Hathaway Is New AD at Hofstra

[huskyniner]

@JonRothstein:
Sources confirm that Hofstra is expected to officially announce former UCONN AD Jeff Hathaway as Athletic Director on Tuesday......


Wow. I wanted this guy as far away from UConn as possible. Now it looks like he's staying in the tri-state area.

 

[huskymedic]

Hmmmm... Isn't Patrick Sellers an Assistant MBB Coach there?

 

[UCONNfan1]

isn't that a huge step down? i guess he has to find work unless he's independently wealthy, but boy going from UCONN to Hofstra? sort of like going from the HC of the celtics to the HC of Louisville...

 

[FDNY99]

Hofstra shut down football a few years ago so he can't mess that up. I don't see him being AD at another BCS school again. Hofstra is irrelevent to us in athletics no need to worry about Hathaway causing us any problems.

 

[partial]

I guess he got fired a year ago but I believe he had some sort of settlement package since he still had a bit of time on contract when we fired him. If i remember correctly it was at least a half a million so unless he's all about renting out strip clubs and drinking that hennessy with his homies I don't think he had to take a job.

 

[UCweCONN]

Hofstra: Another school we should never play again.

 

[Danzz]

Joining Jamal Coombs-McDaniel

 

[8893]

Woo hoo! Here you go, Waquit:

http://boards.caazone.com/forumdisplay.php?9-Hofstra-Pride

Now you can follow your man-crush over there. See ya.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Woo hoo! Here you go, Waquit:

http://boards.caazone.com/forumdisplay.php?9-Hofstra-Pride

Now you can follow your man-crush over there. See ya.

Those guys don't know what they're in for.

"Competent" is about the last word I'd use to describe Jeff Hathaway.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Joining Jamal Coombs-McDaniel

Ha yeah seriously how long til Coombs transfers or is thrown out

 

[HuskyFan16]

I mean he wasn't a bad AD, he only had issues with fundraising, NCAA compliance, academic support, building relationships with coaching staffs.... ok ya he wasn't great.

 

[Fishy]

On the whole, he did not do a bad job at UConn under less than ideal circumstances.

He wore out his welcome and he took his eye off the fundraising ball, but then again, there was a lot of s*** going on that was not of his doing.

Hofstra is a pretty nice soft landing for him.

 

[Ts5034]

Well...i guess this means he wont be the new Big East Commissioner. Not like he had a shot anyway

 

[Skiblets]

On the whole, he did not do a bad job at UConn under less than ideal circumstances.

He wore out his welcome and he took his eye off the fundraising ball, but then again, there was a lot of s*** going on that was not of his doing.

Hofstra is a pretty nice soft landing for him.

You're off your meds. He did not do a bad job?

Alienate Calhoun and Edsall - check
Micromanage out of everyone in the Ath Dept - check
Alientate major donors - check
Turn game day atmosphere into sensory overload - check
Underfund compliance - check
Oversee a Ticket Office straight out of the 1940's with index cards? - Check
Caretake what was handed to him by Big Lew? - perhaps but to say he did not do a bad job is like saying that Metta really is a spokesperson for World Peace

 

[Ricky1Moore]

He's also a dickface

 

[CL82]

On the whole, he did not do a bad job at UConn under less than ideal circumstances.

He wore out his welcome and he took his eye off the fundraising ball, but then again, there was a lot of s*** going on that was not of his doing.

Hofstra is a pretty nice soft landing for him.

Seriously??

He never filled the principal fundraising position, failed to adequately staff the compliance offer (I'll wager that Hofstra's larger than UConn during the Hathaway era (pronounced 'error" in parts of New England, so yes the pun is intended), had bad relationships with the coaches of the two major revenue sports, and alienated a major contributor. So other than fundraising, coaching relationships and NCAA compliance, he was doing an adequate job?

 

[Fishy]

Nah, you're scapegoating.

Manuel has already ticked off Calhoun and Randy Edsall is a raging whose relationship with his current AD is supposedly toxic. would run afoul of those two inside of a long weekend - they're just malcontents on a lot of levels.

We could have had a compliance office staffed like Disney World and we would still be where we are. In an ideal world, people just follow the obvious rules and if they're intent on breaking them, adding more people to chide them over what they're supposed to be doing ain't gonna fix anything.

 

[Skiblets]

Nah, you're scapegoating.

Manuel has already ticked off Calhoun and Randy Edsall is a raging whose relationship with his current AD is supposedly toxic. would run afoul of those two inside of a long weekend - they're just malcontents on a lot of levels.

We could have had a compliance office staffed like Disney World and we would still be where we are. In an ideal world, people just follow the obvious rules and if they're intent on breaking them, adding more people to chide them over what they're supposed to be doing ain't gonna fix anything.

So if you believe that, then why have an athletic director at all? Man was paid to lead. He did not....at all.....ever.

 

[CL82]

Nah, you're scapegoating.

Manuel has already ticked off Calhoun and Randy Edsall is a raging whose relationship with his current AD is supposedly toxic. would run afoul of those two inside of a long weekend - they're just malcontents on a lot of levels.

We could have had a compliance office staffed like Disney World and we would still be where we are. In an ideal world, people just follow the obvious rules and if they're intent on breaking them, adding more people to chide them over what they're supposed to be doing ain't gonna fix anything.

You are absolutely right Fishy. People who have toxic relationships with with a whole wide range people will be the first to tell you that they are not at fault, it's everyone else. I also see your point, I mean why even have a compliance department. Sure every major university does, and all them with dramatically higher staffing levels than we did during the Hathaway years, but it all just window dressing. I think you are on to something here. Really corporations should eliminate there compliance staff, accountants and outside auditors. I mean people will either do the right thing or not, having assigned professionals to monitor them is just plain silly!

PS. - Someone call Fishy and let him know that Nelson hacked his account. Either that or my sarcasm detector is broken.

 

[Fishy]

So if you believe that, then why have an athletic director at all? Man was paid to lead. He did not....at all.....ever.

It's a result-based business. Count the banners. Count the bowls.

You'll run out of fingers.

Under Hathaway, the department achieved results in some fairly serious headwinds - some completely external like the disintegration of the Big East Conference. If you want to assign all of the blame for whatever to the man and none of the credit, go for it. He wasn't perfect and it was time for him to go, but at least judge him on the merits, not some vague impossible-to-quantify zls44-style 'he didn't lead...ever...at all...never...ever' rant.

 

[Huskies4ever]

@JonRothstein:
Sources confirm that Hofstra is expected to officially announce former UCONN AD Jeff Hathaway as Athletic Director on Tuesday......


Wow. I wanted this guy as far away from UConn as possible. Now it looks like he's staying in the tri-state area.

Sucks to be them.

 

[CL82]

It's a result-based business. Count the banners. Count the bowls.

You'll run out of fingers.

Under Hathaway, the department achieved results in some fairly serious headwinds - some completely external like the disintegration of the Big East Conference. If you want to assign all of the blame for whatever to the man and none of the credit, go for it. He wasn't perfect and it was time for him to go, but at least judge him on the merits, not some vague impossible-to-quantify zls44-style 'he didn't lead...ever...at all...never...ever' rant.

I think the complaints are very specific and accurate. That's likely why you are sidestepping them.

But again, I have to agree with you there is no doubt that Hathaway got results, fundraising down, one public relations disaster after another, major sanctions,...the guy was a gem. But in the end, we won and that was directly the result of Jeff Hathaway, not the two hall of fame coaches, not FUCRE, but Jeff. Did he even hire any of them?

If you want to give him credit for something he actually achieved, give him credit for negotiating that rolling six year contract that kept his incompetent ass in place for far too long.

 

[HarryAGampel]

Hofstra: Another school we should never play again.

No, screw that.....then we're as bad as BC. We don't need to hold any unnecessary grudges like our petty has-been friends up in Boston have done. I'd much rather keep some local out of conference games going and be able to watch UConn beat Hofstra by 30.

 

[husky8273]

JH replaces former UConn assistant AD Jack Hayes who was just became AD at Brown

 

[Husky1964]

He had his faults but blaming him for Burton's antics over Coach P is ridiculous.