Pernetti out as Rutgers AD

[Tums Festival]

According to ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9137089/tim-pernetti-rutgers-scarlet-knights-athletic-director-source-says

[warriorchick]

Apparently this didn't work:

http://deadspin.com/did-tim-pernetti-create-a-keep-tim-pernetti-twitter-a-470811870

[Benny B]

And yet, all of the Big Ten fans at our work lunch yesterday were blindly defending the guy.  Par for the course.

[ChicosBailBonds]

A good friend of mine was the finalist for the Rutgers AD job a few years ago (2009), but Greg Schiano wanted his guy and that's who they got.  Schiano is gone, and now so is the AD.

It will be interesting if he is up for the job again, or if he even wants to be up for it now.

[MerrittsMustache]

A good friend of mine was the finalist for the Rutgers AD job a few years ago (2009), but Greg Schiano wanted his guy and that's who they got.  Schiano is gone, and now so is the AD.

It will be interesting if he is up for the job again, or if he even wants to be up for it now.

Hoopaloop to Rutgers!

[Blackhat]

Soccer Mom merica strikes again

[MU82]

Buzz for Rutgers AD/coach.

[MUCam]

Soccer Mom merica strikes again

I am all against kitty-fication of America, but the physical garbage was over the top. The name calling, etc, was not bad. But, you simply cannot systematically denigrate another human being through physical means and get away with it, especially when you are charged with being a developer of young men's lives.

His physical antics should not be protected and saying so doesn't make anyone a "soccer mom."

[GGGG]

I am all against kitty-fication of America, but the physical garbage was over the top. The name calling, etc, was not bad. But, you simply cannot systematically denigrate another human being through physical means and get away with it, especially when you are charged with being a developer of young men's lives.

His physical antics should not be protected and saying so doesn't make anyone a "soccer mom."

Rice deserved to be fired.

However, I am a little disturbed with the public drumbeat to oust Pernetti. 

[mu03eng]

I am all against kitty-fication of America, but the physical garbage was over the top. The name calling, etc, was not bad. But, you simply cannot systematically denigrate another human being through physical means and get away with it, especially when you are charged with being a developer of young men's lives.

His physical antics should not be protected and saying so doesn't make anyone a "soccer mom."

I agree with you CAM.   And once again it isn't the act itself it's the "cover-up" that gets you.  The AD is out because he saw the video and only suspended him 3 days.  If he had been pro-active, punished him longer, rolled out a reform plan for Rice and/or fired him then, and also released the video....he still has a job and Rice does too potentially.

All ADs should take crisis management courses which include identifying potential crisis before they happen.

[MUCam]

Rice deserved to be fired.

However, I am a little disturbed with the public drumbeat to oust Pernetti. 

Fair enough. To me, Pernetti is a much a casualty of circumstance as of anything else.

Given what transpired at Penn State (ie administration cover ups, lack of transparity, etc.), Pernetti was bound to be fired. He is not being fired because of the suspension he issued. He is being fired because nothing was revealed when he issued the suspension. Transparity is the real culprit. Had Pernetti released the videos when he issued the suspension, we'd be in a different ball game.

[MUCam]

I agree with you CAM.   And once again it isn't the act itself it's the "cover-up" that gets you.  The AD is out because he saw the video and only suspended him 3 days.  If he had been pro-active, punished him longer, rolled out a reform plan for Rice and/or fired him then, and also released the video....he still has a job and Rice does too potentially.

All ADs should take crisis management courses which include identifying potential crisis before they happen.

Ha. Beat me to it. Agreed.

[AlienWarrior]

What's next? firing coaches/ADs for cursing? verbal abuse

[GGGG]

What's next? firing coaches/ADs for cursing? verbal abuse

Did you see the tape?  It was beyond verbal abuse.  There is no doubt that Rice should have been fired.

[The Equalizer]

I agree with you CAM.   And once again it isn't the act itself it's the "cover-up" that gets you.  The AD is out because he saw the video and only suspended him 3 days.  If he had been pro-active, punished him longer, rolled out a reform plan for Rice and/or fired him then, and also released the video....he still has a job and Rice does too potentially.

All ADs should take crisis management courses which include identifying potential crisis before they happen.

I strongly suspect the answer as to why neither Rice and Pernetti took this more seriously is that behind closed doors of practices, without cameras running, this stuff happens far more frequently than anyone wants to admit.  

Did Rice pick up these habits from O'Neill?  Did he see it from other head coaches at other stops along his career?  I have to admit that this was the first thought that came to mind.  And if so, no wonder he didn't think much of it.

My bet is that there are plenty of ADs and coaches out there today thinking "there but for the grace of God" and vowing to change their approach.

[Blackhat]

I've played games of jail dodgeball in grade school that were more physical.  Mrs. Correlo would piss on this video.

[AlienWarrior]

Did you see the tape?  It was beyond verbal abuse.  There is no doubt that Rice should have been fired.

I understand that it was much more than verbal abuse. However, at this rate, coaches may get fired for verbal abuse as well

[Blackhat]

Can you still play dodgeball or smear the queer at elementary schools?

[AlienWarrior]

Motta shoved a player during a game. I wonder if anyone has tapes of his practices?

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

I understand that it was much more than verbal abuse. However, at this rate, coaches may get fired for verbal abuse as well

I'm no liberal, but calling someone a "f@ggot" just seems counterproductive. It's not clever nor does it intimidate anyone other than someone who is gay.

Can we at least agree that the verbal abuse wasn't creative?

[Tums Festival]

Just glad this turd will be in another conference soon.

[warriorchick]

What's next? firing coaches/ADs for cursing? verbal abuse

Replace the gay slurs with racial slurs. Would that still be acceptable to you?  

[AlienWarrior]

I'm no liberal, but calling someone a "f@ggot" just seems counterproductive. It's not clever nor does it intimidate anyone other than someone who is gay.

Can we at least agree that the verbal abuse wasn't creative?

Ok, let's agree to have a list of acceptable verbally abusive terms. Maybe it should be limited to a private female body part and no gay slurs

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

Ok, let's agree to have a list of acceptable verbally abusive terms. Maybe it should be limited to a private female body part and no gay slurs

Ha I don't care I'm just saying be creative. If the purpose is to get someone's attention I guess I don't know that "f@ggot" would get mine, unless it had a creative pairing with some other spicy adjectives.

The lack of creativity/entertainment value was more offensive to me.

[damuts222]

I would like to see a Bobby Knight comment.