Val Ackerman retiring

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/BIGEAST/status/2046243150847459702?s=20

[The Sultan]

The BE owes her a lot. Big shoes to fill.

[JakeBarnes]

Absolute legend. As stated above--huge shoes to fill.

[MUbiz]

Replacements:

Dan Gavitt?  Jay Wright?

[Tarragona]

I don't understand the many negative replies about her on social media with the announcement.

She was very effective for the most part. A few things were misses, like the length of time it took to move Olympic Sports to ESPN Plus. But there were many hits for her.

[cheebs09]

The BE owes her a lot. Big shoes to fill.

Text book definition of a Home Run hire.

[Pakuni]

I don't understand the many negative replies about her on social media with the announcement.

It's social media.

[The Sultan]

Replacements:

Dan Gavitt?  Jay Wright?

Gavitt might be a choice. Wright is 64 years old with no administrative experience...so no thanks.

[TallTitan34]

Broeker?

[Tarragona]

It's social media.

Right. And it's been reported that 75% of Twitter is bots etc...

I was wondering if there was something else in particular about some of the negativity.

[brewcity77]

I don't understand the many negative replies about her on social media with the announcement.

She was very effective for the most part. A few things were misses, like the length of time it took to move Olympic Sports to ESPN Plus. But there were many hits for her.

The East coast schools (Providence, SHU, SJU) are whiny little crybabies. They're bitter because they deservedly missed NCAA bids and blame her for that.

And I'm guessing if it was Vince Ackerman with the exact same results they wouldn't have nearly the same complaints.

[Uncle Rico]

The East coast schools (Providence, SHU, SJU) are whiny little crybabies. They're bitter because they deservedly missed NCAA bids and blame her for that.

And I'm guessing if it was Vince Ackerman with the exact same results they wouldn't have nearly the same complaints.

Hopefully, a man replaces her

[Jay Bee]

Hopefully, a man replaces her

What is a man?

[GoldenWarrior11]

Rewind ourselves back to late 2012.  It is announced the C7 is seeking to split from the Big East and prioritize basketball with a new conference.  Just several weeks later, Val gets hired.  The league has no office, no name, no bank account, no television deal.  We move league HQ to NYC, miraculously purchase the Big East name and MSG as a tournament site (along with league history) and get a TV deal on a major network all while being paid over double than what the group we separated from ended up getting from ESPN.  Oh, and the leadership group that the football schools stuck with wanted to create a league/brand that showed they were not a Conference USA repackage; so it created the American Conference, used the same colors and created a social media campaign that said it deserved to be P6.  The American had empty conference tournaments in Orlando, Tampa and Dallas; we continue to sell out every single game in the World's Most Famous Arena. 

It cannot be emphasized enough that the change and move away from the football schools (and Mike Aresco) was pivotal to the long-term success and high-level competitiveness for the C7 (and later Butler, Creighton, Xavier and UConn).  Val Ackerman was a significant reason for the vast difference in trajectory between the two leagues. 

[withoutbias]

What is a man?

Not you.

[CountryRoads]

I don't understand the many negative replies about her on social media with the announcement.

She was very effective for the most part. A few things were misses, like the length of time it took to move Olympic Sports to ESPN Plus. But there were many hits for her.

Hopefully, the next commissioner will "fight for the Big East" and make angry calls and write strongly worded letters to the NCAA for omitting an 18-15 Big East team from the tournament.

I do hope the new commissioner doesn't see the value in adding schools like SLU and Dayton. All things considered, Val and the other leadership at the time did the best they could at preserving the Big East brand and navigating through that situation. Pretty big hire coming up.

[Uncle Rico]

What is a man?

Not someone that plays pickleball

[GoldenWarrior11]

I chuckle at the uninformed belief that a conference commissioner has final say in realignment decisions.  Realignment will always be driven by networks with approval by school Presidents/BOTs.

If the Yormark in the Big 12 had his way, UConn would have been added as a full member years ago. 

[MU82]

Here's hoping the Big East does the right thing and not make another DEI hire.

Need only merit hires, such as someone who works for Fox News.

[MUpugnacity]

Here's hoping the Big East does the right thing and not make another DEI hire.

Need only merit hires, such as someone who works for Fox News.

Need to be forward thinking with the hire. Go with an AI chatbot trained exclusively on muscoop data.

[Jay Bee]

Need someone who can bring in Dayton and SLU.

[jfp61]

Need someone who can bring in Dayton and SLU.

the corpse of dave gavitt could bring in those elite schools

[WhiteTrash]

Here's hoping the Big East does the right thing and not make another DEI hire.

Need only merit hires, such as someone who works for Fox News.

Expand your world. There are millions of place on the web to vent your anger. Try google.com to start with and see what you are missing.

[MU82]

Expand your world. There are millions of place on the web to vent your anger. Try google.com to start with and see what you are missing.

[WhiteTrash]

Will do. Maybe I should visit a MU and sports fan web site?