Val Ackerman retiring

[Skatastrophy]

Hopefully, a man replaces her

Wojo is available, I'm sure

[tower912]

She did good work.  Thanks, Val.

[WhiteTrash]

She did good work.  Thanks, Val.

Absolutely. Here's hoping the school presidents get someone close to her quality.

[Tarragona]

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.

That's what I thought as well unfortunately.

[burger]

Need someone who can bring in Dayton and SLU.

F Dayton and who cares about St. Louis.....Last thing we need to share $$$ with two schools that are honestly $hit-holes.....

We are the right size....We don't need to get bigger with inferior schools....

Why would we want these $hit holes????

I can think of about 6 schools that do not want to dilute their NCAA credits.  (Marquette, UConn,  St. John's, Xavier, Providence, Seton Hall, Creighton,  and maybe even DePaul).

Let's get more school relevant with the additional $$$ that are available to basketball only schools....

Don't bring in two turds....that would suck off valuable resources....For what....More teams.....Now if this was Notre Dame,  Boston College,  Syracuse, or Gonzaga.....

Start acting like this is not Conference USA.....Is there a conference USA????

Val Ackermann has brought us more $$$.   But she also brought us less relevance by not having FS1 and Fox locked up with this TNT, TBS, Peacock,  ESPN+....B.S.....Must buy 5 services to watch our games.....That is a bunch of crap....Let alone that they all don't even meet minimal streaming requirements.....So the product sucks half the time....

[The Sultan]

F Dayton and who cares about St. Louis.....Last thing we need to share $$$ with two schools that are honestly $hit-holes.....

We are the right size....We don't need to get bigger with inferior schools....

Why would we want these $hit holes????

I can think of about 6 schools that do not want to dilute their NCAA credits.  (Marquette, UConn,  St. John's, Xavier, Providence, Seton Hall, Creighton,  and maybe even DePaul).

Let's get more school relevant with the additional $$$ that are available to basketball only schools....

Don't bring in two turds....that would suck off valuable resources....For what....More teams.....Now if this was Notre Dame,  Boston College,  Syracuse, or Gonzaga.....

Start acting like this is not Conference USA.....Is there a conference USA????

He was kidding.

[MU82]

F Dayton and who cares about St. Louis.....Last thing we need to share $$$ with two schools that are honestly $hit-holes.....

We are the right size....We don't need to get bigger with inferior schools....

Why would we want these $hit holes????

I can think of about 6 schools that do not want to dilute their NCAA credits.  (Marquette, UConn,  St. John's, Xavier, Providence, Seton Hall, Creighton,  and maybe even DePaul).

Let's get more school relevant with the additional $$$ that are available to basketball only schools....

Don't bring in two turds....that would suck off valuable resources....For what....More teams.....Now if this was Notre Dame,  Boston College,  Syracuse, or Gonzaga.....

Start acting like this is not Conference USA.....Is there a conference USA????

Val Ackermann has brought us more $$$.   But she also brought us less relevance by not having FS1 and Fox locked up with this TNT, TBS, Peacock,  ESPN+....B.S.....Must buy 5 services to watch our games.....That is a bunch of crap....Let alone that they all don't even meet minimal streaming requirements.....So the product sucks half the time....

Jeesh. Shoulda saved the "Lighten Up, Francis" gif for you!

[SchnitzelBoy]

If Notre Dame was on the table, I'd be okay with bringing in Dayton and SLU as well because the conference would ditch the round robin. I definitely understand why some fans are opposed to it otherwise.

The Big East should try something with the ACC to boost non-con schedules. Coach K and Pitino are calling for the conferences to merge but I don't really want that. Maybe add 2-3 ACC teams to the schedule each season and rotate? Sure, they have a few turds (BC and the California schools) in their conference but so does the Big East.

This allows for some compelling matchups like Duke vs. UConn as well as classic rivalries (Gtown vs. Cuse) to be reignited. Louisville and Pitt also have plenty of history with Big East programs.

[GoldenWarrior11]

F Dayton and who cares about St. Louis.....Last thing we need to share $$$ with two schools that are honestly $hit-holes.....

We are the right size....We don't need to get bigger with inferior schools....

Why would we want these $hit holes????

I can think of about 6 schools that do not want to dilute their NCAA credits.  (Marquette, UConn,  St. John's, Xavier, Providence, Seton Hall, Creighton,  and maybe even DePaul).

Let's get more school relevant with the additional $$$ that are available to basketball only schools....

Don't bring in two turds....that would suck off valuable resources....For what....More teams.....Now if this was Notre Dame,  Boston College,  Syracuse, or Gonzaga.....

Start acting like this is not Conference USA.....Is there a conference USA????

Val Ackermann has brought us more $$$.  But she also brought us less relevance by not having FS1 and Fox locked up with this TNT, TBS, Peacock,  ESPN+....B.S.....Must buy 5 services to watch our games.....That is a bunch of crap....Let alone that they all don't even meet minimal streaming requirements.....So the product sucks half the time....

Besides the misspellings, vulgar language and inaccurate comparison associations, this is a quality post.   

[wadesworld]

Dodds putting Broeker in his top 3 to replace Val         

[burger]

Besides the misspellings, vulgar language and inaccurate comparison associations, this is a quality post.   

LOL....I am sorry your virgin ears have never heard the word SSS or even F....And honestly you are probably too young to know about how Dayton controlled the conference back in the 90's....What comes around ....Comes around.....And deserve to rot...

Can you say....Play the conference tournament in Dayton like 5 years in a row.....

[Pakuni]

Dodds putting Broeker in his top 3 to replace Val         

Access isn't going to grant itself.

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/2046358933493711256?s=20

[MU82]

https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/2046358933493711256?s=20

Well-done column. Thanks for posting.

[The Sultan]

https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/2046358933493711256?s=20

Remember when she was hired and keefe kept claiming she shopped for the BE office furniture at IKEA?

[The Lens]

Dodds putting Broeker in his top 3 to replace Val         

It's not a crazy thought.  He's one of the longest tenured Big East admins and knows the league inside and out, especially its most valauble asset. A person is his role has likely been sitting on BE committees for two decades dealing with matters of TV, MSG and the NCAA. 

[The Sultan]

It's not a crazy thought.  He's one of the longest tenured Big East admins and knows the league inside and out, especially its most valauble asset. A person is his role has likely been sitting on BE committees for two decades dealing with matters of TV, MSG and the NCAA. 

I could see Broeker serving as an associate commissoner or something similar, but one year as an athletic director is an extremely light resume no matter how many committees he has been on.

[Uncle Rico]

Remember when she was hired and keefe kept claiming she shopped for the BE office furniture at IKEA?

Have to imagine Keefe is eating crow about his assessment of her.  Tough break for him.

[BM1090]

Have to imagine Keefe is eating crow about his assessment of her.  Tough break for him.

Not sure he knows how to do that.

[Uncle Rico]

Not sure he knows how to do that.

I fully believe he could admit he was wrong about a woman being able to do the job.

[jfp61]

It's not a crazy thought.  He's one of the longest tenured Big East admins and knows the league inside and out, especially its most valauble asset. A person is his role has likely been sitting on BE committees for two decades dealing with matters of TV, MSG and the NCAA. 

Broeker for BE Commish, is an insane thought. He was promoted to director of athletics on Jan. 21, 2025. Since that date Marquette basketball has a 20-28 record.

Hire someone from TV, MSG, or the NCAA space. (even though the NCAA is run by schmucks.)

[TallTitan34]

Dodds putting Broeker in his top 3 to replace Val         

I also threw Broeker's name out there early on in this thread. 

Didn't he play a pretty big role in the creation of the new Big East in 2013? 

[brewcity77]

I also threw Broeker's name out there early on in this thread. 

Didn't he play a pretty big role in the creation of the new Big East in 2013? 

That was Larry. Particularly the push for Creighton, which the East Coast schools were against.

[WhiteTrash]

That was Larry. Particularly the push for Creighton, which the East Coast schools were against.

Who's the genius who pushed for DePaul?

[GB Warrior]

Val is an absolute legend. Earned all 72 cents on the dollar.