophers-athletic-director/369204251/

Go Gophers!!
 



Goetz to get position unless better candidate applies. Great take!


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I will admit if I am wrong, but I don't think Goetz has a chance. If they are hiring an outside search firm I am guessing the candidate they will find will also be from the outside. If the AD Search Committee was made up for University officials then I think Goetz would have a chance.
 

Nate said:
Goetz to get position unless better candidate applies. Great take!


Sent from my keyboard using fingers.
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He probably already has a column written for if she gets it and another for if she doesn't. Either way he can point back to this one and say he was right. Gotta love Sid. He did lay out a fairly specific set of criteria for the external person who might get the job but still left things pretty wide open in classic fortune teller fashion.
 

I just hope for once Minnesota as a community can resist affirmative action and pick the best person. If that's Goetz, fine, but scrupulous fairness in hiring.
 

IMHO internal candidates have a big advantage when applying for university positions. In cases that I have observed over 20+ years, where the internal candidate did not get hired, they still made it farther in the interview process than merited.
 



I guess Goetz returned Sid's phone call and she is now one of Sid's close personal friends, ergo, she deserves the job.
 


G.P.P.: I just hope for once Minnesota as a community can resist affirmative action and pick the best person. If that's Goetz, fine, but scrupulous fairness in hiring.

dpodoll68 said:
Women and minorities are the worst, amirite?
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Hey! Cut him some slack. He's absolutely right and history is on his side. When Cheryl Littlejohn was fired she was replaced by.. well a White woman followed by 2-3 other White women. Okay, when Clem was fired he was replaced by a White guy and when Tubby was fired he was replaced by...well, a White guy. But that was an "old fashioned" affirmative action hire.

Richard only got the job because of his Dad and/or his buddy Billy in Florida.

Heck, G.P.G. has one great point. Why when the Athletic Departments were combined Chris "Hard Ass" Voletz got the job didn't she? No strike that.

How about men's and women's hockey? Wrestling? Baseball? Golf? Cross Country? They're all being run by minorities or women aren't they?

Well how about the President's job? That's just been one women or minority after another hasn't it?

Screw it. G.P.G. is right.

Never let the facts get in the way of whining..:mad:
 

So Sid went to the "Goetz Card" again today huh?
 




MNfootballfan said:
I will admit if I am wrong, but I don't think Goetz has a chance. If they are hiring an outside search firm I am guessing the candidate they will find will also be from the outside. If the AD Search Committee was made up for University officials then I think Goetz would have a chance.
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"Local" outside search firm and I believe Kaler has said that a larger internal panel will be used as well. I think that leads to Goetz.
 


Keep in mind that people support friends for promotions. They have nothing on the line except their friendship. This is every bit a political decision as it is a search for the very best hire. If she were an outside candidate, she would not get through the first round. The experience is not there or gravitas in the AD P5 conference community. I hope it works out for everyone.
 

A person getting a job that they wouldn't get if they came from outside a company, but because they've worked at the company and the "higher-ups" got to the know them, appreciate them and think they can do they job, not only isn't unique to academia, but happens everyday through the business world.

The vast majority of those hires aren't debated on internet boards where "fantasy hires" always seem to dominate the discussions.
 


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