Swarbrick probably will go down as ND's worst AD ever
by Melanzana (2017-06-01 12:49:43)

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After the legendary Moose, the modern-day ADs of Corrigan, Rosenthal, Wadsworth and White all were better.

The limited success Notre Dame has had under Swarbrick -- men's and women's basketball, fencing -- has come in spite of him.

Morale in the athletic department is in the shitter. Most sports have regressed or stagnated.

He has stayed too long and can't leave soon enough.

Swarbrick, Wadsworth & White are in a dead heat for worst.
by hibernianangst  (2017-06-01 13:32:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

A shitty Athletic Director, for the most part, retains and hires shitty coaches and make shitty decisions regarding the athletic department operations.

How Swarbrick, Wadsworth & White directed the ND football program tells you all you need to know about their ability to lead the ND athletic department.
White by at least a body length. The "hiring" of O'Leary and
by KevinPS  (2017-06-02 12:54:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

replacing him with Willingham, the need for Jenkins to tell him to fire TW over Malloy and White's objection, and the CW contract extension after 5 games. I'll give him Brey and Jeff Jackson, but that doesn't make up for the multiple botch jobs on FB coach hirings. Hell, we had guys like Steve Mariucci and Mark Mangino turning us down in public, even though they weren't offered.
disagree
by Melanzana  (2017-06-01 15:06:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Under neither Wadsworth nor White did the athletic department overall decline so markedly. And White really modernized the athletic department and fully fund the Olympic sports.
Wadsworth & White failed at their most important job.
by hibernianangst  (2017-06-01 15:33:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Notre Dame football.

Nothing else they might have done can overcome their dreadful oversight of Notre Dame football. They greased the skids for the decline of Notre Dame football which is the face of Notre Dame athletics. They will always be remembered as complete failures because of their mismanagement and squandering the tradition and heritage of Notre Dame football.

Wadsworth essentially fired Lou and hired Davie. Nothing more need be said.

White's modernization and fully funding olympic sports is a pimple on a gnat's ass compared to the apologetic Willingham firing, the O'Leary hiring and firing fiasco and the Weis hiring and imprudent 10 year contract.
and Swarbrick has succeeded at ND football?
by Melanzana  (2017-06-01 16:22:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That is my point. At least Wadsworth and White succeeded elsewhere. Swarbrick has succeeded nowhere.

Nope. All 3 failed at their one and most important duty.
by hibernianangst  (2017-06-01 16:42:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

In my opinion, anything else that was done under their watch is of no consequence or is outweighed by their failure of managing ND football in ranking their performance. As a result I rank them as equals at the bottom. We will just need to agree to disagree on the ranking criteria and results.