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Gene Smith (AD The Ohio State, '10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

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CONGERSBUCKEYE;1932026; said:
I do not remember Andy Gieger giving video updates. Clean the house. Gene thanks for your time but Archie G will be taking your place.
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I, for one, do not like this idea. Through no fault of his own, AG could be exposed to the exact same situation as JT, Andy G or GS.

Call me what you will, but I don't see the problems of big time D1 athletics going away anywhere until the system is changed. Even then it may still be a very dark world. Personally, I do not want Archie's legend to be held in the hands of a bunch of 17-22 year old kids who are easily lead into poor decisions.

I wish I were more optimistic on this topic. That's all I've got.
 
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sparcboxbuck;1932893; said:
I, for one, do not like this idea. Through no fault of his own, AG could be exposed to the exact same situation as JT, Andy G or GS.

Call me what you will, but I don't see the problems of big time D1 athletics going away anywhere until the system is changed. Even then it may still be a very dark world. Personally, I do not want Archie's legend to be held in the hands of a bunch of 17-22 year old kids who are easily lead into poor decisions.

I wish I were more optimistic on this topic. That's all I've got.
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I agree - I wouldn't want Archie to take the AD job and potentially have his reputation damaged by being in charge of a very difficult situation that could get messy again.
 
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FCollinsBuckeye;1937690; said:
Question:

Has the 'AD of the Year' award ever been vacated?
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Hope not:

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ScriptOhio;1931685; said:
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The Peter Principle: In any hierarchy any employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence. The underlying explanation, which makes immediate intuitive sense to nearly everyone I've talked to about it, is that people are promoted for being good at their job. As long as they're doing a good job, they're eligible for promotion. Eventually, they're promoted into a job that they're incapable of doing, and then they no longer do a good enough job to get promoted. So there they stop, in the first job that's outside their level of competence.
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I believe our federal government is Exhibit A of this concept. :wink2:
 
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BB73;1932940; said:
I agree - I wouldn't want Archie to take the AD job and potentially have his reputation damaged by being in charge of a very difficult situation that could get messy again.
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I agree, but not just for that reason. Frankly, I have been disappointed with his performance as president of the alumni association, but it least it won't get our athletic programs on probation (or worse).
 
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sparcboxbuck;1932893; said:
I, for one, do not like this idea. Through no fault of his own, AG could be exposed to the exact same situation as JT, Andy G or GS.

Call me what you will, but I don't see the problems of big time D1 athletics going away anywhere until the system is changed. Even then it may still be a very dark world. Personally, I do not want Archie's legend to be held in the hands of a bunch of 17-22 year old kids who are easily lead into poor decisions.

I wish I were more optimistic on this topic. That's all I've got.
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Archie worked under Andy and in my opinion there are very few people that can walk in from the outside and understand the size and make up of this job. Archie can handle it and seen the good from the bad. I prefer someone with Ohio roots rather than ND. Archie's legacy on the field is always intact and bring him in and help clean this mess up would add more to his legacy and Ohio State..
 
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CONGERSBUCKEYE;1938226; said:
Archie worked under Andy and in my opinion there are very few people that can walk in from the outside and understand the size and make up of this job. Archie can handle it and seen the good from the bad. I prefer someone with Ohio roots rather than ND. Archie's legacy on the field is always intact and bring him in and help clean this mess up would add more to his legacy and Ohio State..
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MaxBuck;1938230; said:
I'm not certain that this is a mess that really can feasibly be cleaned up.
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Exactly my point... Unless there are fundamental changes in the system or kids, the problem doesn't go away. No way am I in favor of putting Archie out there on that limb... The thought that his reputation for what he has done on the field would not be tarnished in such an event is a nice theory... A theory that isn't worth testing.
 
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If Gene leaves, I would be more in favor of doing what Michigan did. Bring in an alum with Corporate experience (CEO, COO). Sometimes a different view of the situation is needed. We also need better PR. This whole event has gotten blown out of proportion. OSU administration looks pretty bad at dealing with a crisis. :(
 
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Buckrock;1938249; said:
If Gene leaves, I would be more in favor of doing what Michigan did. Bring in an alum with Corporate experience (CEO, COO). Sometimes a different view of the situation is needed. We also need better PR. This whole event has gotten blown out of proportion. OSU administration looks pretty bad at dealing with a crisis. :(
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I think Richard Lewis may best reflect the Buckeye Nation psyche at the moment.
 
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